Sean McVay On Aaron Donald, Matthew Stafford & The LA Rams

SEAN MCVAY! Chris and Sean start with the one and only Aaron Donald. Sean talks about what Aaron meant to him in their time together in LA and how Aaron set the example for greatness with the Rams. We then get a deep dive into pure football Xs and Os and talk about the excitement around the Rams 2024 season. With some great defensive line draft picks and free agent signings in the defensive secondary, the Rams are looking to surpass their playoff run in 2023.

00:00 – Sean McVay’s Relationship with Aaron Donald
11:50 – Best NFL Defenders
17:02 – Rams Young DLine
22:30 – 2023 LA Rams Postseason Run
25:45 – Developing Offensive Concepts

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you know I knew this guy was great but like the work he puts in that that’s what people see the production nobody knows all the stuff that goes on behind the scenes where it’s like you know the intrinsic motivation the natural feel he is uh the stories could go on and on but this guy and then just seeing what it meant to him to watch him accomplish things like you talk about a guy that really didn’t care about the individual acols and was all about just winning and trying to affect positive change with his teammates he’s he is uh he’s a [ __ ] [Music] G all right this is awesome one of my favorite coaches in the game my former team of course they figured out a way to win a Super Bowl uh and uh and the whole thing so uh McVey joins the show now coach how you doing I’m doing good I still haven’t forgiven you though you won a couple Super Bowls yourself 2018 in crunch time back and forth and you get a sack I should have known better than to leave you an opportunity on a long developing play action you just beat our right tackle like a drum and just broke my heart you jerk well dude I that was a big it was a big deal for me because obviously I cared a great deal about a lot of those people on that team and you know coming back I love playing at the Coliseum too you know I know I know you guys got a shiny building now but that was pretty it had to be cool for a couple years like the history in that building for me walking out on the field where my dad played seeing that flame in the end zone and then of course my old team that was an incredible game both ways it it was you know what it was special to play in the Coliseum there was a lot of great memories there like you said I think we both appreciate the history of the game but it was a back and forth battle to the top teams in the NFC guys came out on top and then to see you guys finish the deal I was happy for you because I feel like I’ve known you based on the amount of people that you’ve influenced in a positive way the Reggie Scott Aaron Donalds of the world and uh you know like I said man big fan of yours oh likewise coach and you know everybody talks so highly of you my old teammates and one of them Aaron Donald you know I just can’t help but when I heard that story about him telling you hey coach I’m full yeah I I can hear that coming out of his mouth and I know exactly what he means because he was the hungriest guy that I ever played with and no doubt for him to be full I think it speaks to the toll the game takes on us all and the weight that was on his shoulders um for for a decade plus and you were a big part of that run for him talk to me about your first reaction when you heard hey I’m full coach and is it unfair to use the term replace Aaron Donald because there is no replacing Aaron Donald yeah I I totally agree I I think the first thing is is you know if when you and you know Aaron really well and one of the things that I appreciate the most Chris is is he let me in you know we had a relationship that I really cherished I remember when I was interviewing for the job I went over when it was basically like if you don’t [ __ ] yourself you’re G to get the job so they want to make sure Aaron Donald’s okay with it so I go over the Four Seasons meet with Aaron Donald meet with Reggie Scott he’s looking at like hey this guy’s going to be the head coach I got to see this to believe it but right away you know his ability to communicate honestly about what he thought we needed to do to move in the right direction you know one of the things that he talked about was hey we need to have you know consistent accountability across the board and I can remember one of the things that epitomizes exactly who he is first year we’re Midway through the season we had usually started out the Wednesdays where it start with defense while the offense was lifting so it’s an 8: meeting he came in at about 30 seconds afterwards and I said you know and I know he was already in the building doing his normal Rhythm and routine and he says uh I said where were you he says I was using the bathroom you know so he’s taking his [ __ ] finishing up I said all right well I’m not gonna find you he says oh no you find me man I gotta be accountable to that he made me find him when he was late for a meeting taking a [ __ ] dude that’s who he is though I mean not the [ __ ] part it’s not like he shits all day but but I can I can picture that because that’s important to him he does everything the right way he never did anything that he didn’t ask of somebody else and like I think the best way you model authentic leadership is you model the way and he did that every single day he brought people with him while being selective with his words but to answer your original question Chris I think the the biggest thing I would say is when you know somebody like I did with Aaron he didn’t have to tell me I saw the way that he moved throughout the whole last year he took moments in he was really cherishing it um he’s always really been appreciative of the journey and I’ve always loved that about him but there was just certain things when you can just see people are savoring moments that uh it it felt like he knew without wanting the attention that typically can be accompanied with some of these retirements things like that that that’s not who he is but I just knew by the way that he kind of moved throughout that year the way that he poured into these younger guys the way that he was you know even just after games um it was just you’re cherishing these moment and when he told me I I knew like right when we walked off the field in Detroit I said that’s it huh he goes yep that’s it said I love you you know you’ve changed my life for the better I I can’t even tell you the amount of positive things that you’ve brought to my life and what you mean to me as a person more importantly than a player but man I I mean already this offseason he’s like the guy that you can use to tell stories about that is uh that resonates with these cats and uh and I think that’s a powerful way of of trying to get messages across Ross he’s a rare human being that’s why I tell my kids I’m like you should have seen him you know he’s one of those people um he really is so hard to rep hard to replace yeah let me ask you this when did you know he was just different like because there were those moments that we had early on I mean like I the only thing I was grateful for is he held out my first two years because he just stole offensive lineman Souls I mean you get he ruins practices yeah he ruins practices I’m sure for you like there’s a thin lineer where you’re like hey we want a good look but we don’t we want to be able to run our [ __ ] we pissed him off though CU I said hey realistically we’re gonna play it like what you get paid like what you get played so we slid to him you know the last couple camps and he’s like he was so pissed at me I go hey bro this is what’s real because most tells for the second and third levels of our defense because he’s getting these quick wins guys are like oh this is great I’m like no he’s going to get so much more attention but uh I I knew day two coach I knew day two to answer your question I remember walking up to Jeff fiser me and William Hayes yeah saying hey fish uh I know it doesn’t work this way but you should go ahead and make him the highest paid defensive player in the NFL because that’s what he deserves and we told the media he was gonna be a Hall of Famer I I you know now I you knew that after two days two days you know the violence with which he uses his hands totally you know that’s the thing he doesn’t get enough credit for is the you know everybody talks about the leverage the explosion the accuracy of his hands he always won with his hands they’re in a frenzy and they’re totally controlled at the same time and I’ll never forget I was the old guy that was walking into the meeting room at 8:00 after you know everything died down in training camp and you know i’ I’d watch film and nobody else really did it I’m not saying I knew what to do and others didn’t I was just older and I walked in the meeting room two three nights in a row nobody left in the building this [ __ ] is sitting in in my desk at my film projector and he’s watching film and I would kick any other rookie out but I just watched the way he he he broke the game down and it was like somebody at some point taught him football you know like I don’t know who his coach was at pit I don’t know who his high school coach was I don’t know if it was Dad but he came to the NFL like a pro and so that’s what happens and you know this when it’s a Confluence of great physical ability and the work ethic and the understanding of the game that’s what happens you get Aaron Donald yeah I he’s he’s Second To None it’s funny that you say that Chris because so the first year he’s here we have that first you know mini camp that’s allotted to the new staff so that was really the only time in the off season so he comes to that first thing and just wrecks practice I mean it’s two days of just pure Carnage right before the draft you know and then he’s working through a contract thing and um he was away for the rest of the offseason then he was away for the entire really training camp he actually came the week we were opening up against the Colts and he could have played but his first game was against Washington long story short we’re playing Jacksonville early on in the season it’s like week six and we’re getting ready to go to Jacksonville play them we were going to stay in Jacksonville and then play the Cardinals in London after that but I go in I’m leaving Thursday night you know that’s when you’re kind of wrapping up the game plan putting the Red Zone stuff together I’m leaving it’s like 9:30 at night there’s one light on in the whole building because normally people wrap up a little bit earlier this freak is in the dline room and he’s watching like the get back on track Downs to see the sets of the guards and things like that and and that that was my like you know I knew this guy was great but like the work he puts in that that’s what people see the production nobody knows all the stuff that goes on behind the scenes where it’s like you know the intrinsic motivation the natural feel he is uh the stories could go on and on but this guy and then just seeing what it meant to him to watch him accomplish things like you talk about a guy that really didn’t care about the individual acols and was all about just winning and trying to affect positive change with his teammates he’s he is uh he’s a [ __ ] G yeah love that we both love that [ __ ] I I think suffice to say and my question my million dooll question to you because you you’re the scheme guy H how would you game plan for Aaron Donald if you had to play him now that he’s out of league and you can kind of you can kind of dream that up without any repercussions well he’d get the slide every single snap and then in any of the situations where it elicited – protections when we’ get into our odd spacing like I’ve seen teams do they just say hey let the back check him and unless it’s a rare situation where you get early control you’re we’re just sacrificing 20% of our eligibles that was where like you know when sometimes we’d move him to the edge I’m like no let him let him rush inside you can’t manipulate protections as much but I’ve seen more full-term protections I’ve seen more people willing to just say [ __ ] it we’ll waste 20% of our eligibles with a back or a tight end and just put him in that A or B Gap based on where he’s at um and then when he’s out I would jump the ball and not let him sub back in yeah yeah yeah yeah that’s a big one and then taking shots when he walks off the field like you know we literally had a menu of plays like we had a different call sheet because of how teams would approach him when we when he’d go out of the game knowing that that was the approach of a lot of these sound OC’s that you know we would we would play some more conservative things deep to short because that was their time to get those plays off it’s so interesting and you know talking to you is really interesting because you’ve been the person in these meetings when you’re playing maybe not Aaron Donald but somebody like him and I wonder who who those guys through your 10 your are that have kept you up at night you know there’s there’s special players across this league you know he gains you know he garnered so much attention I think when you look at these interior players obviously Chris Jones has done a magnificent job affecting the game in a positive way modeling his game after Aaron matab buuk has a big season last year but I think these Edge players I I thought Bose’s maturity as a rookie from when he came into this league talking about Nick Bosa yeah I was incredibly impressed with the maturity that he played with in his production in both phases we practiced against Crosby last year he I’ve never I mean the relentlessness that he plays with the energy the production in both phases you know miles Garrett but I’ll tell you what it seems like every week because these guys are getting so good you’re having to identify all right who do we want to make sure that we’re paying extra attention to how does that alter and affect the way that the ball’s got to come out how do we move the spot um you know some good players in our league that that really seem like they show up on a week- toe basis who who stands out to you who stands out to me I think Max Crosby stands out to me because I think he does a lot of it alone I don’t mean to disrespect anybody around him but when you look at like San Francisco’s defense and I love Nick Bosa but they’ve got a guy and I’d be excited to ask you about this like in Fred Warner who just deletes the middle of the field and there’s certain things that are just not options right and so you’ve got people would would cast suround them but I look at Max Crosby and I say yeah he changes the game in a big way I think TJ watt changes in both phases because he’s got that like innate playmaking ability you can affect the ball as well you know like he’s gonna make a great play in the flat as well you’re right he is he is a freak you know and I think uh you know when you look at it too like high Smith’s a legit dude you know on the other side of him that doesn’t get enough credit but here right I mean we we basically altered our whole plan to affect TJ this last year and then the one time he drops into coverage he picks off an underneath route and takes it back to inside the five I’m like you got to be [ __ ] me he finds ways to affect the game and Micah we haven’t talked about Micah you know pick your poison however they’re going to use him he’s going to be a game changer I wonder with these Edge guys you said it earlier and I agree when people ask me Chris was it more fun to play next to an Aaron Donald or across from a Robert Quinn I mean it’s fun either way don’t get me wrong but I prefer playing next to a Fletcher Cox or an Aaron Donald because of the way that you can dictate certain things and if that guy’s a team player he’s going to you’re going to play off him he’s going to create for you if you have an end on the other side you know you can play high low you can do certain things but you could both get chipped when you have a great end what are the like take me inside the the detail of alignments eye candy all the things you can do to affect a a rusher besides just sliding or chipping because I think for me I can remember it could be a reduced split tight tight end who you had split out and now you just got that like nasty like two three yard kind of split that I’m looking at and saying he could be blocking down on me it could be a whole bunch of eye candy with pre- SNAP motion what are the things that you can do to affect the defensive end that aren’t simple yeah I think you just mentioned a lot of them just people in proximity Backs from the back field Kiren Williams does a great job of of Shaving Ed is when guys are just a speed up the field rusher but I think you said it when you rush like I can’t only imagine how much that would have really come to fruition with you and Aaron rushing off of one another if you got a handful of years to really go together that was like so it was so impressive listen to him articulate who he liked rushing with because there was some leeway and luxuries we gave him to be able to have a two-way go or get vertical through the B and now let’s natural underneath because he’s really containing through the B Gap but as far as those Edge rushers it’s any sort of presence and you know we’re a big reduced split outfit but you said it whether it’s motions guys in proximity where I could block down on you there’s that threat of chip um and that’s really with any sort of SE area location player whether that’s receivers or tight ends um having the back cognizant of being able to to lend a presence one way or the other for the tackle and those are all things that are a huge part of the game plan because these guys are so good if you’re not cognizant it they they wreck the the game and every guy you mentioned is is somebody that we’ve gone up against at at some point and um and for different reasons they all are absolute nightmares to prepare for and that’s where I think Aaron was so unique because U he really changed the game in terms of the production especially as it relates to the sack production of the tfl from an interior player yeah it had been so heavily influenced by Edge guys but now it’s really like all right the defensive line is going to affect an influence and change the game and and nobody did it more than Aaron from that interior spot so it feels like now this year you guys have some like a legit 4 deep you know where you know we talked about it Like Money Ball if you’ve seen that movie where you know it’s giomi or it’s like you know you’ve got these four young guys that the some of the parts could add up to something special and you know I I wonder what you’re most excited about when you look at this group I look at young and I say he doesn’t even he hasn’t even figured it out yet and he had a last year he he’s he’s come a long way he’s he was a guy that that came in at a good career at Tennessee and I think he’s just continuing to learn how to add some tools to his Arsenal understand those looks to own he had a really good spring he was arguably one of the more improved players um on our football team because he’s got stuff in his body and now it’s just continuing to say repetition is the mother of learning what are my what’s my primary what’s my compliment let me master that let me understand and own where my opport OPP unities are for take it calls different things like that I think he really did a great job even just something as simple as which you you always did a great job but like when you’re playing out of a two-point early on in some of these run downs and it’s not known pass like how about not FAL stepping and what a difference that makes for your get off and your ability to affect the offensive line he’s he’s really done a great job I I’m I’m excited about where he can go and I thought he was one of the bright spots of the spring for sure and then verse and Fisk the two buddies is a great moment it was an awesome moment I know you like the players it’s not about the moment but the moment was special but verse to me feels like a perfect compliment you know too young he’s a reactionary rusher like I always felt this way about you like you can see certain guys that predetermine what they’re going to do with their Rush plan and then other guys that all right they’re starting this way but then I get an over set and I can naturally counter underneath or I can hit my spin and he’s he’s a reactionary rusher he’s a he’s a polished player for a young kid the game makes sense you know he we we still need to have him really understand where those opportunities are but man I mean you feel him like I always look at it from an offensive perspective it’s like if I feel you defensively then I’m worried about you and we better have a plan for you and yeah um I thought he played a grown man style of football you know that was what I liked and and he and Fisk were key and critical for why Florida state did what they did once they lost their quarterback they were heavily relying on that defense you could see they gave them some more luxury in leeway to be able to rush off with one another there was an unspoken agreement in terms of just their Naturals and and some of them were predetermined games and and you could even see that stuff start to come to life with some of the Ops we’ve given them out here and the secondary man I thought y’all did a great job defensively relative to the expectation I you know a lot of guys playing a lot of snaps back there that people didn’t know much about and I thought Raheem did a great job um you’ve replaced a few coordinators um this year what goes into new scheme but also why the guys you brought in Darius Williams coming back I’ve always really liked him um cam curl there were more expensive options but I thought that was a great pickup uh what what do you see is the outlook for those guys and how does replacing a scheme affect a group of players that are used to routine yeah no it’s it’s a great question it was awesome to be able to address some of those things and then some guys that are still here that gain some valuable experience last year that we’re counting on but you mention it to bring Darius Williams back that you know there’s effortless movement because of the work he puts in he’s strong in his lowers he stays patient he’ll stay Square he’s got legitimate ball skills I mean like if you get him an opportunity to be able to get his hands on the ball he’s usually catching it and he’s making people pay he’s got a great concept trigger based on the work he puts in he understands you know how the routes are timed up with the quarterback’s drop and he can play visual on the receiver he can play visual to the quarterback and get you know authentic Triggers on Concepts Kim curl is a is a guy that you know and I say this in the most complimentary way because I love this guy he reminds me of Mark Baron Mark Baron was like a Silent Assassin he takes everything in he’s so smart he’s tough as [ __ ] um cam curl has a similar demeanor and disposition as him now Mark will knock you I mean not Mark knock me senseless a couple times of Friendly Fire I believe it he was a total G but I say that in terms of how much you know confidence I have in what cam can be I thought you saw him do a lot of stuff in Washington where he can come down and play Man coverage on different guys at that two or three location um he’s violent the way he attacks the football I like the way that he’s a close quarter tackler and then you could see him play in different parts of the field and we’ll ask him to do some different stuff but the game makes sense to him you ask him a question and he’s answering it um he picks and chooses his words wisely but like this guy’s taking everything in he knows what the hell is going on and he’s a grown man Quinton lake is another guy that I think’s going to be a really good player for us he played the the nickel position for us last year he can play star or nickel and then getting travius white um while we haven’t seen him on the field yet that guy is a guy that I’ve always respected his body of work you don’t bet against people like that even though he’s had some tough injuries um you know so we’re excited about our back end no question take me through at the end of last year you guys reel off a bunch of wins after the byee and the by week is different for every team what changed for you guys and then when you got into the playoffs I felt like there was a hidden experience that people underestimated from you guys like people forgot you were in the Super Bowl a couple years ago and they forgot a bunch of guys were back you know the team Chang but a bunch of guys are back do you feel like that paid off and uh how much fun was that Detroit game CU that was a [ __ ] War it was a bad that was as loud of an atmosphere in environment as I’ve ever been a part of Chris I would say this the best part about last year is that there was real adversity I think that’s when you find out about people it’s like when you’re in the storm how the hell do you handle that stuff and we didn’t I wouldn’t say there was a change you know when we were three and six there was there was some opportunities to execute at a higher level we missed Stafford for a game and a half which was obviously a big but we played some good teams we came up short but the guys kept improving and when we went seven and one down the stretch I didn’t think there was really a lot different approach it was we happen to get the results but the process was consistent guys were mentally tough they they established the resilience in the midst of some of the adversity we faced early on and you know as well as I do if you’re playing your best ball at the end of the year you can be dangerous and I and I’ll tell you what we came up short and there’s things that that motivate you and drive you the right way I think it was a great learning experience for a lot of young players to go be in that atmosphere and environment that it just is different you know the the the fans the noise the the excitement what’s at stake um but I was proud as hell of that team you know even though we’ve had some other Seasons that that we might have gone further probably my most rewarding season as a coach um and I think a lot of it was because and I’d mentioned it before you know in the midst of so many good things going on here um I lost my way a little bit in 2022 really exposed me you know where the results weren’t what we wanted um but I was exposed in terms of my shortcomings some of my insecurities and I had to really addressed that and by no means am I perfect but I’m a lot better off and from that 22 season where you’re saying like you’re actually thinking about not coaching anymore what the hell is wrong with you but those were real things because you lost your purpose and perspective in the midst of you know the good stuff occurring and last year reminded me of why I love this [ __ ] so much because of those players um I think it was a great balance of youthful energy and exuberance these guys they just came out they [ __ ] competed they loved it um and then we had some veteran guys that kind of steered the ship the right way the Aaron Donalds Matthew Stafford you know Cooper cup you know like you talk about a guy that that you know went through some stuff and just handled it like a total G based on not being as healthy as he was nobody knows that um but but that to me gives me more respect for him just how he handled you know a challenging year but just kept battling kept contributing the way that he was capable of within the you know the framework of his responsibilities and I want to get coach out of here but I got two little scheme things here first off I thought last year a big turning point for you guys was you getting the back healthy right he is a stud isn’t he yeah he’s a stud but it’s a staple of what you guys do like I remember playing you guys when I went to Philly and it was all about you know outside Run game you know if that thing’s not there it becomes harder with the play action and you guys do such a good thing of make a good job of making everything look the same and I felt like when people watch that team and I this is what I said coming in last year you guys were just as dangerous as that Super Bowl team because you had puka and Cooper outside um and you had a back that I might not put up there with early in his prime but this kid’s young and he’s pretty good and the quarterback is a [ __ ] Hall of Famer so I look at that team and I say it’s a lot of the same but there were small differences in the way you guys got to the play action and it was the same formula but can you talk to me about what what you had to do to Tinker with the concepts a little bit to fit the throws that Matt could make and the throws that William or the the runs that Williams uh likes to make no doubt I think a lot of it you know and it was kind of an evolution you know we knew we wanted to shift our identity a little bit based on our Personnel we were bigger inside you draft Steve in the in the you know in the second round you’re able to acquire Kevin doson got big tackles in Aller and and Rob um but I thought Kiren that was kind of what his skill set was he’s not limited in any scheme you know but being it you know I’ve never been a part of a really good offense that didn’t have the ability to threaten you with the run and the pass like right you know I did in 21 we were dangerous but but we weren’t as good running the football we were much more like the difference in when we went seven and one if you just said all right production wise we were so efficient running the football you get Kiron Williams back off of the temporary IR it does allow you to stay on track more where you’re in more of those regulated down in distances where you can really have a lot of the stuff we want to do come to life the marriage of the run in the past that little conflict of all right is this a play action is it a boot is it a core run oh [ __ ] it’s a play action screen and our players brought it to life but the players enabled us to be able to establish an identity where you know you could go more at people we wanted to be more physical I thought that was one of the things that just based on when you look at the last couple years yeah we’ve been a good team but but where can we improve with the caliber of people were bringing the types of schemes that just elicit a certain toughness that’s required and I thought that was uh I thought that was a big deal that the players brought to life and and it makes it a lot easier when you’re getting four and five and six and then you can set up other things that enable you to be able to be a little bit more flexible as a play caller from an offensive standpoint I got one more and I’m Gonna Save my other 45 questions for the next time you come on because I could yeah I’m join this okay last one we had Andy Reid on and he told us a story about getting a play from a janitor uh no lie and I’m wondering because you I put you in that Echelon of creative play callers um have you ever gotten your your a concept from somewhere you didn’t expect and what’s the zone that Shawn McVey needs to be in to think this [ __ ] up is it on your your porch looking at the ocean is it is it just in your office like is it listening to music how what’s your how do you get rid of writer’s block so to speak if I tell you what I’d be a lot less tormented if I had a clear-cut answer but usually when I get the R&B going that usually gets the Good Vibes it is crazy though that like when you’re thinking about something so hard some of the best ideas kind of come when you’re driving into work or you’re not really trying and and you know those are like legitimate things behind that in terms of just our brains but I I tell you what I’ve heard it said before all the best coaches are the best thieves you know I I I’ll steal a lot of different stuff we’ll we’ll use a lot of principles that I learned when shoot I was a sorry ass quarterback running the triple option in high school you know and just ways of putting defenders in Conflict if you can’t block them then read them um we’ll do different things like that that really would was a heavy influence on some of the jet sweeps that we started doing in 18 where you’re booking a defensive end and circling the defense oh yeah um that kind of goes back to you know the influence and and you guys did some of that when you were here before I got here with Tavon and so um but I’ll steal plays all the time you know Andy Reed’s a guy that you’re always watching their stuff and if it fits for you but I think the biggest thing is is is you know the music for me making sure I get my rest like I used to think it was like a badge of Cur to like sleep four hours a night and I realize how freaking dumb that [ __ ] is now you get one of these damn watches and then you’re like oh you slept four hours you know what I mean you need a little see that’s you’re exactly right I’d be a real basky case with the aura ring or stuff they say you’re sleep with [ __ ] then it throw my whole day off but it has been U it’s it’s organic thing you know but it’s usually as a result of when these players start bringing stuff to life and then you’re saying all right how can we maximize their skill sets that’s when it’s the most fun and and sometimes it’s the unpredictable things where if you had said you know we would have turned into what we did last year you know that wasn’t necessarily the plan but the players brought it to life and yeah you know at the end of the day it’s always about you guys yeah no question well that’s that’s why they love you coach and big fan of watching you you guys play and uh good luck this year hope you come back again no hey I appreciate you having me on man it’s uh it’s been fun we’ll have to do this again it’s been too long I kind of got my feelings that it took this long to ask me well the last time I saw you I think was the esps yeah I just line right after I got I retired I got cut and you’re were like hey that story though that’s my first year yeah and then we both won rings but how about this for you though that that’s the best story though is so you know I we were late to the red carpet this is me and my wife were late to the deal I mean I look like an intern you’re they’re like all right hey Chris Long Chris Long come on in so they let you and uh you traveling through there and you’re kind of looking back and they’re like who the [ __ ] is this guy so then we just got the Walk of Shame running away no red carpet they said we don’t know who the hell you are but you’re no chance you’re the head coach for the Rams hey give it a couple years everybody knew who you were coach that’s great man I forgot about that that was a yeah I tell you what that that was that was not a fun ESP experience for me and my wife she’s like this is she’s like what the hell’s going on you said you were a big shot oh all right well coach I appreciate you man tell all the fellas hello and uh wish wish you luck man hey appreciate you Chris [Music]