Hour 1:  Knicks-Spurs Game 1 Reaction, plus Former Pro Bowl OT Terron Armstead In-Studio

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23:57Rich Eisen:Away from returning. The Rich Eisen Show back on the air with Disney Plus, the ESPN app and ESPN radio. Ten-year veteran Teron Armstead is here on the Rich Eisen Show. Fresh off of the Good Morning football set. It is very, 12 years? 12 years. What did I say? Ten. Did I say ten? I'm not going to even let you. Twelve years, my bad. Take them two years with me. So it's tough to not overreact and say, Miles Garrett just put the Rams over the top. Sitting here on June whatever the heck it is right now. June 4th. Right? Am I wrong? Much different than Nick's sweep. Okay. You know what I mean? Much different.

24:38This is not an overreaction, Rich.

24:39Rich Eisen:It is not. Not an overreaction. That the Rams just got the piece that puts them over the top for the Super Bowl. The Rams just got the piece that makes them go undefeated. Health is the only concern, the durability of these guys. But if healthy, this roster is healthy, I see no reason why they don't go undefeated. Challenge the 1972 Miami Dolphins as being the only team to do so and get the championship. And Myles Garrett is that last piece. Yes. What if Aaron Donald comes back? stop that. That is overkill. That's too much. Walk me through the offensive line room on a week where you're maybe getting ready for Miles Garrett and Aaron Donald together.

25:32That's funny.

25:33Rich Eisen:What would that meeting be like? It would be funny. What do you mean it would be funny? Man, it's to game plan for those two on the same D-line, the run game is paramount. You got to be successful in the run game, but ultimately it comes down to your defense and your special teams. We cannot go down or get behind to where we have to drop back pass. If we do, we lost. Plain and simple. Like, there's really no other recipe to it. If we go down against this team this week with these two guys, we lost. so run game your defense not only stopping the offense but trying to find a way to create points we've seen the Patriots do it throughout their playoff run and then special teams how can we steal a possession how can we find points in special teams I again it's the first week of June and it is you know we're just less than 100 days until the Seahawks kick things off against the Patriots and then the first team to get a load of the Rams is going to be San Francisco yeah and would you say it's a wrap obviously no you can't predict it you know health is going to be a massive issue obviously yeah it's like it is for all 32 but the the the division games comes comes down to a possession or two anyway correct like that's just historically how it happens no matter the roster is just so much chemistry and you're familiar with each other you recognize plays and schemes.

27:1249ers are one of those teams that's built to handle whatever's in front of them. Especially getting back there Nick Bosa, Fred Warner, bringing in Mike Evans. They will have a team to compete. Seattle the same way. The Finnish Super Bowl champion. They are built as such. As the Rams. I think for Miles Garrett, Rich, what he's accomplished throughout his career, I was on GMFB this morning. I asked him to pull a stack. How many times has Miles Garrett played with a touchdown lead, touchdown or more lead? The answer is eight games. Of his career. Eight games of his career.

27:52Rich Eisen:Where he's had a lead of more than a touchdown? A touchdown or more. That he's gone onto the field. With a lead. With a lead of that length. Eight games. Wow. That is nuts. So we bring on the league MVP, this prolific, dynamic offense, John McVay. He is going to have a lead all of maybe other than eight minutes of this upcoming season. He might match his career mark by game nine this year is what you're saying. This is not an overreaction. This is not an overreaction. This is real. Like, I'm trying to really put into thought and then into words. Yes. Eight games playing with the league where a team has to drop back past the ball in order to catch up.

28:48He, the amount of reps, the amount of rushes he will get this year will multiply.

28:55Rich Eisen:What is it like blocking him? Fun. Fun. That's the word you use. We had a couple great battles. I talked about this this morning as well. 2018, New Orleans Saints, Cleveland Browns. We had a one-on-one clash that was, I think, top five. Like a real O-line, D-line battle. I told them this needs to be in the curriculum at the University of Football. Everybody that wants to play O-line, D-line, you've got to watch the game. Why? It just was a battle of technique, of craftsmanship, of two elite athletes. I won the matchup. Okay. Yeah, for sure. And our other one, too. I won that one, too. When you say won, you shut him out?

29:45I shut him out. Okay. I shut him out. Don't mean it wasn't stressful. You know what I mean?

29:50Rich Eisen:I imagine you can't just roll out of bed and shut out Miles Cameron. No, no, no. And it's also game plan, too. Sometimes I had the slide coming to me or the run game, play action, all those things. But I still want to match up. Did Sean Payton rile you up before that week, during that week, to say, all right, did he do any Sean Payton things? We had this scouting report, and it would be color-coded. So they'll give you the defense, and guys would be green, yellow, blue, red. and it'll take you like through the tier of player. So, you know, solid starter, key contributor, pro bowl, best in the league.

30:34Rich Eisen:What color was best in the league? Red. Okay. He was red and it was year two for him. Two or three. It was red. And I saw it and it pissed me off. Like, how's he red already? I ain't like it. Sean didn't really say much outside of that. Like, we are, Miles Garrett is that right now. and you all better pitch and is the best in the league. And he's deeper red in year nine. He is gold. It is. Yeah, it is gold. Yeah. Yeah, like first ballot gold. And so at the end of the day, though, on the flip side, Teron Armstead here in the Richeyes of Joe, what do you think is going through Jared versus Skull right now?

31:14I saw his response and how he felt upset about the move. and I can see where he's coming from. He was just in the NFC Championship, you know, right there, knocking on the door, going to the Super Bowl. They beat the Super Bowl champions before. So they were there. They had enough.

31:33The Rams won the trade. Cleveland didn't lose the trade. They did not lose. No. I feel very strongly about Jerry Verse. I've been open about it. He's incredible. He has so much room to grow. Now, he's not Miles Garrett. Miles is a different athlete, once in a generation. Jarrett versus special. If and when he adds these tools to his game, the hands, the reaction, the ability to set up moves for later in the game, it'll be dominant, it'll be scary. Cleveland will feel great about what they have from now into the future. But he has work to do. Miles has done the work, and he's still getting better as a player, which is crazy.

32:20I really like, love Jury Verse. I love this for Cleveland. I think they did not lose this trade.

32:27Rich Eisen:I agree with you, by the way, because you can't look at everything in a vacuum. Sure. You just simply cannot look at everything in a vacuum. Look who they've added through the drafts last couple of years. For sure. And how they're all young and they're all in years one and two. And you've got to look down the road. You're not going to have to pay some. You're not going to have to let some go. Right. But you're going to have them all grow together. And Miles, despite his incredible greatness, is about, depending on the ages of the other young kids, seven, eight years ahead of him. For sure. And you also have to take a look at where you are now and how Miles just had the greatest year in the history of pass rush.

33:21Rich Eisen:For sure. And you chose sixth overall in the draft anyway. No question. And you put it all together. I thought this is a great move because of Jared Burris. Yep. You know, and I know Browns fans might sit here and hear Andrew Barry say, yeah, we weren't going to do it. And then they said, Jared Verse, now you're talking. And you're like, oh, now you're talking this kid up. No, no. And that's why I'm asking you about what's going through his skull, because I am sure, and I am sure the Rams meant every word of it. When they were saying to him over the last two years, you are great. You are generationally great.

33:57Rich Eisen:You're going to be generationally great for us. You're going to lead this way for us on defense. You're already doing that. We're coaching the hell out of you. oh, wait a minute, Miles Garrett, see you. You know what I mean? And you can't blame the Rams for that. Not at all. At all. Not at all. But Jared Burst has got to sit here and go, who do I believe anymore? Like, who am I? And his head must be spinning. You know what I mean? I'm sure. And this is deeper than football. This is like life. This is your response. How you react to whatever happens, whatever, whether it's adversity, whether it's success, your response.

34:33And for Jared Burse, I urge and encourage him to receive this opportunity as an opportunity for growth to create his legacy. He received this in a healthy way to help lead this team and change the narrative around the Cleveland Browns. As you said, Miles had the greatest individual season from a defensive lineman, and they picked sixth overall. So, Jerry Burst can create winning and help be a part of a new winning culture in Cleveland, a place that hasn't experienced that. It's his turn.

35:11Rich Eisen:It is. I agree, and it's just going to be a fascinating thing to see play out in Ohio and here in California. Toronto Armstead, 12-year NFL veteran here on the Rich Eisen Show. So, the A.J. Brown acquisition for the Patriots, Does that put them over the top to get back to the Super Bowl in the AFC? It made them better instantly, for sure. For sure. Well, I gave you a yes or no question. You kind of, you know, fixed it. But that's fine. So that's a no because the AFC is more open? Like, what do you think? They got better. They improved. Listen, Rich, I do media now too. The set, every Monday, every Thursday, live YouTube.

35:55that said with Teron Olmstead. That's right. There is no I in Teron. Understood. They got better. You got a surefire number one. You got the history and relationship with him and Mike Brable. You got the runner-up for MVP, Drake May, and what he did in his second year. And we're only looking for more greatness. They got better. Can I say that? Put them over the top in the AFC. I can't. I can't say that. with certainty right now. Buffalo want their leg back. They want their shot back for what happened. And the Patriots taking that division last year. The Broncos will be there. And they added Jalen Waddell.

36:41So you feel me? It's going to be great. But they definitely got better. I think they won that situation.

36:49Rich Eisen:And Mahomes is coming back. The Chargers are a fascinating team. The charges are a factor. With Mike McDaniel now dialing things up for a guy in Harbaugh who loves to run the ball. Yeah. And you know that McDaniel just creates these creases and these schemes that find space, and they get Slater and all back, right? Who's the best team in the AFC North? In the North? Since the Patriots didn't get put over the top by the trade. Yeah. of A.J. Brown. Let me see that. The North is, that's Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cincinnati. Cleveland. Cleveland. I will go. Baltimore, they bothered me last year. What do you mean?

37:40Because just preseason roster was insane. I'm thinking Super Bowl. And they didn't make the playoffs. I'm going back Baltimore. I'm going back Baltimore. I think they're better than the other teams in that division. I think Cincinnati will be better than we want to give them credit for right now because it's been pretty quiet for them. But Baltimore, they added a coach, Declan Doyle, who came from Sean Payton.

38:07Rich Eisen:And Ben Johnson. And Ben Johnson. His style of offense, what he'll be able to create, and the opportunities he'll be able to create for Lamar Jackson using Derrick Henry in company, I really like. And I think they got a lot of prideful people on that defense that can't wait to respond. What will it look like? Because that, to me, is fascinating. You just brought up the name in Declan Doyle coming from the Bears and the Peyton world, right? And the Ravens offense, what will it look like? Now that the guy who seemingly unlocked Lamar in his MVP seasons is now coaching the Cleveland Browns. Yeah.

38:48Rich Eisen:It's crazy. What's that look like? Consistency, more rhythm. The Ravens offense, and it was baffling. And Lamar had injuries, but it was so inconsistent. So many quarters of not even a first down, no points. And we hadn't seen that in a while. We saw what the Bears were able to do, and a lot of it was Caleb and his heroics, but I think Lamar is further along in moving the ball forward and being consistent and making positive plays. Declan will bring a sense of consistency, a system. It'll be more rhythmic. And the way Derrick Henry is still playing and performing, I see that offense being consistently dangerous.

39:39All right. Can I keep you to the end of the hour or you got to go somewhere? You are rich-eyed, sir. I work for you.

39:45Rich Eisen:I understand that, but many times me, Rich Eisen, have asked that question because, like, no, I got to do this. I got to do that. I work for you. No, you don't. Today I do. You don't. Today I do. You can. You work for yourself, right? That's true. That's true. You work for your pod, right? You work for yourself. The set on Mondays, Thursdays. That's right. The set, Mondays and Thursdays. Mondays and Thursdays. Okay. And then on Thursday's show, today, he'll talk about the Knicks getting ready for a sweep with the San Antonio Spurs. All right. We're going to come back. And I want to put this 17-0 thing to the test.

40:17Rich Eisen:We're going to have some fun when we come back. The Rich Eisen Show, the podcast.

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41:28Rich Eisen:Back on the Rich Eyes Joe radio show, Teron Armstead. Have you ever heard of somebody just taking somebody else's number when they just show up? on the scene. There's always a transaction involved, right? Always a transaction. Whether they agree on it or not, which I've also seen, somebody's number was too much and they didn't agree and kind of didn't like each other. Oh. But I've never seen nobody. Who are those people? Are they still active? No. Okay. No. You've just narrowed it down slightly. A little bit. But again, we're assuming, and you know in the world of sports talk conversation that's a problem yeah um that jared verse just showed up and said i want eight but the bottom line is like hey if if i'm the guy who unlocked the miles garrett trade for sure you know for sure he and he says i want eight dylan gabriel's like what else you got over there for no you know you know man that's crazy that's crazy just to show up at practice with the number on is i've never heard that before that's the that's the bo coming yeah that's omar coming out no i love it um okay we're gonna have some fun you know we do the win-loss game around here when the schedules come out we have fans call in as a matter of fact i'm looking down at the at the call screen right here we have some fans waiting to call in to play the win-loss game where we put the schedule of a team that they want to or they root for what have you and they go one game by one game, one by one, and we find out who they predict what the team is going to finish what their final record is.

43:05Rich Eisen:We've never done it where somebody already is saying a team can go 17-0 before. As you said at the outset of our interview that the Miles Garrett trade says the Rams are, with health, a 17-0 team. I can see that. But we're going to play the win-loss game with you, Toronto. The Los Angeles Rams can go game by game and see if you think, at the end of the day, the number that's spat out at the end. And before you start, Rich, Miles isn't the only addition. I mean, that's definitely on the back end, by the way. You know what I mean? I know. Jalen Watson, too. Come on. And Aaron Donald is coming back.

43:37Rich Eisen:Okay, there's that. We are, for this moment, though, going to – we have to assume he is not. Stop. All right, give us some music. Teron Armstead, win-loss game of the Los Angeles Rams. What happens in Australia week one against the Niners? Duh. Okay. What happens when they come home to take on the Giants on Monday night? Duh. What happens when they visit Denver? Close one. But? Duh. What happens when they visit the Eagles right after? Start off tight game. Then duh. 4-0, home for the Bills on a Monday night. Blowout. Blowout. 5-0, home for the Cardinals. It gets ugly. 6-0 at the Raiders. Uglier.

44:227-0 home for the Chargers. It's a good one. It's a good one. High scoring Rams.

44:31Rich Eisen:8-0 at the Commanders. Yeah, that's a good one. 9-0 at the Cardinals. Worse than the first time. 10-0 off the bye on a Wednesday night before Thanksgiving against the Packers. Duh. 11-0 next week home for the Chiefs. Pat Mahomes take the lead late. Stafford comes still again. 12-0 at the Niners. They win more convincing than week one. 13-0 home for the Cowboys. Shellac. Come on. 14-0 at the Seahawks on a Friday night. Ooh. 14-0. What do you think? Now that we get there, you can pull back. Ah, that's tough. Two and three weeks is so difficult. And they're 14-0. I got Rams winning. 15-0 at the Bucs.

45:35Beat the brakes off the Bucs.

45:36Rich Eisen:16-0, they go for a perfect regular season at home against the Seahawks. A rest of starters loss. You think McVay's resting on a seven? He's taking a knee on a seven? No chance. Rest of starters. What if then Donald comes back to just get his C-Legs under him in that game? Stop. Listen, Aaron Donald can't come back. He's happy. He's happy. Let's let that man live his life doing what he's doing. He's at the Roast of Kevin Hart. He's kicking it. Wait, did you guys retire in the same year? No, he was a year before me. Can you still throw up 140s?

46:15Rich Eisen:Have you even tried? He is casually throwing up 140s. 140s. Yeah, I feel like you're trying to put it on TV that Aaron Donald's more of a man than me, and I don't like it. I'm not doing that. I don't like it. I'm saying he's getting himself into game shape. He's not as... That's breakfast. I don't... I'm not... I can't do 140s no more. You are not questioning your manhood. I would never... No, not necessarily. We're just questioning your want to. I can't do that. I can't do that. Nor can most mortals. You kidding me? He's different. He's different. The set on Mondays and Thursdays. When are you going to invite me on?

46:54We're putting it on the schedule today, Rich. I'm not leaving your studio. And I've seen your security. I think I can take them. So I'm not leaving your studio until you're on the schedule. Jerry put up 140s today.

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