FOR A SPOT THAN LAST YEAR.
IT BEGINS AT 6:30 P.M. EASTERN.
JOINING ME, JOE THEISMANN.
WHAT’S YOUR PREDICTION?
>> WELL, WHY DON’T YOU BEAT
AROUND THE BUSH A LITTLE BIT.
>> GO RIGHT TO IT.
I LIKE THE RAMS IN THIS ONE.
I LOOK THE LOS ANGELES RAMS.
BUT IF THE CINCINNATI BENGALS
WIN I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED.
BUT I THINK THE RAMS ARE A MORE
COMPLETE TEAM THAN THEY FACED
WHEN KANSAS CITY PLAYED
CINCINNATI.
I DIDN’T THINK THOSE TEAMS WERE
AS COMPLETE AS THE RAMS.
SEAN: DOES HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE,
DOES THAT PLAY INTO YOUR
ANALYSIS ON PICKING THE RAMS?
>> NO, IT DOESN’T.
THIS AN EXTREME LIRE CORPORATE
EVENT -- THIS AN EXTREMELY
CORPORATE EVENT.
THERE WILL BE PEOPLE FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD IN THE STANDS
WATCHING THIS GAME.
IN A SAN FRANCISCO RAMS GAME,
THE PEOPLE THAT TRAVELED AS FANS
OF THE 49ERS MADE MORE NOISE
THAN THE RAMS.
BUT THIS IS A CORPORATE EVENT. I DON’T SEE WHERE THE FANS WILL
I DON’T SEE WHERE THE FANS WILL
BE THAT LOUD TO DISRUPT SIGNAL
CALLING.
SEAN: TELL ME ABOUT THE CORN --
THE QUARTERBACK PREP.
>> IT’S A CHANCE TO GOAT YOUR
MIND ORGANIZED, THE PREP HAS
BEEN ORGANIZED.
FROM A COACH’S STANDPOINT, YOU
HAVE TO EMPHASIZE TO YOUR
PLAYERS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS
FOOTBALL GAME.
THIS IS IN MANY INSTANCES A ONCE
IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.
YOU HAVE TO PLAY FAST, PLAY
STRONG.
DON’T BE THE ONE THAT MAKES THAT
MISTAKE THAT COSTS EVERYBODY THE GAME.
I FELT LIKE IT WAS AN
INSURMOUNTABLE AMOUNT OF POINTS
AGAINST THE RAIDERS.
RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU WANT YOUR
GUYS TO DO IS RELAX.
IT’S NOT JUST ANOTHER FOOTBALL
GAME.
THIS IS LIFE-DEFINING FOR SO
MANY PEOPLE.
JOE BURROW WOULD BE IN HIS
SECOND YEAR AND MATTHEW STAFFORD
IN HIS 13th YEAR WITH A CHANCE
TO JOIN 33 OF US WHO HAVE
OPPORTUNITIES TO WIN WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
SEAN: NERVES PLAY A FACTOR IN
ANYTHING WE DO.
ARE THE PLAYERS NERVOUS?
OR ARE THEY SO GOOD AND SO
COMFORTABLE IT’S LIKE ANOTHER
GAME ON A SUNDAY?
>> I THINK EVERYBODY IS NERVOUS.
IF YOU ARE NOT NERVOUS, IT MEANS
YOU DON’T CARE.
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU SEE THE
GAMES START, YOU SEE GUISE A
LITTLE BIT EDGY UNTIL THEY GET
THE SWEAT WORKED UP AND GET
THEMSELVES GOING.
IF YOU ARE NOT NERVOUS ABOUT
PLAYING FOR A WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP.
I’M EXCITED AMERICANS CAN TAKE
THEIR EYES OFF OF POLITICS AND
COVID AND SIT DOWN AND WATCH A
GREAT FOOTBALL GAME, RIGHT?
>> I AGREE WITH YOU 100%.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS GOING
ON AROUND THE WORLD THAT WE
HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT SO OFTEN.
THIS SHOULD BE A FOUR, FIVE-HOUR
PERIOD.
START EARLY BECAUSE THE FREE
GAMES ARE GREAT.
THIS SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR PEOPLE TO ESCAPE A LITTLE
BIT.
ROOT HARD, HAVE A PARTY AT YOUR
HOUSE.
ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE YOURSELF AS
FANS.
WE’LL BE BACK TO REALITY AFTER
SUNDAY.
SEAN: FOR MY FOLKS IN WISCONSIN,
START WATCHING EARLY, BUT DON’T
START DRINKING EARLY.