Robinson, injured reserve. It's just been one thing after
another this year. This is the worst start at 3 and 9 for
defending Super Bowl champion. Again, a title that that there
are as we said
yesterday, there were teams out there that would love to be
the worst defending Super Bowl champion of all time,
but it just shows you how quickly things can turn around.
And it's turned around in a bad way for the Rams, and right at
the moment where they embarked on this four-game, stretch of
nationally televised Standalone games, although I would
Like to thank week 17. The NFL is going to choose
to move Rams Chargers out of the Primes, please please
for both reasons.
Only thing, the charges can feel good about this year as
their three games better than the Rams. If you'd have told
the Charges going into the season. Hey guys, you're going
to be three games better than the Rams after 13 weeks. They'd
gotten pretty excited? Yeah, and no, yeah, there's no
question about that, you know. And, but, you know, I think
Mike, you
know, I know we've hit on this a little bit as of late
but we've hit on it a lot over the last few years. Just never
happened, and it's just funny that happened this year. How
many seasons did we go into here as we work together to
go, man? The Rams, you know, they're top-heavy they're thin.
There's you know a star football team. If they get
a few injuries it'll change your team and you know,
credit to them. They've really haven't had those issues
throughout the Sean McVeigh era, but it's crazy how they
won the Super Bowl. And then all of a sudden this year
it hit and then you see all the problems when it does hit like
that. No, the things that we thought might be a problem, you
know we're seeing in front and center now. Oh yeah. There's
lack of
depth on the football team. You know, you're missing a few guys
you don't have the you don't have this quality of backup
players you know you lose a few guys and hey you had to pay
a few guys, some more money because you won the Super Bowl
and now, you know, your offense of line which was in great. You
lost a few of them, you couldn't even replace them
with, you know, high quality starters there
so. And I think they're starting to, you know,
deal with some of the The the issues of going FM picks there
and and their style of play here where you see, it's hard
for them to weather the storm when, you know, more than
23 injuries happen. They're not like the Tennessee Titans
the last year. The 49ers our last year where there's great depth
throughout the roster where they're okay. We're missing
guys. We wish they were there but we're still going to be
a handful this week and have a chance to win the game.
You know, you're just it's that's the unfortunate part for
the Rams.
Yeah, just puts more pressure on your organization to find
good cheap available talent, and Coach them up and get them
ready. And that's been the big flaw in the FM pick strategy,
because it's not just that you're giving up your draft
picture surrendering. The ability
to have a player under contract for four or five years
at an affordable rate relative. What you're paying the Superstar
you want, those young guys
that are locked in for at least three years? No, matter how
good they are. They're locked in for three years to that
slot. And rookie contract that helps, you smooth out the money
and have a great roster
with all those pics gone and the great irony, the thing was
their best player. Aaron. Donald was a draft pick. Yeah,
that they actually use and the theory and League circles has
been.
They just got to a point where they were Paralyzed by the fear
of blowing it with a first-round pick
of using the pick
and getting a guy who ends up stinking. So let's package it
for a proven commodity. In there is
there is some value in doing that on a limited basis as part
of building your team, like the eagles did with AJ brown.
But that doesn't mean you make it the foundational
Concepts on which your team is built. It can't be across
the board,
mortgage your future three years into the future
and Beyond
to have
a star here star there, a star here star there, because once
those Stars burn out, you're going to be 3 and 9. Yeah. And
you're going to be wondering, what the hell happened, and
Sean McVeigh. When he plays his first Thursday night, game of
the year, on a short week, obviously played the first
Thursday night to start the
season. But his first Amazon game,
he's gonna be looking up at Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit
thinking I could have been up there without could use some of
that Bezos money right there, maybe, maybe it, maybe, I,
maybe I made the wrong decision because, you know, even though,
even though he got himself a Super Bowl
ring in the fraternity of super bowl-winning coaches of which
he's now a member,
he's kind of the black sheep because he's the one that went
3 and 9. The Next year. So. And and, you know, he's got to be
tormented by that. Anyone who cares about their job would be
tormented by how they've crashed and burned this year.
So,
it's just, it's not good for the Rams and you and I may
disagree on whether or not they can turn it around. I don't
think that I hear you, Mike. I know it's a quick, it's
a quick, it's a quick spin here, because Stafford's health
issues
are still going to be lingering and Aaron Donald's contract
with structure to after two years, he could walk away
without any Financial ramifications, but he's got to
be thinking Thinking after this year, what the hell did I do?
I think he and McVeigh both have to be thinking? What
the hell did we do coming back for one more year? This is the one
more year. We came back for their stars are aging. You
know, the guys that were talking about?
I want to know, know, like
an errand. I know it's the first year
and a long time. We're definitely Aaron Donald's out
the best defensive player in football. He still lost some,
but it's the first year it's official, it's not
and it's the first year where
Jalen Ramsey's no longer, one of the five best corners in
football, right? So it's All those things are kind of
hitting a peak Mike and it is funny. It's a you know, maybe
a conversation for the offseason your I don't know if they can
turn it around this offseason either. I'm not saying
they can't, I'm I'm hopeful just because
I believe in the group out there,
you know, no one Sean McVeigh through the years and what
we've seen from those football teams and kind of what we're
seeing right now, you know, they're still fighting and
that's why I always give them respect their Scrappy that way,
but yeah, there's a lot of work to be done there.
And and to to that Mike,
you know going back to the Super Bowl and doing my
interview with them and all that. And
I don't think they wanted to do this. I don't think this was
like
they were sitting around having meetings going.
Let's go with the F. Dem picks approach. I think it kind of
just was like one of those snowballs that kind of got
Steam and they got one guy and then somebody else came
available
at least that's the way. They've always conveyed it to me.
He said that, you know, during our Super Bowl pregame
interview that it wasn't really a planned attack. It kind of
just happened organically
because to you know Mike You could argue I don't believe it.
Well I don't know, I don't know either. I'm just I'm just
saying it but mean a can say it, I don't know. I know. Now
you understand, I don't know if I believe it either. I'm with
you. I'm just throwing it out there right now.
The reason I'm just throwing it out there right now, just for
our talk is because they are could a drafting. They are, you
know, that's where I do believe them, they the middle class.
It's they've made
I've what and help them out, you know,
the last few years, when you're looking at the roster going,
who the hell is this guy that start in a corner and
a fourth-round? Oh damn. He's kind of good though. The Darius
Williams. Oh yeah, he's got out of here. You know,
they've had a lot of that.
Where they've done great there. So that's where I, you know,
I want to believe them because I like them. But yeah, I don't
know. Mike, you're right? I don't know the if I, you know,
100% believe them, but I want to
and I'm just was kind of giving the other side of the story.
There, I wasn't. To say I was right, or you were wrong or
anything like that,
the signature move that they've made the past couple of years
was the trade for Matthew Stafford. They gave up two
first-round picks and a third round pick and Jared Goff
for Matthew Stafford and when you consider now, yes, they
want a Super Bowl with Stafford last year, so that's on one
side of the
good Ledger. But when you consider how golf is currently playing
how Stafford currently is not playing
boy, it sure. Looks like
Like the lions got
the far better that deal
but the whole idea was
they freaked out
because they recognized they shouldn't have given Jared
Goff, the big contract and this is where I'll go back and do
the Victory lap from
June of 2019. The year after they went to the Super Bowl.
Yeah. And and I was saying
don't pay Jared Goff. You don't get caught up in the fact that
you took it simple. Don't pay Jared Goff. Fred Roggin who at
the time was with, the NBC affiliate in LA. And frankly,
I don't know if he still is an art because I
just don't, I don't keep up with all the local markets,
but they had me on the radio show. He's give me a hard time
and he had shot interviewed, Sean McVeigh and acted like
what I
what I suggested was the dumbest s*** he's ever heard in
all. Yeah well guess not you couldn't tell anybody out there
know you I was telling you shouldn't have paid right?
Jared Goff my so that whole thing you given up two, first
round picks in the third round, pick to offload the awful Jared
Goff contract and bring in Matthew Stafford that
to me was Like the holy crap, that's the epitome of the FM
picks mindset. And I think once you do that and they'd already
done the jail and Ramsey deal, but they just had this
attitude. We're going all in.
It isn't necessarily F them picks
at that, became the meme and that became the T-shirt, but
the whole move was the teddy KGB. I'm going all-in. Remember
they used that they they splashed the pot. Well, yeah.
When they trade it for Von Miller last year who was there
for half a season before he left?
Yeah, no I know. And I think they got
To a point there, where?
Yeah, I'm think the coaches realized that. Damn we,
we shouldn't have paid him that much, but they got boxed into
a corner, a little bit. California kid went to Cal
college first pick of the draft. You couldn't to your
point with what you're talking about. The local affiliates,
you couldn't tell anybody that he wasn't that good.
That's the fun. I would get eviscerated because I wouldn't
have them as like a top 5 or top 10 quarterback. I was like,
no, he's 20,
he's 21, you're insane.
And I I have people at Affiliates Affiliates out
there. I mean damn Jim. Everett got at me on Twitter once and
told me I was ridiculous
and I was like what exactly is ridiculous about the guy who
throws a screen pass and Todd, Gurley runs, 90 yards. What
a tell me, you know, I can do that still Jim, you could still
do it so
you know, but but yeah and I you know, I don't love this
conversation of,
you know, because this was going on early in the air was
Jared, Goff better than Matthew Stafford. Now, maybe they
messed up. No, absolutely not, absolutely not the
Hands are better than the Rams. As we said earlier in the year.
I mean you go through the roster at this point. I'm
talking about forget the injuries, there got more talent
and
you know, I wanted everybody to know Jared Goff so amazing.
I know. But Jared goff's bars low. It's 19 touchdowns and
seven interceptions and they're five and seven and we're like
look he's hitting open receivers. This is amazing.
Look at this.
He is kind of good. He can complete a pass.
So he is a he's exceeded his expectations of what we expect
and he's playing great. And it's the best year of his
career, there's no doubt but he ain't Matthew Stafford.
You put Matthew Stafford on Detroit right now
and that game that teams going to be more dangerous.
I'll tell you that for sure
but good for Jared Goff and yeah Detroit
they actually I think we discussed as they got
a decision to make. I never thought we would be talking
about this in the end of the year.
Where? Yeah, maybe you do stick with Jared Goff. Maybe you
don't go in for the, the quarterback.
But but either way, I didn't mean to get off topic on
the Lions here, but no, the Ramsey Ramsey. But that's, that's
yeah, but that's the point.
The Rams gave up all that to get rid of the contract. Did they
gave him when they shouldn't have? Yeah, in
yeah, you know,
just two years under that contract, they realized how
badly they screwed up. And that whole thing felt so phony and
fake, and they're trying to hide the fact that they
basically gave the Lions a first round pick
to, please rescue us from this awful, Jared Goff contract. It
always had that feel of an inside. Good job. Brad Holmes
gets the GM job in Detroit. He came from the Rams,
they work closely together. All the other team is one of
the Believers of God Kyle. Yeah. Kyle was was frozen out,
the Washington football team would have been interested in Matthew
Stafford. It's one of the reasons why
Washington called
every team this year
to see if their quarterback was available
because they didn't want to take any chances, right?
Because they got frozen out, it had that feel of kind of a cozy
cronies thing and it helped McVeigh and Sneed
He'd keep Stan kroenke from figuring out that they
had to burn a first round, pick to get rid of this god-awful
contract that they insisted on doing just two years earlier.
It's amazing. It's amazing story. And the fact that won
the Superbowl glossed, it all over it idiot. But now,
the price has come
due. Yeah, it's one of the reasons why
they're three and nine right now and Stafford's not playing
and golf is playing in the lion's mane, make the playoffs
in the Rams clearly.
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