the viewing room as we were talking about the significance of this
game everything that the Rams have done since the playoff
loss in Green Bay is about going back to Green Bay and
winning and even though it
didn't happen in the single elimination round the idea that
you get Matthew Stafford you get Von Miller you get Odell
Beckham Jr and you get the same outcome if not an uglier
outcome with Matthew Stafford is the quarterback
that leaves a mark for the ramps and 4 is as hot as they
were seven and one just a few weeks ago
many were saying the best team in football probably got
the number one spot in plenty of the all-important power
rankings out there and three straight losses to and
Primetime and one in the big late afternoon window that
that's embarrassing for a team that is embracing the
hey hey everybody pay attention to us while we are and we don't
like what we see and you better figure out how to do as I say
from time to time change the tire on a moving car because
it's it's just not working right now whatever
it is it's not working
so let me flip it on the other side and tell you what can go
on in a locker room is okay by the time maybe we play again if
they play the backwards again it'll be a lot more meaning on
the game right now this one
was sitting I get it but if it's in the playoffs it's
obviously a one-and-done obj will have had more time on
the team so what you do is you spend it to A+ listen players
are realistic they can sit in the locker room and understand
what
went on in that game but they can also look forward to say
okay we may get another shot or by the time we get to
the playoffs that are we playing at our best which means again Von
Miller getting more time and obj getting more time
in that offense and then being able to execute better so
that's kind of how you look at it from the other side of it
even though this was it had to be obviously very disappointed
in this loss and hopefully Matthew Stafford
as I said turnovers from the beginning of the football to
the end of football that will never change turnovers can
absolutely destroy you and we're finding that out with
the two teams the Rams mean one of them
here's the problem Mike if there is a rematch the chances
are now increased it the Rams going to have to go back to
Lambeau Field in mid to late January instead of having
the Packers come to them and and that that was the stakes of
this
one hey if you can't beat the Packers in late November on
a day where the weather isn't an issue good luck in late January
when the weather in Eva dibli will be an issue let's hear
from Sean McVay the guy who Who's glasses perpetually have
full
even when it's completely empty talking about whether or not
his expectations of change for the season in light of
the three straight losses
the three losses in a row are you concerned that all your
goals for this season it's been out of control absolutely not
no because they're still six games left for us a the only
thing that we can do is really just get ourselves back in
alignment and
have a good week of preparation and try to get back on track
against the Jaguars
yeah and it looked to have the Jaguars but then it gets very
difficult they've got the Cardinals to Seahawks who
aren't going to come in and lay down and they may still be
alive by the time week 15 rolls around and it's a trip to
Minnesota
trip to Baltimore on January 2nd in the season ends with
a visit from the 49ers and we see what the 49ers have been able
to do to the Rams in recent years so it's not an easy
stretch and and the Cardinals is getting more and more
difficult as the Rams keep losing and they may have to go
on on the road every level of the playoffs to try to try to
get what they they had 13 W I know every team wants
in theory wants to win the Superbowl wants to get to
the Super Bowl they all have to say it or the fans going to be like
what the hell is wrong with you we want it why don't you want
it the Rams are one of the Ten teams that you and say they
have a chance to get there and when it when they say it's not
just Bluster and
they make the moves aimed at doing if they go get Von Miller
they go get obj that's what's amazing to me Mike Towing 3
since they traded her for Von Miller and I know we didn't
play in that first game against the Titans but still that
this is all the buzz it's it's led to nothing it's spark this
losing streak
I agree with you again I'm willing to give that one more
time between him and obj to get to get more comfortable with
their new teams but this is pro football pro sports show a lot
of time just come in and we need to see results
right now so I talked about this a lot you love to control
your own destiny and certainly they do as far as the playoffs
but as far as the division they don't they've already lost to
the Cardinals once or two losses behind the car doesn't
want
to get Arizona one more time so Matt says they need help from
the Cardinals IE Cardinals to lose more and the Rams winning
for them to have a shot at the division so right now they sit
in the 5:00 slot and it'll be looking like something
like that or lower if they can't take that Division if
they don't get helped by Arizona lose it but again
I have no doubt that like the team or like their coach
the team is going to think of the glass half-full your point if
they do
have a rematch with Green Bay where it's going to be we
talked we talked about this weeks ago when we saw this NFC
kind of the teams that were kind of laying out to be where
they were going to be this man what a difference if
you're going to land or are you get to be in La there is
a monster different or down in Tampa Bay with these NFC teams
there is a monster difference in travel to travel to Green
Bay in January you better damn well hope it's a mild
Winter and Hope and cross your fingers you get one of those
mild days where it's only 38° teams are going to have to take
if they're going to Lambeau we need to take a break from like
there's one thread that I
want to just tug on a little bit here I want to get your
input on this Matthew Stafford showed up on the injury report
all season long one-time week 9 he missed two practices with
a back injury was limited on Friday played on the Sunday
game against the Titan no other Whisper of any injury on any of
the reports for the Rams through 12 weeks yesterday
morning one of the Sunday Splash reports of Sean Payton
calls them was that Matthew Stafford is dealing with and
I can't even
remember all the ailments it's his back it's his elbow it's
his arm it's his this it's his dad first thing I did was
I started looking at the injury reports and then after the game
Stafford says I'm feeling fine nobody's on her purse at this
time
of year
when when there's a big to-do made about how banged up a guy
is and the injury reports don't mess with it in his words don't
mess with it I did it just makes me wonder who's out there
trying to make excuses for Matthew Stafford or not
performing the way that everyone thought he would cuz
that that's my first thought somebody's trying to bake in
an excuse for why it's all of a sudden not working for Matthew
Stafford and we saw yesterday didn't work again
yeah I guess my thought on that is my game in if we knew of
the injuries his he's not coming out it's kind of like the kind
of a cup with the Rams is it is that where you're going to me
it would be white noise
anyway of others want to make excuse for why things are going
bad especially in the last three games so be it but to me
the reality of the situation is if there are in fact Nicks and
injuries and we knew about them for the last 2
weeks what difference was going to make Matthew Stafford was
going to still be on the field so that part of it for me and
I agree with what you're saying it's just odd that these
injuries aren't out there and if they're bad enough they
should be
but why is somebody making that big story on a Sunday leading
into a big game unless somebody is concerned about
the narrative about Matthew Stafford that's what's
confusing to me and we'll see how that plays out