(On whether it’s an advantage or disadvantage facing former Rams LB and current
Seahawks LB Ernest Jones IV and whether Rams OLB Jared Verse is as talkative
with him as he is to opponents)"As far as Ernest goes, I couldn't say either. He's new in that system and he played a
bunch of snaps last week. I know who he is as a player, physically really talented,
mentally and emotionally, really gifted. I loved being a teammate with him and I have a
ton of respect for who he is as a person and as a player. I don't think there is any
disadvantage or advantage. I just know it's a challenge going against him after going
against him for years in practice. As far as Verse goes, when he first got here, he was
pretty chatty. He loves to compete, he's an aggressive dude. You come to understand
what it’s like to practice on the NFL football field with your teammates and then go save
all that energy up that he really wants to chirp at us in practice and go let it loose on
Sunday. I think he does a good job."
McVay -- still not much insight --
(On the decision to trade Seahawks' LB Ernest Jones earlier this season and how
that’s worked out)
“I think I've been pleased with some of the things that guys have done. It'd be hard to
deny the production that he's had when you look at what he's done at Tennessee and
even just in his first week there last week. He's a great player and he did a lot of good
things for us.
I think all the decisions that we make in the moment we feel like are in the
best interest. I'm not going to pretend and act like every decision is accurate. You try to
be able to learn from it and apply it moving forward, but you know that you're playing
against a really well-respected player, mentally and physically tough. [It] seems like he's
always around the football. I wish him well and it's going to be a great challenge going
against him.”
