I also spoke with Seattle defensive tackle Jared Read on the phone this week, and he told me they're expecting to see an even better Rams team than the one that they saw in Week 10, saying after last week's loss to the Jets, they're gonna be looking to prove themselves and make a statement about what kind of team they are.

And win on the road against a division rival would be the exclamation point on the season that they've been looking for.

And it's our job to keep that from happening.

Sam.

Yeah, by the way, shout out to Molly McGrath about bring a human life into the world any day now and still getting it done in the NFL and in college.

But let's get to this game.

She's talking about guys at this point in the season, both of these teams.

I mean, you remember how much love we were given the Seahawks early on in the year, despite the difficulties, their defense.

I mean, that's putting it mildly, that their defense that early on the defense gets better.

And now some questions, maybe elsewhere.

Randy.

Right now, which of these two teams you have more confidence in Wow.

Well, let me take it back to their first meeting.

I remember acts in a similar question about D.

K.

Metcalf and Jalen Ramsey.

Who do, I think is gonna have a better day?

But when I look at this game today, I look in the favor of the Seattle Seahawks with one of the reason why six sacks in their first meeting and Jalen Ramsey fares the best out of the two.

It's one thing that we look, that I look at when, when, when, um, dealing with a matchup when you have the number one cornerback going with you.

We all show signs of, of of really not giving it our all the times.

And that's what I've seen in D.

K.

Metcalf.

So today, on third down, I really need to see him go after the ball.

Russell Wilson's gonna hold on the ball.

That's why they're giving up the sacks like that.

So for Jalen Ramsey, D.

K.

Metcalf today, I expect DK make have to come back stronger than he did the first game.

I'm gonna be looking at Jared golf, you know, specifically, it's like, Who are you and my eyebrows raised when I was listening to Mali talked to him and she asked, What makes anyone think it's gonna be different this year?

But based on what I saw last week from Jared Golf, it's only a matter of time that is gonna end for this Los Angeles Rand football team.

You gotta win four games to win the championship, all right, if you don't get the by, can this team do that?

I don't know, because one of them, whether it's the Super Bowl or the wild card round, we'll be talking about Jared golf and how he just couldn't get it done.

I think he can get it done if they protect him, though, and that's the That's the word of the day for me on this game is identity like, What's the identity of each team?

What's the identity of this Rams offense?

And they're going up against the Seattle Seahawks defense that since we gate, they're number one in the NFL in sacks.

Number one like that zone.

Incredible turnaround.

So if they're able to get pressure on, Jared got fine, but talking about the identity of the Seattle Seahawks, they're going up against the L.

A Rams team that is the best number one in the passing defense.

I believe that's gonna help Seattle be what they should have been all along, you know, use that identity.

They're healthy at running back now.

Run the football.

Russell Wilson is at his best when that that team is running the football.

And then, when the time is appropriate, he takes his shots.

He's the best deep ball thrower in the game.

But when you're able to run the football, that's gonna help your defense, that complimentary thing and that the speed outside again.

You talked about the sacks.

Rex says it all the time.

You can't get a sack on a running play, so if you're calling all those runs, they're not rushing the passer.

They're not getting sacks.

That's the formula that Seattle knows they need to have.

But they just, for whatever reason, they lost their way for a little while this year.

I think they get it back, and I think they get it back today because of the strength of the L A Rams.

Second, you know, I look it.

It's such a fascinating matchup to me because both teams one establish the run.

Both of them need to you.

You just mentioned Matt about how Russell Wilson's a better quarterback when they're running the football on that play actions, working.

We know Jared Goff, man.

He's a terrific player.

If you're running the football and so that to me, it's got to go who can establish the run in this matchup, I think is the one who's gonna who has the edge in this game is gonna win this game.

And to me, Molly talked about what Seattle saying.

They're thinking L.

A.

Is going to come in here and they're gonna be angry.

They better be angry because you just got beat by the Jets and right now the winner of the same basically wins, wins their division.

So to me, pound the football.

Be angry, be physical.

Whoever does it best, I think, wins this game.

The Rams kind of have this weird thing, though, where they sort of plates at the level of their competition.

I mean, they obviously struggled against the Jets, but they have won four straight against teams with winning records.

So we look at that.

What would those teams that flip the switch It's just those teams you just you don't really respect sometimes because that had to be for me the most disappointing performance of the season, what the Rams did and everything they had on the line against the New York Jets at home and still still go out and lose that game because everything's there and that the teams and the coaches And I'm talking about you.

McVeigh, Pete Carroll noses How you want your team playing going into the end of the year, the Seahawks have it figured out the Rams.

They're still trying to figure out that that identity.

But I do think there's a part of this team where we just roll out that helmet.

We're gonna be fine and those type of mentalities, it's like, Oh, do we have the is your is your switch flip?

Is it yours or mine?

Oh, I thought we had to flip too late.

You've lost the game.

You know those type of consistent mentalities.

Those are the ones that exit the playoffs.

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