00:00Big game on Thursday Night Football in the NFL, and it's the NFC West going to town.
00:05The Los Angeles Rams taking a plane ride up to Seattle, the Pacific Northwest,
00:09to take on those Seahawks.
00:10Sam Darnold versus Matthew Stafford.
00:12This line, Joe, sits around minus one, minus one and a half,
00:15depending where he's shopping at.
00:15And the total, as we told you, opened up at that 46 and a half number,
00:18now down to 43 and a half at a lot of outlets here.
00:21Why? Because there's wind in the atmosphere in Seattle.
00:25See how that plays into it.
00:26But understand this, Matthew Stafford is a dome quarterback.
00:28Matthew Stafford's got an absolute cannon.
00:31I don't know how much it's going to affect him.
00:32But answer me this, Joe.
00:33You look at these two teams playing.
00:34They're two good teams vying for the top seed in the NFC, which is a huge deal.
00:39The Rams don't want to leave the dome.
00:40Seattle has a great home field advantage in Seattle.
00:43But understand this.
00:44What did we see last year heading down the stretch with everything in their grasp?
00:49It was the Minnesota Vikings.
00:50They had Sam Darnold as a quarterback.
00:53They got beat up by the Detroit Lions.
00:55Then went into the playoffs and got cracked by the same Los Angeles Rams.
01:00I look at this game and say, Sam Darnold, you need this one.
01:03If he plays subpar on Thursday, what are we led to believe?
01:06Ah, Seattle's a nice team, but it's Sam Darnold.
01:09He can't win the big game.
01:10Talk to me about Sam Darnold in this game and what it means for him and the Seahawks moving forward.
01:14Well, if you can take anything away from that week 11 game, right?
01:20You can say, listen, I was the worst game ever, four interceptions, and yet we still only lost 21 to 19, right?
01:28It wasn't like he folded, Donnie, after he had that kind of game.
01:33So, and keep in mind, that was in SoFi.
01:36That was nice, cushy, SoFi Stadium.
01:38Now you get him in your building.
01:41You know you have a defense that has allowed 21 or fewer points in 11 or 14 games this season.
01:48If I'm Sam Darnold, I don't have to do anything crazy.
01:52Like, I don't have to go out there and expect to throw for 300-plus yards.
01:57You just can't give the Rams easy possessions like you did.
02:02If you eliminate the turnovers, if I'm Sam Darnold, I'm going, just don't protect the ball, and we're going to win this game.
02:09Our defense is going to do what they got to do, and we should be able to run the ball in these conditions with our own home crowd.
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