Week 8 NFL Preview: High Stakes for Rams vs. Vikings

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00:00Again, a lot at stake tonight on Thursday night football to kick off week number eight. It is a

00:06week eight game between the Rams and the Vikings. Minnesota is five and one, their first loss of the

00:11season just a Sunday ago in a divisional duel against the Lions. The Rams are a two and four

00:19football team, a victory last week out of the by against the Las Vegas Raiders. Did not cover

00:25though as a touchdown favorite inside SoFi Stadium. But Donnie, the reason there is so much at stake

00:31for Minnesota, you're trying to prove you're the ilk of the five and O team and not a team that

00:36suffers two consecutive losses, especially here as a favorite, albeit on the road, short week

00:43Thursday night football game. But more importantly for the Rams, if you want to keep the band

00:47together, if Matthew Stafford still wants to be having his morning coffee with Cooper Cup and

00:53having their podcast together and throwing footballs to one another, you more than likely

00:58have to win tonight, not just cover, but win tonight. There has been so much speculation,

01:02reporting and rumors around the Rams ahead of the NFL trade deadline. That's in just about a week

01:08and a half. Could Matthew Stafford be on the move? Could Cooper Cup be treated? We got reports that

01:14Cup was going to end up in KC like the Andre Hopkins did yesterday. If they had been able to

01:20negotiate a draft pick or two. So Donnie, when we talk about Cup and Stafford tonight, knowing the

01:28importance of this Thursday night game, what do you expect production wise? I expect pretty good

01:33production, but also we're dealing with a injured wide receiver coming back and saying, all right,

01:38I'm going to be healthy is going to still be in tune with Matthew Stafford. The expectations,

01:41they're professionals, they've had great success in the past, and they should be okay. But I'm

01:44always leery of guys coming off for injuries and how much that usage rate is actually going to be.

01:49But the bigger story is like when I was surfing around yesterday, trying to get some information

01:54and see the trending topics, whereas Matthew Stafford might be on the move. And I was quite

01:58shocked to actually see that. I wouldn't be surprised if Cooper Cups on the move or some

02:02other players, but the quarterback, because you have to have partners to go along with it, where

02:06it makes sense. And like some of the news stories, like I even like big following accounts, like

02:10Matthew Stafford going to Minnesota, like it didn't even make any sense. If he was on the trade

02:15block, Ben, where is he actually going? That makes sense. Who needs a quarterback now and can

02:21take on? Cause it's like, oh, well they could just go to Miami, but Miami is too. A tag about locked

02:25up and they're expecting to come back in a couple of weeks. Like if you go to Minnesota, that means

02:29you're admitting Sam Donald was undefeated, but he's a terrible quarterback and you take Matthew

02:33Stafford on. So then JJ McCarthy just wrapped in the first round is obsolete next year. Like

02:38I can't quite figure out like if he's on the block, who's actually taking them.