00:00I try to, in professional sports, and it doesn't matter because I'm just a fan,
00:05but I do think that a good coach, a good player,
00:08you find a way to have a healthy respect for your opponent at all times.
00:15And I don't know if the Rams did that eight days ago.
00:19I don't know if they did.
00:21In fact, I don't think they did.
00:23And I can't say that what I mean is that they looked at the Niners and went,
00:27the Niners are no good.
00:29I don't think they thought that, but the Rams did not conduct themselves
00:33in a way that suggests that they had a healthy respect for the game.
00:37That's how I look at it now.
00:38And again, I know that they were, the whole travel part of it,
00:42which is not the entire story, but that side of it, they have smart people,
00:47and they tried to check it out and tried to test it,
00:51and they thought that they were a step ahead, and they were clearly a step behind,
00:55and that's fine.
00:56They made a mistake.
00:57I think it's simplifying the whole thing if you think that that's the only reason
01:03that the Rams lost this football game.
01:05But I tell you what, my man, I tell you what.
01:08I'm with Stiney, and I said it too.
01:11Something's wrong.
01:13Something's wrong, and I don't, like, this is,
01:16I'm going to try to do this without sounding like I'm overreacting to one game,
01:20because it's not just the game.
01:22Something's wrong with the Los Angeles Rams, and I wonder if the Niners broke them.
01:28Do you want to know what the feeling I'm getting in my belly is?
01:31Do you remember in, was it 2023, when the Eagles were 10-1,
01:39and the Niners were 8-3, and they were heading to Philadelphia as an underdog,
01:44and I tried to trumpet the best I could on this station all week.
01:47I'm like, the Eagles are paper.
01:48It's a paper tiger.
01:50I'm telling you, they're not actually that great.
01:52And then the Eagles came out, and they kind of won the first quarter.
01:55And then Dee Bowe completely pantsed the Philadelphia Eagles for the next three quarters.
02:01The Eagles won one more football game the rest of the season,
02:04got knocked out in the road in the first round of the playoffs,
02:07and that team was done never to be heard from again.
02:10Sure, they had some success a year or two later.
02:13I realize that.
02:14But that year, the Eagles were the big, bad, best team on the planet
02:20in the first week of November, and then the Niners went out there,
02:25and they broke them.
02:26They broke them.
02:28Spiritually, X's and O's, they broke them.
02:31And I am getting the same kind of vibes.
02:34The difference is, is this one never got out of the starting gate.
02:37We'll see.
02:38We'll see how they perform.
02:39There's a long season.
02:41I'm not telling you that the Rams are done and out of this process.
02:45I'm telling you that something does not feel right with that football team,
02:51in large part because of what the Niners did to them.
02:53And it's early, and it's obviously way too early to be definitive.
02:56You're allowed to be.
02:57You can think whatever you want.
02:59I actually think that the Rams are going to put it on the New York Giants.
03:02I think that the Rams, what they did with their travel,
03:05was designed to be fresher and better on week two in a Monday night
03:10where they get that extra day.
03:12We'll see.
03:12I could be wrong.
03:13I've been wrong three times.
03:15I've been right twice.
03:15And that pick essentially won't be in until Monday.
03:19Don't do your pick too early.
03:21I mean, I could flip it.
03:21I could flip the pick based on Aaron Donald may not be in.
03:24Whatever.
03:24I have two picks to make today.
03:26Those picks are in.
03:27But your Philadelphia one is interesting because coming out of the bye,
03:31they were 8-1.
03:32Fade, fade, fade.
03:33They go to Kansas City.
03:35They beat the Chiefs.
03:36Yep.
03:36Then they're home to Buffalo.
03:38They beat them in overtime.
03:39They're 10-1.
03:40Yeah.
03:40And I was among the people saying.
03:42Chiefs and Bills.
03:42Right.
03:43Off the bye.
03:43And that's before the bye they beat Dallas at home.
03:46And so this team was humming.
03:48And then the Niners, as you said, they broke them.
03:51They lost at Dallas.
03:52They lost at Seattle.
03:53They beat the Giants.
03:54They lost to the Cardinals at home.
03:56Then they lost at the Giants.
03:58Then they lost to Tampa in the playoffs.
04:00Yeah.
04:00They were dead.
04:01That was it.
04:01They were just completely DOA.
04:03So I think it's a little bit early to make that direct comp,
04:06but you might be right.
04:08I mean, if the Giants come in here and do to the Rams what the Niners did,
04:12then all of a sudden you're 0-2 and we're on to something.
04:15Something doesn't feel right.
04:16Right.
04:17That's what I'm getting at.
04:19Something doesn't feel right.
04:21You did the trip wrong.
04:23Miles Garrett went out there and had the worst game of his career.
04:26He got hurt.
04:27Then he went to IR.
04:28You allowed the sports media to talk for four weeks about Aaron Donald's return.
04:38And then you showed up for the season and went, oh, no, you're not playing yet.
04:43Wouldn't you, like, I would argue Rams you over-promised and under-delivered.
04:48But if you hear the whole world going, Aaron Donald, Aaron Donald, drumbeat, drumbeat,
04:54and you know he's not even going to Australia, Sean, you did a crappy job of managing expectations.
05:02You let everybody think the biggest, baddest defender on the planet who hasn't played a game in two years
05:08and is in his mid-30s, was going to come back and create this unbelievable duo,
05:15and then you get on a plane for Australia and he's not even on it,
05:18and it turns out Miles Garrett only brought one of his two legs.
05:23Like, horrible job.
05:25Horrible job.
05:26And then you return and say this?
05:29I just want to see us be present right now and move forward.
05:31You know, that game is so far.
05:34It's almost like you try to do the men in black thing where you say, all right, hey,
05:37I don't remember what happened.
05:38That was so long ago.
05:40We're not playing in Australia ever again, I hope.
05:43All right?
05:43So, you know, not because it wasn't a great atmosphere.
05:46That'll get taken out of context.
05:48But, you know, bottom line is I like the way that I feel of our preparation, eyes moving forward,
05:54you know, chest out, you know, chin up, eyes forward, and let's go be about it.
05:58And let's go prepare the right way.
06:00Let's have great focus and concentration.
06:02Let's have a great energy and an edge in which we prepare and compete with.
06:06And then let's go be ready to go against a really damn good football team.
06:09You know, what they looked like in week one, we got a great challenge ahead.
06:13That's what every week is, and we're just excited to compete, and all we can do is really have a
06:18great day of preparation today,
06:19which is Thursday, but it's a Wednesday in our mind.
06:21Okay, so first of all, what you can hear, you can't see.
06:25Sean McVay said all of that in a Smedium hoodie and sunglasses.
06:29And if you aren't Sean for Halloween, I'm going to be pissed at you.
06:32He's always in a Smedium, and Halloween, I think, this year is on a Friday.
06:37Perfect.
06:38And I guess I could, you know, put a costume on like you have.
06:41Do it.
06:42I mean, your Gabe Kapler was epic.
06:44That was our first year, I think, together.
06:46It was.
06:46Halloween's a Saturday, even better.
06:48Oh, it is?
06:49Okay.
06:49Oh, you're right, because the Halloween parade at my daughter's school is on the Friday, which is the 30th.
06:55You're going to get me going on one of my longstanding opinions.
06:58I hate that Halloween is on the same day every year.
07:01It shouldn't be on October 31st.
07:03It should be on a Saturday.
07:04It should be on the last Friday of every October.
07:06What date is Thanksgiving this year?
07:08I don't know, November 20-something?
07:10The fourth Thursday of the month.
07:12Yeah, exactly.
07:13Duh.
07:13Just do that.
07:14Boom.
07:14Stupidest thing ever.
07:15Remember 26th.
07:16Yeah.
07:16Fine.
07:16Why are people going out, eating candy, getting wired, getting drunk, and then trying to be
07:22at work the next day?
07:24What the hell are we doing?
07:26What are we doing?
07:27In Super Bowl, the day before President's Day, I'm totally with you.
07:30Perfect.
07:31Let's go ahead and make these actual changes.
07:34Just think.
07:35I may campaign for President on just that platform.
07:38I'll vote for you.
07:39Make the holidays make sense again.
07:42Make the holidays great again?
07:43Oh, exactly.
07:45So now I'm a bad guy.
07:47Halloween would be tremendous on a Saturday.
07:49All right.
07:50The Valkyries are playing tonight.
07:51Fade, Fade, Fade!
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