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Rams Bengals, The Showdown at SoFi.

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We welcome in these lovely faces with all the information you need to get you set for this Wednesday. Yes, Wednesday. We've got Taylor Bashaddy, Bridget Condon joining us. Taylor, you've been hanging out with the Rams all week long. Set the scene for us. What is the story for that squad today? Okay, the Rams are going to be back on the practice field day. They had a normal game week schedule this

week. Tuesday they're off. Wednesday they're back. The temperature in Thousand Oaks this afternoon is supposed to be 82 degrees. Not too bad. It's 50 miles north from here. It certainly does not feel like it's 82 degrees outside right now. But this Sunday for Super Bowl Sunday, it's also going to be in the 80s, if that's the case, is going to make it one of the warmest Super Bowls ever.

Head coach Sean McBay did say on Tuesday though that wins could play a factor this week in Thousand Oaks. They've had some intense wins in the past. This season, they've had to go to Sofi Stadium at times to practice. But this time, because of all the game day prep that they have Sofi, they're going to have to go to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. So something to monitor this week is that Thursday's practice could be at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

Absolutely. have at SoFi, they're going to have to go to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. So something to monitor this week is that Thursday's practice could be at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Absolutely beautiful right there next to the foothills. Let's go to a proud James Madison Duke. Bridget, let's talk about the home team Bengals, even though they're playing in Los Angeles. What's on their schedule for today? I think right now they're probably still asleep behind me in their hotel,

but they hopped off the plane at LAX yesterday with a dream and their cardigan, right? No, Joe Burrow definitely not rocking a cardigan. He has way too much swag for that. But seriously, this is a dream come true for all the players on this roster. Many of them weren't even alive when the Bengals were last in the Super Bowl. 33 years ago. So they got here a little early.

They'll practice outside today at UCLA.

They've been practicing in a bubble in Cincinnati

because of the snow, because of the ice. So they're going to get used to practicing outside today.

But Zach Taylor said he wants to keep this week as normal as possible. Keep meeting times the same,

keep practice times the same, so that they can get used to this just as a normal week. They're going to try and eliminate that outside noise. So how are they going to do that? Well, they're going to spend more time with each other. For this team, that's easy. When you ask any player on this team individually, what makes this team so special, what makes them stand out? They all say the same thing. It's their chemistry. There's no egos on this roster. They're all playing for each other, whether you're a backup, whether you're a practice squad member, whether you're a starter. They all want the same thing. That's a Super Bowl. It started at the top with Zach Taylor when he was hired by the Bengals in 2019. He said the best teams are built on great player ownership. They allow these players to have a voice. Yes, he deals with the scheme and the details, but it's really players who are able to talk, that locker room, more like a family, less like a business. Well said, I was not prepared for a Miley Cyrus reference at 404 Pacific Standard Time, but I am here for it always. Bridget, I believe, is this your first talk back at least with me on Good Morning Football? Welcome. Yeah, thank you. I'm excited to be here. What better week than Super Bowl week to get started. And what better team to cover than those Bengals? Bishadie, you kill it as always with those Rams. Talk to you down the stretch here, a four-hour show, big time guess of a big game on Sunday, four days away. What do you guys think is the biggest thing that the Bengals have going for them in this Super Bowl?

I think the biggest thing that the Bengals have going for them in this Super Bowl? I think the biggest thing is they shouldn't feel any pressure. And I say that from the standpoint of when you have a whole lot of pressure on you and you're supposed to go out here and you're supposed to do great things. Sometimes you get to pressing a little bit, right? I think this Bengals football team doesn't have any pressure. They're not supposed to be here. I know they're here and when you get here, you want to win the game, but I think it just allows this football team to just play a little bit more loose. And you talk about playing loose, it's this explosive offense, right? We've seen Joe Burrow get knocked down time and time again and just continue to pick itself up, right? up mentioned the other day, some of these great quarterbacks, they get knocked down nine times. Somebody's going to hear about it on the sideline. You're going to knock down three times. But it's been Joe Burroughs' ability to just be cool and calm under pressure. And that's when he can rely on all of these playmakers he has out there. It only takes one play. One time to get the ball to a guy like Jamar Chase at the line of scrimmys and he goes 80 yards. One time to notice that they're doubling T. Higgins on this play and Jamar Chase. So bam, I got Tyler Boyd down the middle of the field. It just takes one play for this Cincinnati Bengals offense to really strike. And so I just want to see this team play relaxed, no pressure on them. But there is pressure. Like are you do really, you know what it takes to be successful on the NFL level and to go through an entire season to make the playoffs. Then you're in the Super Bowl and there's like they're playing with house money. I don't know if I buy that. I'm saying the simple fact is when you look at these two rosters and you play some side by side,

it's no doubt who should win this game. The reason we love the National Football League is because they don't play the games on paper. You got to go out there and do it. You just never know how

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