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The wait is finally over, Rams House! Myles Garrett officially makes his debut this Sunday as the Los Angeles Rams travel to take on the Washington Commanders.
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00:00Now, the big news coming out of Rams camp today, you guys, Miles Garrett will be back on the field
00:05Sunday when the Rams head to Washington.
00:09And he spoke today. So I just want to get right into it. OK, we want to hear from Aaron
00:14Donald and what it was like kind of for him being away from the game.
00:18It was very difficult. No, this is what I love to do. I love being around my teammates, being able
00:27to, you know, just help the whole group shine.
00:32You know, seeing seeing them go out there and having fun, not only, you know, missing out on having fun,
00:38but it's like I want to be there in those moments and be able to share in their success and
00:41celebrate their success.
00:43And, you know, just not being able to do what I feel like I was put here to do.
00:48Only one of the reasons I was put here. You know, it just, you know, it hurt me for a
00:52while.
00:53But I've got a got a good team around me. I've got a great family.
00:56You know, blessed to be in a great place with great weather.
00:59So I'm happy to be back and make the most of my time off and the rest of the time
01:05I got.
01:06Yeah, I can't even imagine a player of his caliber, especially since like he was the biggest.
01:12It was the biggest conversation, the biggest trade we have seen this offseason to not even have an opportunity to
01:20show what he's got and then to come back from injury.
01:23Take us through kind of like what a mindset is heading into the game this weekend.
01:28Yeah, you know, you're you're upset and you're angry and I get it.
01:33You're a future Hall of Fame guy and a millionaire and can buy anything in the world and you have
01:38the best life imaginable.
01:39Don't get me wrong. But there is a level of not being able to do something that you love to
01:45do.
01:45And I think anyone can find empathy in that being taken from you for something that's out of your control,
01:51which is which is an injury.
01:52Could it have been handled better? Maybe. But the fact is, I love doing X and I cannot do X.
01:58So the just the sheer joy of it all is probably the biggest aspect game days for him throughout this
02:06year, other than the Australia game was coming over on the team bus or or rather driving over in your
02:13own car for home games.
02:15And then either going up to the booth up top or standing on the sideline, which means you just kind
02:20of hang out in the locker room.
02:21He probably showed up an hour before the game started, got a smoothie from the nutrition table and just watched
02:27his team play and couldn't do anything about it.
02:29And his team was playing poorly for a lot of that. Now he gets to drive to the stadium four
02:33hours before the kickoff.
02:34This is an away game. So he gets to travel with his team on the plane, be in the hotel,
02:39be in meetings, going over last minute notes and adjustments with Chris Shula.
02:44And you get to put your headphones on and ride on the bus over and get ready to go.
02:48And when you walk over to your locker instead of your smoothie, it's going to be a jersey that says
02:5395 and Garrett on the back.
02:55You know, that the moments like that take you back to to being a child.
02:59And it has been months since he's been able to do the thing that he loves and he gets to
03:03do with the Sunday.
03:03Yeah. So fun. I mean, I we saw him on the sidelines.
03:08We saw him for the first game up in the booth and there was like a lot of conversation of
03:12like, why is it even down on the field?
03:14And then we'd see him on the field. We see him on the bike and you see him laughing.
03:17It's like, well, why is he laughing? Like when he's in recovery is like he could not win in those
03:22moments.
03:23Like from the media, he could not win with the outside noise.
03:26But he actually talked about like kind of what he did during his time when he was trying to come
03:31back.
03:32It was frustrating for sure. But it's just an opportunity.
03:36You know, it's just a different lens, different perspective to try to be a leader, be a great teammate and
03:42help out however I can.
03:44I'll try to try to grow as a as a player.
03:48You know, even when I'm off the field, I'll try to study, you know, guys who are doing it at
03:52a high level this year.
03:53And try to advise and help out the guys who are here, how we can how we can continue to
03:58improve and be better as a defense and continue to take over games.
04:03I love it. Yeah, I love everybody. Is that the right reaction you want to hear from a guy who's
04:08been out for most of the season?
04:09It is. And I'm sitting here initially thinking of your point about how he did catch some some flack for
04:16smiling on the side.
04:17Yeah. Trying to gauge what a player is thinking because they laugh or look sad on the sidelines.
04:24One of the most annoying things. If a guy looks mopey, it's oh, he needs to be motivating his guys.
04:29Why is he over there so sad? If you're going to be sad, don't show up.
04:32If a guy cracks a smile, it's oh, the the the the team's losing and you're injured.
04:37Why are you not smiling? Right. I always say this is because it happens in the NBA, MLB, all around.
04:43If you have an office job and accounting is having a really bad day and you're in the engineering department
04:50and somebody says a joke,
04:53are you not going to laugh because your team is having a bad day? No, stop. Stop looking into things
04:57that aren't there.
04:58But anyway, what Miles is saying is exactly what you want to hear. He's ready to go out there and
05:04handle business.
05:05He is a guy who's not just motivated by individual success because he's already got all the individual success.
05:11Every time he's talked so far, he brings up team and just how much he missed being around the guys.
05:16And sure, he's been in meetings and training room, but it's it's incredibly isolating to be injured.
05:22You are on a completely different schedule from everyone else.
05:26And to now be able to spend spend the week just hanging around with your guys, getting ready to go,
05:31getting ready to put the best version of yourself for it. I'm really excited for him.
05:34I think what everyone's really excited about is what we've kind of been anticipating and waiting for since this trade
05:40went down.
05:41And that is Miles Garrett lining up and playing with Aaron Donald.
05:46And he talked about that just moments ago.
05:49I mean, going into the season, I never thought I'd have the chance.
05:52And, you know, as as you all know, he kept this in suspense for quite a while.
05:57So it was it was very exciting to hear about that and looking forward to the opportunity to get on
06:01the field and actually play some some real snaps with him.
06:04Yeah. Wow.
06:06Wow.
06:07What I love to hear, though, is that like he didn't even know, like Miles didn't even know.
06:11Like we're all like, come on, Aaron Donald has to know.
06:13It's like, no, like literally, I don't think he knew.
06:15Miles Garrett didn't know. Sean McVay didn't know.
06:17And it was like when he told us he was ready, that's when he made his decision.
06:20That's why I say, wow, because it seems like he even kind of surprised himself there.
06:24No, this this is history.
06:27I spent all offseason looking up a bunch of facts and numbers and tidbits of have two certified Hall of
06:34Fame guys ever joined forces with one coming out of retirement.
06:37When's when's the last time a surefire Hall of Famer came out of retirement after missing two years?
06:43You know, all of these things culminated in a debut in Australia with an injured Miles Garrett, a devastating Rams
06:52loss and no Aaron Donald.
06:53It took us halfway, the halfway point of the season, but we finally got the thing that we have been
06:59excited for for months and they make their debut Sunday.
07:03OK, so let's look at the remaining Rams schedule now, knowing that we have Miles Garrett back, that you have
07:10Aaron Donald and we're finally getting like this is to the point where like Aaron Donald is ramped up and
07:14we're seeing the best version.
07:16I think that we're going to get of Aaron Donald this season and you're getting a healthy Miles Garrett.
07:21I mean, this is scary because every other team halfway through the season.
07:27Now you're like, OK, we can't wait for the bye week.
07:29If it already happened, what are we going to do?
07:31Because our like no one is like fully healthy right now, but you are getting a completely healthy Miles Garrett
07:37coming in at week nine.
07:39If Miles Garrett can go out there and and prove he doesn't have to prove that he's going to pick
07:44up where he left off.
07:45That's that's an unrealistic expectation.
07:47But if he can prove that he is going to be ramping up to where he used to be, then
07:53we're back to the discussions of there's no offensive line that's ever been able to stop Miles Garrett.
07:58So now you you do have guys like Aaron Donald, but you also have a defensive front who's coming off
08:07of the best game of the season.
08:09And yeah, they were playing the Chargers.
08:10I get it.
08:11But these things go a long way.
08:13You look at the Byron Youngs and now he gets to elevate his game.
08:18You you look at a defense that every single person on that defense gets affected and their job gets a
08:25little easier because a guy like Miles Garrett is on the field, whether he will be on a snap count,
08:32how he will feel, how explosive he will be.
08:34That remains to be seen.
08:35And I don't expect him to be at 100 percent, not from a health standpoint, but from from a back
08:40in the groove standpoint.
08:42But he will eventually get there and he will get there very quickly.
08:45OK, so I'm going to run through the remaining schedule.
08:48You tell me because having Miles Garrett back, that changes your perspective on the Rams and if he's going to
08:53make that big of an impact.
08:54OK, Sunday against Commanders.
08:56Definitely for the Commanders because they don't know what to expect.
09:00Cardinals.
09:01Cardinals.
09:02Yes, because Jacoby Bursette was way too comfortable the first time around.
09:07Thanksgiving Eve against the Packers at home.
09:10Yes, because they have more offensive.
09:11They're the only team with more offensive line issues than the Chargers.
09:15Chiefs.
09:17Chiefs.
09:17You know what?
09:18It's not going to affect that game a ton.
09:21Like Miles Garrett affects every field that he steps on.
09:24Don't get me wrong.
09:25But the pass rush and getting to Patrick Mahomes.
09:28Mahomey.
09:28Yeah, he's he's getting rid of the ball a lot quicker.
09:31So maybe not a ton of an impact in that game.
09:33All right.
09:3449ers.
09:35Yeah, because Brock Purdy has been phenomenal throwing on the run and in scramble.
09:39This is as athletic as Brock Purdy has looked.
09:41So Miles Garrett there makes a big difference.
09:43Yeah.
09:43Cowboys.
09:44Yeah, because they're terrible.
09:46All right.
09:47Seahawks.
09:48Seahawks.
09:48Yes.
09:49Depends who you have back there.
09:50I was going to say, I'm assuming Sam Darnold is healthy by that moment.
09:53And Sam Darnold under pressure leads to the Sam Darnold that we saw just this past Monday Night Football game.
10:00All right.
10:01And Baker and the Bucs.
10:03Baker and the Bucs.
10:04Yeah, their season.
10:05Well, you know what?
10:06Definitely that game because I still think they're going to find a way to win the NFC South.
10:10And for all we know, they may need to win that game in order to clinch it toward the back
10:14end of the season.
10:14That one's going to be fun.
10:15The way that the Bucs can just fall backwards into winning the division each year is insane.
10:20They may have to realign divisions because the NFC South is just so bad.
10:23It's insane, you guys.
10:26They got to shake it up.
10:27Yeah.
10:27And then closing it out again with the Seahawks.
10:29Having Miles healthy for like two and three weeks is going to be very much needed.
10:35Splitting the Seahawks series is very much back on the table with Miles Garrett.
10:40And that game will likely, will definitely have wild card playoff implications.
10:46Maybe even NFC West if the 49ers start slipping.
10:48I don't think they will.
10:49I don't think they will.