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Evan & Tiki

Sean McVay proved NFL coaches are too reliant on analytics

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.6945 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Shaun Morash and Tiki Barber talk about the Los Angeles Rams' Monday Night Football loss to the Atlanta Falcons, which Shaun thinks happened because they were too reliant on analytics ... and Tiki reacts.

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0:00.0

Evan and Teaky on the fan.

0:02.2

Sean and Teke here with you. 888808-1019. Quickly on Monday night football last night. First of all, I'm jacked up for the playoffs. It just feels like we have had so many of these primetime games that have been wild and crazy. The last couple weeks. Last night was no different. It's actually a real shame that Atlanta didn't get their act together early in the year.

0:20.9

Who knows what happened to Michael Pennix?

0:22.1

Because that defense is flying around right now.

0:24.7

Rahim Morris has them cooking.

0:27.0

But Bejohn Robinson has been awesome.

0:28.8

And they end up upsetting the Rams after the Rams have this furious comeback last night.

0:34.3

But the Rams last night, Tiki, gave me a warning sign of what's happened with Dan Campbell Lions teams a couple years in the postseason. There was about nine and change left. It's listed as fourth to two, it was fourth to three if you're watching the game, down seven. And the Rams decide, despite the fact that their old line is getting its ass kicked. Right. To not kick a field goal and go for it and they miss. They end up getting the stop coming back, tying the game anyway on the Puka touchdown, and then the Falcons go down to kick a field goal. Down seven, you know in that spot, seven will tie. It's 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter, basically. That's the reason why you don't do it. You don't do it. You need two scores to win the game anyway. 100%. Kick the three. They end up chasing the three points by the end of the game. Right. And it just, watching that and watching McVeigh do that and seeing how this keeps happening as we live in this analytical, aggressive world in the NFL, as these games get tighter and the competition stiffens in the postseason, we need to

1:31.4

re-remind these coaches.

1:32.8

You know, they've been playing football for a long time.

1:34.5

Field goals are, in fact, allowed, and you don't want to be chasing points.

1:38.3

Well, you also have to take into account the fourth down situation.

1:43.3

Right.

1:43.6

It's like the Giants last week when it was fourth and five inside, or, yeah, this is not, not the Raiders

1:48.9

game.

1:49.2

The Vikings game.

1:51.1

Fourth and five inside the 10 yard line against one of the great defenses in the NFL right

1:56.3

now, one of the best red zone defenses in football.

1:59.5

And you're going to go for it on fourth and five?

2:02.3

If it's fourth and one, maybe.

2:04.4

Or fourth and one and a half, fourth and three is hard.

2:08.0

Yes.

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