00:00So for you, John, can Denver prevent Stafford with Sertan and with that defense that they have from repeatedly finding
00:10Devontae Adams downfield?
00:12Because that was a common theme in week two, was that the Rams just found Devontae Adams whenever they wanted
00:17to.
00:18And I don't think they're going to have that type of success again against Denver.
00:21If they do, it's very impressive, but I just don't see it.
00:24Can you tell me a corner that has ever been truly effective against the Rams offense?
00:30That's a good point. Good question.
00:32The answer to that question is no.
00:33Not even the Seahawks corners.
00:35Correct.
00:36They got torched.
00:37Because the offense doesn't allow a corner to remove a wide receiver.
00:42Because the way that their motion, and this is why Pukenukua and Cooper Cup are so effective within this offense.
00:49Because as the one wide receiver, you move around so much.
00:53Nobody plays in an age of wherever he goes, I go.
00:57No one does that at corner anymore.
01:00Deion's not out there.
01:01Darrell Revis ain't out there.
01:03And so when you start moving guys around, that's the whole point of this offense.
01:07Sean McVay puts his best wide receiver on your worst person who can cover.
01:11And because Matthew Stafford knows this offense so well, he knows how to motion guys.
01:16He knows how to change things.
01:17He knows how to put that guy in position perfectly as the way Sean McVay has drawn it up.
01:23That's why they're so successful when it comes to these guys executing.
01:27Because they know where to put guys so that guys like Patrick Sertan can't really have an impact on the
01:34game unless you throw in his direction.
01:36And oftentimes they don't because they move the guy to where they want him to be successful at.
01:41So I can't recall, maybe someone out there can, I can't recall a time where a corner shut down a
01:48wide receiver.
01:49That'd be Puka Nakua or Cooper Cup or Devontae Adams in this offense because everybody's on the go.
01:55Yeah, most of the time for the Rams, it's their own doing.
01:59The timing.
02:00Yeah, it's the timing.
02:02It's them getting pressure on Matthew Stafford at the line.
02:05It's them forcing him out of the pocket and making difficult throws.
02:08It's not really, oh my God, nobody's open.
02:10I can't find anybody.
02:11So you bring up a great point.
02:14And Sean McVay is smart enough to where he'll run action in the backfield.
02:18He'll run stuff to the sides.
02:20He'll run it across the middle of the field in short yardage to kind of disrupt what the defense wants
02:25to do.
02:26And that's not to say that nobody can stop this Rams team.
02:28We saw the Niners defense do a really good job.
02:31But it was also Matthew Stafford in that offense just kind of out of sync, right?
02:35Also, if Denver's going to cause problems in this pass game, the rush is going to have to come from
02:41up the middle.
02:42Yes.
02:43The Rams game plan too well for an in-pass rusher to beat them.
02:48They chip, and off that chip, they go directly to that person who chips.
02:53So whether it be a tight end and 13 personnel or whether it be a running back out of the
02:58backfield because their backs block so well,
03:00I think that they game plan well enough that the best way to attack this defense, this offense, is right
03:05up the middle with your defensive tackles.
03:07If you've got good defensive tackles, those are the type of teams that give the Rams trouble up front, and
03:12that's how you beat them.
03:14Yeah, this is going to be such an interesting game.
03:17I think both of these teams are in situations where they're so eager to break out of their shell.
03:22They're so eager to like, oh, this is who we are.
03:24This is the team that we're supposed to be.
03:26This is the team that we're coming out of preseason.
03:29And I think both are going to be kind of anxious to start, but it's really cool.
03:33I mean, we rarely see Rams at Broncos.
03:36It's a big game for these teams momentum-wise.
03:39Either of these teams get two clutch wins in a row.
03:41I mean, that would be pretty good.
03:43I have the Rams by four.
03:45I think it's going to be like 27, 23.
