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That's right. This is good morning football. Welcome inside everybody. We're live in L.A. and Indianapolis today because it is the first official day of on-field drills in the NFL scouting combine. It's Thursday, February 27th. I'm Jamie Erdall, Manteo, Peter Schrager,

Cody Kessler at the table. But actually, Peter, in hindsight, that was a bit of a mistake.

I didn't know this kicking specialty exposition was happening yesterday. That was a cool deal.

Really cool. Kickers usually get no love here at the combine. Punters usually come and just get to run 40s. They actually got to do the actual drills. Pat McAfee hosted it. Very cool way to start off the combine and there was a great turnout. I think that would be a fixture for years to come. So kickers and punters getting to love too, Jamie. We like to show all the love here at the network. Mm-hmm. We, indeed we do. And all love, meaning that we don't just focus on guys working out this weekend. We have to pay attention to news around the NFL and, of course, current

players. Rams head coach Sean McVeigh hung out with two of his friends, fits and wits on their

podcasts as the Rams and the coach lay out the situation

that they face right now with their quarterback, Matthew Stafford.

There's no dispute, and let's not get it twisted in regards to anybody wanting him to be our

quarterback.

Ultimately, you're saying, hey, there's a ton of interest because this guy's an incredible player. And we've had conversations where he could probably play however much longer he wants, but it's been on a year to year in terms of our dialogue. Now, is that one is that two? Only he can answer that. But there does have to be an element of understanding, well, what does that future look like without this freaking G that's been our quarterback for the last four years? And there's no right or wrong way to go

about it. But I do think for us to be able to make the most educated decision in terms of,

all right, you know, the cash budget that we operate on, the draft comp that you would get in

return, you know, you just need to be able to have all the

parameters to at least explore it. He and I have had great dialogue throughout this process. I know

where we wanted to be able to end up, but these decisions aren't made in a vacuum, and that's

kind of the challenging part about it. McVeigh just calls it like he sees it. Peter and Tom Pelliserro,

the guy's been a G, a quarterback for the Rams.

And of course, there's no dispute. He wants him to stay at that position.

But Peter, sometimes the books don't lay out that way.

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