Quentin Lake: Jared Verse Won't Stop Talking

27:31Rich Eisen:Sorry. That was fun. Okay.

27:37Rich Eisen:Oh, my gosh. So how are things in Rams country right now? Doing well. You know, it's always good to come back from Maui. How was that? The Maui camp, right? Yeah, that was fantastic. We were out there for three days. It was a great time. Really more so a team bonding experience. That was the biggest thing for us is we were able to really see a different perspective from a player's side. Like, you know, different position groups were hanging out with each other. There was one day it was 30 of us in the ocean boogie boarding, you know, so it was fun. It was fun. Went out there, you know, got to interact with the fans and the people of Maui.

28:13Yes. Obviously, the main thing was to show support for the people that were affected by the fires out there. So overall, great trip. I hope we do it again. I really do, because it was just good from an overall business team staff, all that stuff.

28:29Rich Eisen:Who were you surprised the most when he grabbed a boogie board and joined the group? You know, I wasn't really surprised by anybody, but there were a couple of defensive linemen that were out there, you know, moving around and doing good stuff. How does one boogie board support a defensive lineman? What's the science behind that? The ocean is a crazy place. And, you know, sometimes those guys have more, you know, body fat on them. So they're buoyant and they're able to float onto the surface. So I think that's the biggest thing is, you know, if you got a little bit more fat on your body, it's kind of easy.

29:09So Stafford wasn't boogie boarding? No, he wasn't. He wasn't out there with us. He was probably golfing.

29:13Rich Eisen:OK. Is he the best golfer on the team? I just saw Devontae Adams up at the American Century Championship. Yeah, I did see that. I would say there's actually two guys that I've heard. or three guys, Stafford, Devontae, and Britton Covey, who we just recently got from the Eagles. They say he is really good. Okay. And I didn't see that one coming. How has Devontae Adams already fit in or brought, how is it different with him around? You know, you see all the clips all the time of him talking about he's rejuvenated, you know, he loves it here. The atmosphere is really well, but that's everything that we kind of portray within our culture.

29:51I mean, if you come to the Rams, you get it you know it's really a different feeling it feels like a family it really does you know not only do we have the ability to you know work hard but it's you know we were able to you know have fun outside and that's one of the reasons why we were able to handle our business in Maui you know Devontae it is it's really been to me shocking to see how quick twitch and all that stuff is on the field and not only that is he's a great player on the field but I really you know i'm starting to see what he's like off the field he's funny you know he gets he's still got that young energy in him so seeing all that stuff and as a teammate and seeing him as a father um i'm excited to get on the field with that's cool and really go against him in camp too first

30:36Rich Eisen:of all i thought it's called ramley isn't it is that what it is ramley ram's house okay those are the those are two big names yeah no i know i know the answer to the questions as to whose house it is that one yeah pretty much um but you know obviously he's there now adding uh more of a veteran presence as if you know Stafford and he are going to just be on the same page um in a way that uh you know clearly he and Kopp were on the same page for some time uh with Puka as well I mean you're you're you go against this this tandem in practice um best receiving tandem in the National Football League?

31:14I think it's up there. I truly believe so because you have two receivers that give you, you know, big differences. Puka is young. He got a lot of energy and he's strong. People understand Puka pound for pound is probably one of the strongest receivers in the NFL. He's faster than you think. He's stronger than you think. And he has really good feet. And obviously he has really good hands. There was one catch last year when we played the Bills and he To he toe tapped it on the sideline. I said that was one of the craziest catches I've ever seen And then you have Devante who hasn't lost a step, you know people talk about when you get over the age Exactly this clip right here.

31:51I said there's no way and he had maybe a yard of space and I said that might be Other than and I know you talked about a Garrett Wilson's catch But that might have been catch of the year too because of the ball positioning how much space he had to the sideline I mean absolutely incredible. So So, and then moving on to Devontae, you have a guy who hasn't lost a step, is super athletic. I saw how high he jumped to get a ball in practice. I said, he could do a windmill dunk if he wanted to. And he does it all the time in the celebration. So, these are guys that not only have perfected their craft, obviously Puka's still learning, but, you know, it is a force to be reckoned with.

32:29Rich Eisen:Quentin Laker, the Rams here on the Rich Eisen Show. We had Teron Armstead on this program a couple weeks ago. um and he essentially said i'm i'm paraphrasing here that um one of the guys who helped retire him was jared verse yeah i get it i would probably retire too if i went against him i'm so serious oh my god i have so many stories about him too please he just doesn't stop talking you like there's people you meet that are talkers and you know they talk all the time and verse don't come at me I'm I'm I'm gonna hype you up but he will not it doesn't matter what it is he will not stop talking and it shows on the field too he's an incredible athlete a guy who loves the game and more so you know people talk about his power but he is strong as an ox he really is and when I saw the clip when Tron came on here and said that I said I get it he's probably there's a probably a lot of other guys in the league that want to consider retirement after going against him yeah he said the hands were heavy um and the moves were quick and you know uh i did hear and jared when he was here did confirm uh because i i called your your game against the cardinals on nfl network last year uh the story that sean mcveigh in one of the first practices with with verse had to go up to him and say we do not say what's coming out of your mouth here to your teammates in places like our practices like we don't do this here were you on the field when he delivered on the field and he came back in the team meeting room and called him out again what do you mean uh so it was he addressed him on the field and then we come back we obviously we watch practice and we get an understanding of kind of the do's and don'ts of practice how to be a professional and he mentioned what happened on the field with jared again coach McVay did.

34:19And he said, you know, I get where you're coming from in the sense that you want to have the tenacity. You want to have that fire. But at the same time, you have to realize that these are guys that are on our team. You know, these are guys, these are guys that you might think like, it's a battle. It's ones versus ones. But at the same time, you know, we're all trying to get better at the same time. You don't need to downplay a guy. You don't need to be demeaning. So, and he talked about it too. That was his welcome to the NFL moment. But, you know i love it especially when he does it when i saw when he did it in games against other people there was a we had a mic done when he went against the vikings it was non-stop i was there i was like and i was uh i was the green dot i was like man i can't even get the call out because he won't stop talking but he i mean it's gonna be even worse now you have the success that you did and people say you know um can you know can you walk the walk you know he's talking in his play matchup.

35:13There's no like he's talking and he doesn't do it on the field. Everything he says, whether it's good, vulgar, anything he says, he backs it up. He backs it up.

35:21Rich Eisen:Was there one particular player on the other team where you couldn't believe he was talking smack to and you're like, damn. Anything like that last year? I mean, it doesn't matter. He'll walk by somebody, you know, he'll walk by a kicker. He'll walk by a punter. He'll walk by O-lineman, D-lineman. It doesn't matter. Anybody that crosses his field of he's talking. I think the biggest thing is he almost loves, he loves talking to offensive linemen because it's a mind game. If you think about it, it really is though, you know, in the NFL, it's a mind game. So with each and every time, like I walk past him, he's always talking to an offensive lineman.

35:57Rich Eisen:Carnell Lake's son, Quinton Lake is here on the Rich Eisen show. So what's your first football memory? My first football in the NFL? No, just in, because again, your dad was playing in the league, your first football memory. You know what? And I'll actually talk about something. And this was when I really understood why my dad didn't want to coach me. This is the thing I remember since we talked a little bit about my dad. I was having a tough game in Pop Warner and I was needing some critique, some advice. And the game was over. I walked over to the fence. I walked over to my dad and he was giving me advice.

36:41You know, I was kind of in my mind. I was like, why don't you coach me? You know, why don't you come out here and be one of the coaches for my Pop Warner team? You know, you have the tools, you played in the league for 13 years, you know, you have all the resources. And in that moment, I didn't understand why until I got to baseball. And in baseball, there was a lot of daddy ball, which I didn't like. That's one of the reasons why I quit baseball. and in that moment I understood I would never want to be put in a position or put on a hierarchy because of who my dad was so in that moment I really realized and I'm grateful to to this day that you know he wasn't you know very he wasn't coaching me as like uh hey I'm the head coach or I'm you know I'm doing daddy ball because it kind of allowed me to form my own path and that's it that's a that's a great picture right there um you know swag's a little bit different back in 80s and yeah right but um yeah i'm i'm very grateful for that because you know now that i realize it it kind of allowed me to form my own path find my own love for the game but also realize that you know i can be who i want to while still having this amazing figure in my life yeah rod

37:51Rich Eisen:woodson who i worked with for so many years uh always spoke glowingly of your father and being a teammate and you know and Rod is an OG as you know um so let's talk about you what are your goals my goals for this year and then in general I think I know that's a big macro question that's a that's a it's a great question but I'll answer it in the most simple way I think at the end of the day the biggest thing I want to do this year and the biggest thing I want to be as a man is be reliable you know and reliability spreads throughout so many things you know reliability is you know it's receiving respect, it's being accountable, it's being in the right place at the right time.

38:34And really for my teammates, for my family, for people such as yourself is, I wanna be somebody that when they look at me and when they say my name, they say, man, Quentin Lake is reliable.

38:47Rich Eisen:So just in general, that's it. Reliable is the word that you wanna be known? Yeah, I wanna be known as a reliable person. Can you win the Super Bowl this year? For sure, 100%. No doubt about it. You look at our team from top to bottom. You look at what we did last year when nobody thought we were going to get to that point. And really nobody thought we were going to put up a test against the Super Bowl winners. We stay healthy. We do what we need to do. We'll be right in the mix. Did you think at some point Donald was going to walk through the door at some point last year? Did that ever? Aaron Donald?

39:19Rich Eisen:Yes, sir. That one. That guy. No. That never crossed your mind. Because I thought. I was thinking that. So his retirement was none. No, he was when you see when he said he was done, he was done. And then you see him, you know, living the life outside of football. Okay. Yeah, he's good. Have you worked out with him? Never. Probably won't ever. I don't want that. This is the thing. I'll never back down from a challenge. Okay. But, you know, we talked about Jared. He did it. And, you know, shout out to him for getting it through him. But, you know, we're a little like, I would hope if we did do a workout, and Aaron, if you want to do a workout, I'll be more than glad to do it, but our weight has to kind of equal out.

40:01Rich Eisen:Like a golf handicap? Yeah, like a golf handicap. You said on an interview you lifted 500 pounds, right? I have never squatted or benched 500 pounds. So if the weight kind of equals out, I'll be more than glad. Invite me over. I'll get through that workout. Oh my gosh. No problem. TJ, what did you say back in the day in Pittsburgh? What were you saying? Yeah, so in the, I'd say the mid-90s, Rod Woodson in Pittsburgh at Station Square, he had his own sports bar. Woodson's was, it was it. It was the spot. And one day I was there. I went there a lot. And they had a few arcade games. And I actually ended up playing NBA Jam against You're Dead.

40:44Wow.

40:45Rich Eisen:Is that right? You versus Carnell Lake in Woodson's plays? Woodson's, I think. And that was Rod Woodson's bar? Yeah, he had a bar right down the Station Square. You know the incline in Pittsburgh? You always see any Pittsburgh shot, you'll see an incline coming down. It was at the bottom of the incline. Then it turned into a Hooters. It was a Hooters before, one or the other. I can't remember. And now it's gone. By the way, first time that Rod Woodson and the word Hooters has ever been in the same sentence. So who won? I mean, I won. You have a one-up on him. I do. You do. I couldn't even imagine owning a bar out here in LA as a football player.

41:25Rich Eisen:Oh my gosh. Right. I mean, that's, that's a lot of work. That's a lot of work. Yeah. That's back in the day when people used to have restaurants and, and, and, and bars when they used to play. This has been a pleasure to chat with you. Anytime you want to come on. I mean, I'm happy to have you for sure. You know, cause I get my Uber rating up coming over here. Yes. Please do that. And tell the driver, you know, I might be calling for him and pop my rating a little bit here come on let's let's help each other out help each i mean let's see we'll play zone you know no man no no no cover two you're gonna cover me you know or cover four cover four six three damn it what the hell's going on here i'm gonna have to restart it start from scratch okay very good i shouldn't say that publicly uh quentin lake what a pleasure to meet you please uh please uh consider this your your home whenever you want to come here i'd love to have you thank you so much you got a quentin lake everybody are you on instagram or something like that or yeah instagram what is it what's your name q lake with two e's okay q what is it q lake with two e's at the end why is it two e's couldn't get couldn't get just q lake i wanted q but somebody took that and then i wanted gq oh because i was thinking about starting my modeling career but you know i imagine at gq is taken by the actual yeah um i d you know i should dm him and say, hey, can I get this?

42:46You should hit up the Q Lake guide and see if you can get that one. I actually like it. It gives it a little bit of a twist, just having two E's at the end. Q Lakey. Q Lakey. Okay.

42:57Rich Eisen:Okay, Q Lakey. Thank you for being on this program. We'll take a break.

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43:36Rich Eisen:Rich Eisen here with some advice. If high interest credit card debt is grinding you down, it might be time to call an audible with a SoFi personal loan. It consolidates your debt into one low monthly payment with no fees required. And with as soon as the same day funding, you can make the right play fast. Call an audible on your debt today at SoFi.com slash debt play. Loans originated by SoFi Bank N.A. Member FDIC. Terms and conditions apply. NMLS 696891. Fast funds terms apply at SoFi.com slash debt play. you came to me and i'll tell the story again but i told really you're like hey let's go grab something let's go grab something to eat spark you might have called me that then you said at the end of the day i liked hearing that okay smart you know and come on let's go get it and and and you drove and i thought to myself where are we going i mean i'm going to dinner with craig kilbourne who obviously i'd watched you and and and totally loved everything that you were doing and i'm like this is this is the sports center experience it's amazing and then we pull up to the Kenny Rogers Rollin' Roaster drive-thru.

44:38Rich Eisen:And you're in the driver's seat, and you proceed to say that your contract's up, and tell me about the job that you have on the table, and you describe The Daily Show to me. Yeah. And you ask me, what do you think I should do? I can remember, and of course I bought you dinner, because one of my favorite things to do is to buy the young people, young broadcasters dinner. I occasionally don't buy dinner. That's when I charge an appearance fee when I'm at a place. But I did buy you dinner. But I think I asked because you're a broadcaster, and I said, I wanted someone to say, I never knew if someone was like, oh, my God, yeah, get the hell out of here, or that sounds so cool, or I don't know.

45:18I didn't know what you'd say. I just wanted to hear.

45:21Rich Eisen:I had no idea what the hell to say. Well, the only reason I did is because of what you told me. The only reason I left is because Rich Eisen said, go, man, go. Yeah, I did. I actually said, follow what your gut or follow your dream or something like that. Plus I knew the rumor was that you just wanted out anyway. I had done my job. I was grateful for it, by the way. Every job I had, I was grateful for. I just wanted to do a network late night show. That's what I wanted to do. And then you got it. Yeah. Why did you leave it? I've always wanted to ask you that question. I'm going to give you an exclusive.

45:56Rich Eisen:Okay. I'm glad. It was an easy decision to leave. The CBS show is easily my favorite show. It wasn't even close. The Daily Show was important because there was no way I was going from ESPN to CBS late night. Right. And back in the 90s, people forget this, there was a big difference between cable and network. In fact, The Daily Show, they developed it because Politically Incorrect was leaving to go to ABC. Correct. So, Daily Show was a blast. I was living in New York, but I didn't like the format. It was a news parody, four-minute interviews, half-hour show. My hero was Johnny Carson. I wanted to do a late-night show.

46:32So I do the CBS show, five-year deal, and I lost interest. Here it is. I'm going to spell it out because people don't understand it. Some people do get it. It's funny because I don't expect anyone to understand it, but that's fine. But some people do. I'll use the word bored here. I say I lost interest in the comedy of late night. I got bored of the comedy of late night, and I have this weird, irreverent sense of humor, whatever it is, and I just didn't want to do it anymore. and I also didn't want to do I don't want to do social commentary like the late show guys now have to do some politics and social commentary they all do a great job.

47:11Doesn't interest me. So and it worked out perfectly because that was kind of, for me it was an easy show to leave you know what I'm saying?

47:19Rich Eisen:And there it is. Craig Kilbourne is sitting in our green room right now. We're going to bring him out in hour number two of this program. I just said hello to him. I'm sure he's dressed immaculately. He's Lord Kilby. I have my paperwork. I need to get my paperwork. I don't know if you could notice. I have papers all over the place. Rich. What? You always, you have it organized. I have things. I have things. I can't have everything ready. Exactly. I will say I did think Mike was going to miss that drop. Good one. He had that one ready.

47:57Rich Eisen:Quentin Lake, what a delight. That was great. Absolute delight. absolutely love that yeah yeah i mean we got it i think he said he might get me some tickets for what to go watch football he wants to go watch the house first of all i mean two things first of all first of all is that the most wasteful invitation you think let me ask you something no no no excuse me first of all the ladies don't play the cowboys right this year you're right because i don't like football okay and then number two you don't leave the house first of all i do leave the house like which one of these games if he offered you tickets to which one of these games would actually you know i am about one you know i'm about access you're going to tell me you me if quinn lake invited me to a game i wouldn't go like come on you know i would go i'd go to any of them get out of here uh no which one would you go whichever one you invite me to that's it christopher help me out here that's preposterous What's preposterous?

48:57Rich Eisen:What's preposterous? Your own team played in the stadium in the last couple of seasons, and you did not go. Yeah, because I need to watch them at home away from people. I don't necessarily always want to be around people. But if I get invited to go somewhere, it's a different story. You went to the play. You went to Budwick, bamboozled, led astray, run amok, and flat out deceived. But that's not true. You've been to a Rams-Cowboy playoff game with me. Yeah, you invited me, and I like you. You guys went together. That's right. Sometimes. You should save the tickets. Because you let him go. Here's the deal.

49:30You know about what I allow you to know about. Oh.

49:33Rich Eisen:Let's just be very clear about this. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. The mystery. Wrapped it in an enigma. Oh, my goodness. Everybody know my every move. The enigma wrapped mystery, this man is. I can't give you all the ingredients to the hot dog you might not like. We might not like it. Stay far from timid. Only make moves when your heart's in it. Eat the hot dog. You're not going to find out what's in it. Honestly, put the schedule up one more time. You choose the two games, and I'll text him. We just exchanged numbers. I'll say TJ wants to go to these games. Oh, do it. Let's do it. What do you got, TJ?

50:09Rich Eisen:We got a Thursday night game. Hold on. Let's run through it. You want to go to the home opener against Houston? I mean, that could be nice. That could be nice. Would you do it? If my man QL. No, no, no, no. Hold on a second. I got you tickets. That's a good one, because the Cowboys already have lost. three days before. Hey, listen, Rich. I'm sorry. The Cowboys are kicking off the season. They're playing. Is this thing on? Trying to be real disrespectful with Lord Kilburn in the back. Like, he, you know what I mean? Would you go to the home game against the Colts? Yes. You really would? Because I'll have Jonathan Taylor on my fantasy team.

50:43Rich Eisen:Oh. Hold on, man. Home opener is good. Hold on a second. Houston's nice. Houston's nice. Hold on a second. Hold on a minute. Let's figure this thing out. You definitely want to go maybe week 15. That could be good, too. I just sit in my house all day. No, because the Cowboys are home against the Packers that night on Sunday football. You don't have to worry about missing the Cowboys games. Boom. Done. Done. 1-15. Lock it in. Those are two. You're going to go to the first two games. Thanks. You're welcome. Why are you saying this like it's a bad thing? Because you're never going to do it. Rich.

51:14Rich Eisen:Rich, do you know where I went this weekend? You don't know because I didn't tell you. I went to Dallas that no one knew about to go watch wrestling. So what would make you think I wouldn't drive 16 minutes from the crib to SoFi if I got a free ticket? Because you haven't done it before. I ain't never got a ticket from a Rams player either. You jabronis. What's wrong with you guys? We've been called jabronis. I was about to call you Jaguars. By the old. They do play the Jaguars. Hey, hey, hey. Craig Kilhorn coming up. Man, to quote O'Shea, man, hostile work environment. I know. Yeah, but the Rams are at, the Rams and Jaguars are in, the Rams and Jaguars are in London.

51:57Oh, I'll definitely go to that.

51:59Rich Eisen:I can get you tickets to that. That's what I'm saying. You think I wouldn't go? I'd have to ask my boss for a few days off. No, I don't think you wouldn't go, TJ. I know you wouldn't go. That's the difference. Has Dallas played in Europe yet? Has Dallas played in Europe yet? I have to, right? That's a great question. No, it's not, actually. It's like, what am I? No, I mean, that would be awesome. You want to put that in the Google machine? I don't know if Dallas has played. I don't think Dallas has played internationally. I don't think we have. We played in Mexico. No, we played in Mexico. Yeah, right.

52:32Rich Eisen:Because we're North America's team. Yeah, they played in London in 2014. By the way, that's Central America. Mexico's Central America. Oh, I thought your boy took that on my seat. Central America. I thought that got taken. No, I'm confused. No. No, no, no. Quiet plays, central America. An actual answer to the question. Golf of America. You get it right. Actual answer to the question. What? Yes, 2014, the Cowboys played once in London against Jacksonville. And who won? Wow. They did. Cowboys, obviously. 31-17. Obviously. Okay. TJ. I just did the audacity right now. Did they beat Blake Bortles in London?

53:10Rich Eisen:Blake Bortles to London is like Jerry Lewis to Paris. Right? Blake Bortles is like the king of the London game. I think Trevor Lawrence is closing in on more London starts than Blake Bortles. Blake Bortles is 0-2 against the Cowboys. Yeah, that would have been Blake Bortles. Remember we had Blake Bortles on the end? Remember we did the Rich Eisen podcast from the Combine and we had Blake Bortles on? We did. And we were stunned at how big. He was big, big, big. Big guy. Chris, remember that? Big guy. Yeah, Blake Bortles. Let's see. This is the most we've talked about Blake Bortles in a long time.

53:45Rich Eisen:Anybody, really? That was in November. Anyone's talked about Blake Bortles. Did Blake Bortles play in that game? Tony Romo. Yep, Blake Bortles. Blake Bortles had a decent game. 22 for 37. 290 yards. Apparently Romo, three touchdowns. I saw him at the American Century Championship. Des Bryant, huge game. Six catches, 158 yards, two touchdowns. He was that man. I saw Romo. DeMarco Murray, 100 yards on the ground. We were so good. Was that the catch-it year? 16? 14? Was it 14? Yeah, no. It might have been. It might have been, actually. Wait a minute. No. By the way, Dez didn't catch it. I was in Santa Monica at that point.

54:25Rich Eisen:Whatever he did, he caught it. Oh, yeah, that was the Dez catch a year. That was 14, though. Yeah, but yeah, 14 season, and the catch a game was in January 2015. Wow. The biggest call of Coach's career, Coach Garrett's career incomplete. Dean Blandino got it wrong.

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