When Sean McVeigh was coming out, the runner up was a guy named Calvin Johnson.

Might have heard of him.

I hey, was the runner up.

The winner.

Sean McVeigh.

I don't even know what that was.

A high school quarterback, he was a high school principal.

How is that possible?

In the state of Georgia, he played for a private school and Calvin Johnson finished behind Sean Assay.

Say, Aziz, they say, Sometimes Keyshawn, do the math.

That's all I'm saying.

Hey, it's not hard.

It's not.

It's shine was a good, good quarterback.

I'm just stating fact.

In in high school, scrappy first one in, last one out, He was very, you know, very smart.

And what he did play 100% of the time, all the time.

Full speed, but different levels.

As you know, like you.

I'm assuming you was New Jersey high school player two years, yes, but you probably you were, but you could have probably not being if they just decided toe.

Take somebody else.

That just happens, right?

It's just it happens that way.

That's your line.

Well, how many happens?

It's just what you gonna do?

They both ended up in the NFL.

I know I know where you're Another interesting turn of events in Georgia.

A lot of stuff going.

Georgia.

It has bids.

So McVeigh goes from George in L.

A.

He makes the cross country trip.

They'll make a cross country trip back to Miami on the short week.

Here's the real question.

Is coaching talent That's what youngest coach of modern and like.

Shot shot shot, a good deal.

And by the way, he does a lot of cool things with her team to like.

He brought Dwayne Johnson in from motivational, speaking like he always tries to find like those in your windows, those intricacies to push your team.

You're young coach, you got to connect with your young roster, and he's able to do it when most of the coaches in the league or maybe 20 years old.

So that you mentioned that z been Lord Zu.

I've been called worse.

Oh, gosh way Don't wanna know that on air.

So when Sean first took the job, you know, I had a conversation with him and we were talking about the way to go about connecting with your team.

And I told him I said, Look, man their straight in his eyes, He tell you to this day I told him I said, Whatever you do, you better not change from who you were in Washington, because the moment that you become a phony baloney, they're gonna see through it and they're gonna run through a wall.

So stay the same.

You was buddy buddies with him when he was an assistant coach.

Still treated that way.

But don't all of a sudden act brand new because you got HC on your shoulders?

Don't do it.

Yeah, because they'll see you.

How close were you when you said that to him?

When you look them in the eyes because he's about, what, 59?

He's a little bit taller than your I'm just trying to get a little, you know, he's a little bit taller.

You actually was sitting down, but he's a little bit told me he's taller than 62 Come on, man.

Basketball.

My program High 263 for 62 to 5 and two.

How good of the ramps.

Look, they're not in key Israel rankings we had earlier this morning.

They did not make the cut in the top seven.

How good are they?

I'm I'm not sure how good they are.

Their defense could take them to a championship game.

But if we're looking, where were they Rank key like we're third or fourth in the N f C and N F C fourth there somewhere hovering around that fifth spot, I would say, Uh, maybe even a six spot.

I need to see a little bit more from them.

I need to see.

I need to see a signature win.

Cowboys Week one wasn't a signature WIN uh, they got beat by Boston in Boston.

Buffalo.

They got beat, Um, by the 40 Niners when I thought the 40 Niners have fell apart.

Jimmy Garoppolo had the best game of the year against them.

I mean, it just it was a different then They go out last night and they beat up on Chicago, which Chicago has an offense that can't get out of his own way and puts the defense in bad situations.

S o.

I want to see who they playing in the next three games and next four games.

That's gonna tell me a lot when we get toward the end of the season.

But I think that I do think that they're a contender.

As of right now, just don't know where they're gonna finish.

Let's reel it off for the fellas.

J You love looking at the schedule and talking about the schedule.

They got the Dolphins here on a short week.

I could be a trap game, by the way.

Interesting.

No, it's not the same, though.

They going to Miami, right?

See if there was going to Miami in a regular season and regular, you know, it was regular.

Then I would worry about stuff that's been in Miami.

Yeah, but they're not.

They're not going out like that.

It's not.

They're not.

You know what I'm saying?

They're not doing that like that.

Red pepper chicken wings by en BA back.

December 22nd may be a bubble.

Maybe not next up after a by Seattle at home.

They've always given Seattle a tough, a tough out.

Um, they They played them tough and they could get Seattle.

They certainly could their next six games.

Then they got the Buccaneers game.

They got the Buccaneers and the Niners again, so their first four These next four games.

I don't count.

I don't count Miami as a This is no you got a young kid taking the snaps for the first time in to a ton of Aaliyah at quarterback.

You don't know what he how he's going to respond to do like Aaron Donald pushing the center in his lap.

Um, Seattle.

They always played them tough.

The Bucks is a tough out and then the 49.

So they got to go to Miami, go home and come back to Tampa.

Correct?

They should.

Seattle between should have given them back to back then.

We didn't have to travel, by the way.

So it shows you how much the NFL has changed.

When's the last time he said this?

The first breather for the Rams will be when they take on the Patriots on December 10th.

As of today, that changes.

Cam Newton plays better.

It's really the Jets.

That number will go up.

It's really the Jets and the next seven games.

The seventh game.

Yes, as you mentioned, it, will be passed.

Giant back to back.

Yeah, Jay's Giants another shot.

Jay's Giants not on the Rams schedule at least moving forward to this particular point.

As you know, the Rams already defeated the Giant 17 9 earlier this season.

Just just bring it out.

Thanks.

So you think they are good?

You think they have a coach?

That's very good, but we'll have to wait to see how it all comes to do.

I just I got to see a little bit Mawr I think their playoff team.

Who do you need to see more from?

Is that Jared Goff?

Because that was my my biggest question for this team.

Well, Jared golf needs to play consistent, continue to play consistent.

But I also just need to see what they look like against competition is going to punch back.

Yeah, but but key.

I mean, I guess is it because well, with other teams, you don't really need to see that as much, right?

Like my argument always against Green Bay.

So I was like, Who is Green Bay really play?

But you see, Aaron Rodgers, he's a different level, so yeah, I understand what you're saying.

Yeah, I mean, Aaron Rodgers.

You know, the moment that you question and Rogers the first thing he comes out and does is go nuts.

Well, Jared, golf.

You questioned him and he doesn't come out and go nuts.

It just kinda the same.

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