Myles Garrett’s Dominant Return, Executing On Offense, Pivotal Stops by the Defense in Week 9 & More — Transcript
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- 0:08Hope good evening everyone. Thank you
- 0:10for joining us for a new edition of the
- 0:12Coach McVey Show presented by Microsoft
- 0:14Surface. I'm JB Long sitting down with
- 0:16the head coach of your Los Angeles Rams,
- 0:18Shawn McVey. Love these victory Mondays,
- 0:20but it's quite a run here where it's
- 0:22been an emotional cocktail of the win
- 0:24and the elation offset by some
- 0:26unfortunate things going on behind the
- 0:28scenes. Yeah, it's uh number one, I'm
- 0:30really proud of our group for finding a
- 0:32way to be able to like you can feel like
- 0:33the skills of building physical, mental
- 0:36toughness, resilience. Um these guys
- 0:38have leaned into that and I think it's
- 0:40been on display the last three weeks. Um
- 0:42that being said, you empathize with a
- 0:44lot of your, you know, teammates and
- 0:45players that are going to be missing
- 0:47time because, you know, the natural es
- 0:49and flows of a season, but that
- 0:51attrition is very real. And so you feel
- 0:53for those guys and it's been a unique
- 0:55set of emotions that accompany, hey,
- 0:57let's figure it out. Let's do the next
- 0:58right thing while not minimizing um some
- 1:01of these guys that are are missing that
- 1:03they mean a lot to you personally and
- 1:06they mean a lot to our football team and
- 1:07that's that's been challenging.
- 1:09>> For those who may not have heard the
- 1:10news yet, I'm guessing they know about
- 1:12Puka, but would you lay it out for us?
- 1:14>> Yeah, basically, you know, on the last
- 1:15play got his MCL and got his PCL. Got a
- 1:18good strain of that. actually suffered a
- 1:20a version of a turf toe as well earlier
- 1:22on in the game which shows you what a
- 1:24competitor he is and um he's going to be
- 1:27out for a good amount of time and so
- 1:28probably put him on IR hopefully get him
- 1:31back at some point this season. um could
- 1:34have been a lot worse you know when you
- 1:36look at the way that you know he got hit
- 1:37on that right knee on that jet sweep and
- 1:40you know it's a bummer and you lose
- 1:41Steve Aila for a good amount of time as
- 1:44well with the hamstring and hopefully
- 1:46we'll get some guys back but it's it's
- 1:48been challenging
- 1:49>> to zoom in on the puka thing uh talking
- 1:51with you post game it felt like already
- 1:52as the head coach but also the play
- 1:54caller you were beating yourself up a
- 1:55little bit about even putting himself in
- 1:56that predicament
- 1:57>> I mean you felt like you ideally wanted
- 1:59to be able to end the game and the
- 2:00second down call where you lost yardage
- 2:02you know really hurt us and And that
- 2:03was, you know, bad on my part. Uh you're
- 2:05thinking, okay, how do you make sure
- 2:07that they use their last timeout? What's
- 2:09the best way to be able to convert? We
- 2:10had had a good hit on a perimeter play
- 2:12similar to that for 15 yards to the
- 2:15previous drive. Um that play was
- 2:17designed obviously to be more outside.
- 2:20Um but you're still staying in bounds
- 2:21and you know when he cut up you know
- 2:23that was a safety that's kind of
- 2:24unblocked fitting it inside out and yeah
- 2:26you kick yourself you know because if
- 2:28there is you know you can't control
- 2:30things but if you can control all right
- 2:32I what decision could you have made to
- 2:34prevent that and be lying if I said that
- 2:36doesn't still just go throughout your
- 2:38head and and it's a bummer because it
- 2:40affects someone that you care about and
- 2:41it also affects your team in in not a
- 2:43positive way. I want to be careful with
- 2:44how I ask this next one because there is
- 2:46no world in which not having one of the
- 2:47best players in the NFL is good for the
- 2:49Los Angeles Rams. But knowing that here
- 2:52you are again period of time without
- 2:53him. We've seen this team as recently as
- 2:56last year in London deal with the
- 2:58subtraction of Puka and it had good
- 3:00outcomes. How can you replicate that?
- 3:01>> Yeah, I think you said it best. You
- 3:03know, you're not there's no part about
- 3:05missing him or Devonte or Terrence
- 3:07Ferguson that makes you better, but it
- 3:10does provide an opportunity to be able
- 3:11to give guys a chance to step up. I
- 3:13think we have capable guys uh to be able
- 3:16to distribute the field to be able to
- 3:17utilize all five eligibles, whatever
- 3:19personnel grouping that we're activating
- 3:21and we feel really fortunate that we
- 3:23have a quarterback that can really play
- 3:25point guard and get a bunch of different
- 3:26guys involved and so um you know and
- 3:29there's not going to be any tendencies,
- 3:30you know, so a lot of you know a lot of
- 3:32the guys that have been the key focal
- 3:34point of the pass game in particular
- 3:36when you're talking about Puka and
- 3:37Devonte, you know, so it's it's really a
- 3:40great opportunity to be able to utilize
- 3:41and and have it come to fruition that
- 3:43it's the greatest team sport that there
- 3:45is
- 3:45>> because you've said on this show and
- 3:46elsewhere that the Rams are at their
- 3:48best when you are spreading it around
- 3:49and activating all five of your
- 3:51eligibles. I think it's fair to say that
- 3:53since Devonte's injury that's not
- 3:54necessarily been reflected in your
- 3:56offensive performance,
- 3:57>> you know, and there are certain guys
- 3:58that are going to get a heavier share of
- 3:59the target volume just based on the
- 4:01nature of the caliber of player and
- 4:03things like that. But, you know, you
- 4:05look at it, I thought there were some
- 4:06opportunities and some guys did deliver
- 4:08and and make some plays. um thought that
- 4:10there was going to be a chance that they
- 4:11would double puke on a lot of the known
- 4:13pass situations, which they did, where a
- 4:14lot of the target that we were getting
- 4:16him kind of came outside the framework
- 4:18of those, which is where we thought we
- 4:20could feature him. Um and and I thought
- 4:23some other guys did separate. We can
- 4:25consistently execute, but there were
- 4:26some big conversions. You know, M had a
- 4:28big third down conversion, you know,
- 4:30that we had to have. Higgby had a big
- 4:31second and 10 conversion in the high red
- 4:33area that led to Cororm's one-yd
- 4:35touchdown run. and um want to be able to
- 4:37get a lot of guys, you know, involved
- 4:39and and I think that'll serve us well
- 4:40and that's really what we're tasked to
- 4:42do.
- 4:43>> So, specifically with your wide receiver
- 4:44depth chart as you go into this week
- 4:46against Arizona, unless you give me a
- 4:47nod and a wink, I'm going to assume it's
- 4:48the guys that we know and maybe ask you
- 4:50to refresh, where are CJ and Tutu and
- 4:53Kate and Jay Wit at this stage of their
- 4:55season and what might you expect from
- 4:57them moving forward?
- 4:58>> Yeah, well, the first thing it's a
- 4:59bummer Jay Wit's back is really
- 5:00bothering him. So, he might be a
- 5:02candidate, you know, we we'll see what
- 5:04that looks like for his status moving
- 5:05forward. CJ Daniels has been a guy
- 5:08that's done a lot of really good things.
- 5:09I think if you talk to our DBs with the
- 5:11looks, um the maturation, the growth
- 5:13that you've seen from a young player,
- 5:15you know, I'm excited for him to get an
- 5:17opportunity to step up and play. And I
- 5:18don't believe it's too I I know it's not
- 5:20too big for him. Strong hands, big
- 5:22physical, you know, got the ability to
- 5:24be able to separate. Um I like
- 5:26everything he's about. And then I think
- 5:27M has done a great job with the
- 5:29opportunities that he's had as has Tutu.
- 5:32Um both of those guys have gotten a lot
- 5:34of snaps over the last couple weeks and
- 5:36um and I think you'll see that target
- 5:37share increase you know just you know
- 5:39with them getting some opportunities and
- 5:41um and look forward to that.
- 5:42>> And this is a question for a future week
- 5:45but Devonte reportedly behind the scenes
- 5:47is doing well. I don't know if it's
- 5:48ahead of schedule how you would frame
- 5:50that but how optimistic are you that he
- 5:51can you know come back sooner rather
- 5:53than later?
- 5:54>> Yeah I am. I just talked to him. That
- 5:55was why I was a little delayed in
- 5:56getting in here because he looks like he
- 5:58looks great. I mean, physically, he must
- 5:59have just come off a lift, but he looks
- 6:01physically good. He's moving around. Um,
- 6:03he's making really good progress. And
- 6:05so, I think, uh, sooner than later is a
- 6:07good way to be able to put it. And, uh,
- 6:08that'll be a welcome back that we'll all
- 6:10be excited to have.
- 6:11>> Let me go back in time a little bit to
- 6:13Friday afternoon because I know that
- 6:14Terrence Ferguson was on track and
- 6:17expecting him to be such an integral
- 6:18part of this offense. I can only imagine
- 6:20you probably built a game plan mostly
- 6:22around utilizing his unique skill set in
- 6:24the 48 hours between when he does his
- 6:26hamstring and when you kick it off. How
- 6:27much of a pivot was there?
- 6:29>> A lot, you know, and and um you know
- 6:31that that's what's you feel for him, you
- 6:33know, and his ankle was actually feeling
- 6:35good. Um it was kind of a you know on a
- 6:37Friday practice like you mentioned
- 6:39running a standard out cut and um and
- 6:42it's you feel for the players first and
- 6:44foremost and then you're saying man I I
- 6:45feel for us a little bit too because uh
- 6:48he does add such a unique skill set
- 6:50because he can be such an athletic
- 6:52moving part of the you know he's a true
- 6:54joker where he can play all over the
- 6:56formation. He can be part of the run
- 6:58blocking surface. He can lead block. He
- 7:00can run legitimate receiver routes from
- 7:02width from the slot as an attached tight
- 7:04end. He was a guy that we had huge plans
- 7:06for going into this season. Um, and I
- 7:09think he showed some real flashes of why
- 7:11we did. And unfortunately, the injuries
- 7:12have prevented him, but um, he's got a
- 7:15really bright future. And, and u, you
- 7:17know, these are the moments that
- 7:19strengthen you, even though they don't
- 7:20feel like they do when you're in the
- 7:21midst of it, but he's a resilient,
- 7:23mentally tough guy. And, uh, we'll be
- 7:25excited to get him back whenever that
- 7:26time comes
- 7:27>> because that 21day clock is now running,
- 7:29right? whether or not he's ready to play
- 7:30at the end of it. I'm guessing not given
- 7:32the setback, but you don't shut him down
- 7:34for the season. You got to keep him
- 7:35ready to go.
- 7:36>> Something that we want to avoid, you
- 7:37know, I mean that I'm I'm reluctant to
- 7:40get too far ahead of anything just
- 7:42because but yes, that is something that
- 7:44we'd want to avoid if he's not prepared
- 7:46and if you're holding him on the roster
- 7:48even before he can play, if that time is
- 7:50sooner than later, you know, that's I
- 7:52think something worth exploring without
- 7:53a doubt
- 7:54>> because so much has shifted. I'm not
- 7:55even sure this question is relevant
- 7:57given your forward-looking uh
- 7:59projection, but what is bogging down
- 8:02this passing offense, would you say?
- 8:03Like obviously the missing parts are
- 8:05key, but like why hasn't it looked the
- 8:07way that you had hoped at large?
- 8:09>> Well, I mean I I think it's a lot of it
- 8:11in in regards to I mean just ex what
- 8:13which play you talking about? I mean
- 8:15there's each play is its own individual
- 8:17entity. Um, there was a lot of
- 8:19opportunities that I I believe fully in
- 8:21our players and our ability to be able
- 8:23to execute versus some of the different
- 8:24things that we had. And I think the
- 8:26first thing you do is you look inward,
- 8:28you know, but the next thing you do is
- 8:29you say, "Hey, I believe in you guys
- 8:30enough to know we're capable of
- 8:31executing better, whether that's playing
- 8:33on time and in rhythm, um, when
- 8:35something's there exhausting a
- 8:37progression or, you know, guys being
- 8:38able to make a catch, um, and be able
- 8:41to, you know, separate and then finish
- 8:42the catch. You know, there was a handful
- 8:44of those plays yesterday, particularly
- 8:46on the third downs that I think extend
- 8:48drives and change the outcome. You know,
- 8:50change really the whole narrative of
- 8:51what that game looks like. But it's a
- 8:53mar the margin is really small, but
- 8:56there was a handful of opportunities
- 8:57that um I fully believe in our players
- 9:01um and some of the different things that
- 9:02they're capable of being able to execute
- 9:04that um if we have those opportunities
- 9:06again, we'll come down with that and it
- 9:09changes the complexity and the dynamics
- 9:10of how you feel. We've thrown the ball.
- 9:12You know, the last couple weeks has been
- 9:14different, but like I told you before we
- 9:15started, all I care about is how we win
- 9:17um and how we find ways to win. And that
- 9:19might look different, but there's no
- 9:21style points. I'm not a big stats guy.
- 9:23That doesn't bo, you know, we can have
- 9:25all the stats we want, but if we're not
- 9:26getting the outcomes, none of it is
- 9:28worth a damn to me. Um what I do like
- 9:31though is is that I thought we were at
- 9:32our best when we had to throw the
- 9:34football. you know, after we turn the
- 9:35football over in minus territory and our
- 9:38defense gets a sudden change stop, you
- 9:40look at the very next drive, Matthew had
- 9:42some big third down conversions, um
- 9:44where he's hitting Kannata Mumfield, um
- 9:46where he's extending a second down and,
- 9:48you know, get back on track and finding
- 9:50Kron Williams off, you know, you know,
- 9:51off schedule for nine yards. That was
- 9:53huge. We can't jump off sides on a third
- 9:55and six that puts it to a third and 11,
- 9:57but protection allows. He hits Pukon on
- 9:59an incut and then it's the second and
- 10:01seven touchdown. So there was a lot of
- 10:03plays where we had to throw it, you
- 10:05know, that ultimately led to us scoring
- 10:07the touchdown that that gave us the
- 10:0920-13 lead and then the defense did a
- 10:11great job. But um we're capable. It's
- 10:13it's there's so much that goes into
- 10:15offensive execution. That's why it is
- 10:17the greatest team sport. It's
- 10:18protection. It's timing rhythm. It's the
- 10:20accuracy of the throw. It's the
- 10:22decision. And then it's guys being able
- 10:23to come away with it. And um it's not
- 10:25one thing in particular, but there's
- 10:27been some opportunities and and I and I
- 10:29refuse to believe anything other than
- 10:30we're going to figure it out.
- 10:31>> All right. So, if I can reflect some of
- 10:33that back to you without lowering the
- 10:34bar for the pass game whatsoever, you do
- 10:37have an elite
- 10:38>> running game still.
- 10:40>> Uh, and your defense has been lights
- 10:41out. So, if on a week-toeek basis, you
- 10:44need to lean into that identity until
- 10:46you can figure out what the best version
- 10:48of this Rams offense is moving forward,
- 10:49you're willing to win that way.
- 10:50>> It's a week- toeek league. I really
- 10:52believe that, you know, and especially
- 10:54given our circumstances, you know, when
- 10:56when you've been healthy and you've had
- 10:58continuity, you've been able to
- 10:59establish an identity that you can kind
- 11:01of build on. But what is required as a,
- 11:04you know, as a group and as a collective
- 11:06right now is to say, okay, hey, one day
- 11:08at a time, let's continue to have the
- 11:10belief and the confidence in the guys
- 11:12that we're playing with. let's figure
- 11:13out what does it look like to have some
- 11:14of the moving parts fit into this
- 11:16equation and then how does that best
- 11:18reflect the way that we want to approach
- 11:20this game as it relates to the Arizona
- 11:22Cardinals this week and that's the only
- 11:23thing that I can handle um that I think
- 11:26moves us in the right direction and then
- 11:28if you are able to establish some
- 11:30continuity if you are able to stay
- 11:32healthy you know then maybe you're able
- 11:33to build on some different things but my
- 11:35sole focus and concentration is one day
- 11:38one play one moment at a time um while
- 11:40also having the necessary fluidity and
- 11:42flexibility to say, "Okay, we're missing
- 11:44a lot of different guys in key areas as
- 11:47it relates to the specific question in
- 11:49the pass game and what does that look
- 11:51like to say how do you supplement some
- 11:53of that production and how do you really
- 11:54figure out what does good offensive play
- 11:56look like to play alongside our defense
- 11:59in our kicking game against the Arizona
- 12:01Cardinals?"
- 12:02>> Great answers. Thank you for those. Um,
- 12:04last week Matthew was miked up and so we
- 12:05could hear him self coach on his
- 12:07interception like I just got to throw
- 12:08that one away. this week. Was it a
- 12:10similar story? And part of the reason I
- 12:12surfaced that is because we're about to
- 12:13visit what I think was the turning point
- 12:14in that game, which was the response.
- 12:16But let's start with the turnover.
- 12:17>> Yeah. No, he would tell you I could
- 12:18progress. You know, the pocket allowed
- 12:20and there was options, you know, for him
- 12:22to go elsewhere with the ball. And
- 12:23here's why he's such a stud, though. He
- 12:25says that right away. Like, if you have
- 12:27extreme ownership and accountability
- 12:29when inevitably you show me a great
- 12:30quarterback like him, I'll show you a
- 12:32guy that's going to want plays back. You
- 12:33know, there's that's the most difficult
- 12:35position in all of sports right away.
- 12:38Like the coolest thing about him is is
- 12:39he's so refreshingly secure in himself
- 12:41that he's got ownership. You know, I
- 12:44feel like ah man, I want to try to be
- 12:45able to help you out. And then the next
- 12:47thing is is, you know, we get the stop
- 12:49that leads to a field goal and then he
- 12:51takes us right down the field on the
- 12:52drive that I just alluded to a couple
- 12:54minutes ago. Um, and he was
- 12:56competitively great. You know, being his
- 12:57best when his best was required. Um, and
- 13:00his best was required in that moment.
- 13:01and that demonstrates the competitive
- 13:03greatness, the response, the mental
- 13:04toughness, all of those things that you
- 13:07absolutely want from your quarterback.
- 13:09Um, but if he was self coaching himself
- 13:11there, you know, he'd probably say,
- 13:12"Hey, you know, pocket allowed, reset,
- 13:14progress. I got month and uh and be able
- 13:17to hit him and keep it moving."
- 13:18>> All right, so the commander set up in
- 13:19plus territory and let's use that to get
- 13:21to our film breakdown segment presented
- 13:23by Microsoft Surface where every day is
- 13:25game day. Emanuel Forbes obviously
- 13:27connected to that franchise and this was
- 13:29one of his signature moments in a big
- 13:31day. He had a lot of signature moments,
- 13:32but this is a great job concept trigger
- 13:34recognition. Could feel the screen and
- 13:36then you talk about no flinch, you know,
- 13:38gets up that ignites the sideline, you
- 13:40know, but you could really see playing
- 13:42with big vision. Um, doing a great job,
- 13:44you know, long stride, short stride,
- 13:46shuffle, and then it gets the whole
- 13:48sideline fired up. Everybody was going
- 13:51crazy. Kobe Turner's going nuts. Jimmy
- 13:53Lake, everybody's flexing. But, I mean,
- 13:55like, he played tough. He was on display
- 13:58all day. And when you see it from this
- 13:59angle, you can really appreciate how
- 14:01that just changes the sideline. Omar
- 14:03Spates hitting his head. I I I loved it.
- 14:06I mean, this this change this was a
- 14:08gamechanging type of play. Um
- 14:11physicality, toughness, that was awesome
- 14:13for him and and he made a bunch of plays
- 14:15throughout the day.
- 14:16>> I know you're hopeful to have Trent back
- 14:17as soon as maybe this week, but without
- 14:19Watson, can you speak to Jimmy Lake who
- 14:21you mentioned there?
- 14:23competitive opportunity
- 14:34and an ownership of what offenses are
- 14:36trying to do. He's got great techniques,
- 14:38tools, and fundamentals that allow guys
- 14:40to be able to go back to their core uh
- 14:42principles that they coach all the time.
- 14:44Um, and he is demanding and he is
- 14:46relentless. his competitive stamina as a
- 14:48coach is great, but if you look and you
- 14:50saw him on the sideline, nobody's more
- 14:52excited for E Forbes than Jimmy Lake is.
- 14:54And um Josh Walls has played great. Cam
- 14:56Linen came in at the end of the game in
- 14:58a couple snaps and he's had him ready to
- 15:00go. Um you know, you see Dearan Williams
- 15:03come in and do a good job on kickoff
- 15:05cover. So, there's been a lot of moving
- 15:07parts. He and coach Beak work great
- 15:08together as long as well as with Mike
- 15:10Hunter and our back end as a whole. But
- 15:12that corner spot with the amount of
- 15:14moving parts that we've seen and the
- 15:15improvement that you've seen from those
- 15:17guys, they deserve a ton of credit. But
- 15:19Jimmy Lake has been instrumental in
- 15:20that.
- 15:20>> All right, let's go to the M portion of
- 15:22the program. Been looking forward to
- 15:23this for far too long. Uh he said he was
- 15:25rusty, nowhere near where he wants to
- 15:27be. If there's a reason for the Rams to
- 15:29be optimistic as you try and navigate
- 15:30this storm, I can't think of a better
- 15:32one.
- 15:32>> No doubt he was he was outstanding and
- 15:34and really I thought the, you know, the
- 15:36collection of our guys up front,
- 15:38understanding how to be able to work off
- 15:39one another. He and AD had some really
- 15:41fun opportunities to rush alongside one
- 15:43another. Um I thought we got some great
- 15:45matchups with the game plan that Chris
- 15:47and the defensive staff put together,
- 15:49but um he was great. I thought another
- 15:51gamechanging play was obviously him
- 15:53being able to force that turnover. Only
- 15:55thing that was funny in hindsight is he
- 15:57and BY are celebrating when the play is
- 15:59still going on right there, but
- 16:01>> could have been a scoop and score.
- 16:02>> Yeah, exactly. But he he was great. Um,
- 16:05I thought really our our group as a
- 16:07whole up front was outstanding. But hey,
- 16:10if that's Rusty, I'm excited to see how
- 16:12he continues to build on it. But he's
- 16:13got high standards and I do think the
- 16:15belief and confidence that he has in
- 16:17himself and that we have in him, there
- 16:18still is, you know, more for him to be
- 16:20able to get out of that and that's
- 16:21that's a beautiful thing.
- 16:22>> He also called out his own penalties,
- 16:24but he did say he learned from Von
- 16:25Miller that in third and long situations
- 16:27to time up the clock is actually like a
- 16:30next level strategy because they're
- 16:31going to have to snap it again even if
- 16:32you are
- 16:33>> a next level strategy. The problem is is
- 16:35that the inconsistencies across the
- 16:37board when you say the clock hits zero
- 16:38and the ref looks back and if the ball's
- 16:40not snapped then it's a delay. You know,
- 16:43I don't know how those it's really a 41
- 16:45second play clock. Then
- 16:47>> you mentioned Aaron along the way there
- 16:49and I'm not sure if you saw his
- 16:50conversation with the media postgame,
- 16:52but it's been a long time since I've
- 16:53seen him as like joyful and exuberant as
- 16:56he was there. I mean, if you love the
- 16:58Rams, you have to love seeing that.
- 17:00>> You love that. And and I just talked to
- 17:01him a couple minutes ago after we
- 17:02finished up the team meeting and I said,
- 17:04"You had fun yesterday, didn't you?" He
- 17:06said, "Yeah, that was fun." You know,
- 17:08and you could really feel it, could see
- 17:10it. Um he's a guy that wears his
- 17:11emotions on his sleeve in a good way. I
- 17:13thought he played great yesterday. Um
- 17:15but even just celebrating like a lot of
- 17:17the stuff, you know, where he got some
- 17:19of the assists that opened up
- 17:21opportunities for other guys to really
- 17:23be able to deliver. Um, even on the big
- 17:25negative play that Fisk had where, you
- 17:27know, he's playing Jaden Daniels, Fisk
- 17:29ends up knifing in the back field and
- 17:30they try to run the little counter O. He
- 17:32he was awesome and uh and he was happy
- 17:35and and it was uh it was cool to see.
- 17:37>> Even had the ability to talk the
- 17:38official out of a roughing
- 17:41jacket conversation right there.
- 17:42>> You're not kidding. Um to freeze time
- 17:44and see those two on the same side of a
- 17:46rush. I mean, now opposing coaches will
- 17:49know at least a sample of what it could
- 17:51be like, but I had to freeze time and
- 17:52just appreciate that for what it was.
- 17:54>> Totally. I I felt privileged to be there
- 17:56yesterday,
- 17:56>> 100%. You know, and and you don't take
- 17:58those things for granted. Those are two
- 18:00special players, but um the best part is
- 18:03is now if you know, both those guys are
- 18:05feeling good and so now you can build on
- 18:07that. What does that look like? Um you
- 18:09know, this was the first time that you
- 18:10even put anything on tape. how are you
- 18:12going to activate and how are you going
- 18:14to um you know put Miles in different
- 18:16spots alongside of 99 and some of the
- 18:18other guys that do a great job as well
- 18:20and um and it's our job and it's an
- 18:22exciting one to be able to figure out
- 18:23all right how do you really take what we
- 18:25did yesterday continue to build on it
- 18:26and make it where it's unpredictable and
- 18:29um challenging to go against. One other
- 18:31uh thing I wanted to highlight is the
- 18:32collective effort to limit one of the
- 18:34best running quarterbacks in the league
- 18:36to four for 16 I think it was.
- 18:38>> It's huge and you know G I remember you
- 18:40beginning of the week and we talked
- 18:41about it as a defensive staff was a huge
- 18:44emphasis not giving him any vertical
- 18:45seams. He makes people pay. Um and when
- 18:47he makes you pay these are explosive
- 18:49runs. I thought we really rushed four as
- 18:51one when we did blitz. I didn't think we
- 18:53gave any vertical seams. Um, you know,
- 18:55and really I thought our pursuit overall
- 18:57to the football was outstanding cuz
- 18:59Jaden is a dynamic playmaker, plays the
- 19:02quarterback position at a high level,
- 19:04but he's got elite athleticism. He is
- 19:06scary as hell as a runner and u and I
- 19:08thought we did a great job. I give Smith
- 19:10and Drew Wilkins and Joe Kigglio a ton
- 19:12of credit uh because I thought their
- 19:14guys did a great job of being able to,
- 19:16you know, keep the rush lane integrity
- 19:17and and not giving him any easy escapes.
- 19:20And Sean, to wind it down here, say for
- 19:21maybe a holding flag on a return, was
- 19:23that the Ram's best day on team so far
- 19:24this season?
- 19:25>> Yes. Yeah. And it was a real positive, I
- 19:27thought, in our kickoff coverage unit.
- 19:29Got some really good individual plays
- 19:30when we did have to cover, you know, the
- 19:32two that Josh Cardi hits where they
- 19:34bounce um in the landing zone and then
- 19:36go into the end zone where, you know,
- 19:37you kick a touchback, now it's 35 yd
- 19:39line. Those kind of touchbacks go on the
- 19:4120, you know, so there's 30 yards of
- 19:43coverage in and of itself. Um, he was
- 19:45great. I thought the answer is yes. I
- 19:48thought we covered punts really well. Uh
- 19:50Ronnie had a great return and you know
- 19:52we're just a little bit away from that
- 19:53being held up. True. I did think, you
- 19:55know, we can learn to be able to clean
- 19:56up our technique there. But it was a
- 19:58real step against a very formidable
- 20:00opponent and I thought that was real
- 20:01positive. You know, give Bubba and Kyle
- 20:03a ton of credit.
- 20:03>> Great. Yeah. Hopefully something to
- 20:04build off of there. And finally, what
- 20:06would a four-ame winning streak and a
- 20:07six and four mark going to the buy mean
- 20:10for the Los Angeles Rams given where
- 20:12things stood the last time you played
- 20:13the Cardinals? It would mean a lot, you
- 20:15know, and it would mean a lot to just
- 20:16have another good week like what we've
- 20:18done the last three weeks. You know, how
- 20:20we approach, you know, Wednesday to
- 20:22Thursday to Friday to Saturday and then
- 20:23try to go be at our best on Sunday when
- 20:25the ball's kicked off. And so, um, you
- 20:28know, I'm truly just trying to stay in
- 20:29the moment. I think our team's done a
- 20:30really good job of that. And, um, when
- 20:32you look at it, you know, as long as you
- 20:34just kind of continue to keep your head
- 20:36down and work and take it a day at a
- 20:37time. Um, but when you look at it from a
- 20:39big picture, it can seem overwhelming.
- 20:41It's never been how you dig yourself out
- 20:43of holes or how you continue to improve
- 20:44throughout the course of the year. It's
- 20:46been about being totally and completely
- 20:48present, continuing to build skills in
- 20:49the areas that we really focus on that
- 20:51we do control. Um, and that's what our
- 20:54expectation will be with this week and
- 20:56um and hopefully we're sitting here this
- 20:58time next week and and talking about a
- 21:00good week.
- 21:00>> Looking forward to that. Always
- 21:01appreciate our time together. Thank you,
- 21:03Sean. I'm JB Long and thank you for
- 21:05joining us for the Coach Mc Show
- 21:06presented by Microsoft Surface.
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