NFC West Update: Rams' Rising Chances with McVay's Lead

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00:00So, look at the NFC West here now with the return of Christian McCaffrey.

00:06It kind of makes the Niners a bit more palatable to the wagerer.

00:11You have a team like Arizona that you had mentioned would be plucky.

00:14They dipped and dove, and if you look up, there they are.

00:17Here come the Rams, and you've been talking about it.

00:19They seem to really be heading in the right direction, and then you have Seattle.

00:23Joe, I would lean Rams here.

00:25I'm looking at the Rams to make the playoffs as well, but what do you think?

00:29Well, to win this division, again, the Rams right now are actually in second place.

00:34They are ahead of the 49ers currently.

00:37Now, 49ers are the lead dog here, which makes a lot of sense.

00:40In the wagering market, you're still getting plus money on it,

00:42but with the return of Christian McCaffrey, that is the hope, right?

00:46I think the interesting investment, though, is the Rams,

00:48because you have a veteran quarterback.

00:49You have a great head coach.

00:50You have a running back who has been the model of consistency,

00:53which I don't think we talk about enough that outside of one game

00:57in the last, like, 15, Kyron Williams has a touchdown.

01:00I mean, that is incredible.

01:01Kyron Williams just keeps getting it done,

01:03and this was a player I think a lot of us were wondering,

01:05is he a one-year wonder?

01:07You know, he had a foot issue, too, in the beginning of this year, right?

01:10And we thought, oh, no, it's going to reek of one-year wonder.

01:14Well, it hasn't been.

01:15Kyron Williams, you know, if it wasn't for Derrick Henry,

01:17I think we'd be talking a lot more about Kyron Williams and how good he's been.

01:20So you can run the football.

01:22Now that you have your receivers back and you have Matthew Stafford,

01:24you can throw the football.

01:26Can you play some defense?

01:27And I think when you look at the coaches here in this division,

01:31I'm sorry, but the best coach in this division is still Sean McVay.

01:34And I know people don't want to hear that.

01:36People say, oh, Shanahan and Shanahan.

01:38Well, if it's Shanahan, then he should have given Christian McCaffrey

01:40a couple more carries, and he could have won a Super Bowl.

01:42And every time you get into big games with Kyle Shanahan,

01:45what does he always do?

01:47The same thing.

01:48He always tries to show you that he's the smartest guy in the room.

01:51He always tries to show you that he's got the bigger playbook than anybody else,

01:54and he's going to find little clever ways to show how cute and smart he is

01:58running offense instead of sometimes boring old football

02:01where you just control the game, control the clock, control the score.

02:05And Sean McVay, I think, knows how to do that.

02:07And I think if this gets tight here, this Rams plus 380 number is really intriguing.

02:12Now, the 49ers should win today.

02:14I expect them to win today.

02:17But I do agree with you.

02:18There's some value on the Rams of plus 380.

02:20Look, I don't want to disparage the Cardinals.

02:22I know they're in first place.

02:23They're 5 and 4 in this division right now.

02:25But the inconsistency of that team is just too much, I think,

02:28to bear out in the second half.

02:29So watch the Rams very closely here.

02:33If they get a good victory today, and the 49ers get a victory,

02:37and all of a sudden the Jets should somehow beat the Cardinals,

02:40now you're going to really see a movement here in this line next week.

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