Steve Avila & John Johnson III React To Preseason Finale vs. Texans | Toyota Player Interview

but he is certainly on the roster bubble Brennon Jackson Rams rookie first time we've seen him on the field in the preseason in on that tackle timed out for a player interviewed out of the field powered by your Southern California Toyota dealers visit toyota.com to learn more we make it easy and it's an easy day for Steve abila just chilling in a hoodie down on the field he takes the preseason off Steve how are you doing good I got I got a little sweat in I'm in a hoodie but I got a little sweat before okay so yeah to be fair for the final preseason game Shan mcy makes all you guys the the starters all 90 go out there uniform early make it feel like a dress rehearsal so you're ready for game day almost had a pick Eli Neil almost had a pick yeah for sure and I it felt good definitely putting the shoulder PS on and the Jersey on and you know I looked in the mirror I'm like this fits me a little better this year you know I slim down a little bit so Steve talk about this offensive line you guys have had out here in the PRI these young guys and some veterans have really put a a a a great performance no sacks been graded one of the highest in the NFL what has it been like tutoring those guys as well as learning a new position yeah oh it's been amazing man I feel like uh one thing for me last year coming in it was it was a collective group you know that came in and helped the younger guys and you know uh for me you know playing every snap last year I wanted to do my part and and teach the young guys as well but it's also I mean the people that were here as well that are playing I mean I feel like they got better as well so uh I feel like that's a testament just how uh we've been doing in the preseason Steve one of my favorite story lines last year was watching the Rams sort of reinvent their rushing attack almost midseason going from that wide zone game we associate with sha McVey to being this downhill Gap oriented Run game what was that like for you as a line to make that switch Yeah I mean you always want to run the ball as offensive lineman and I feel like one of the uh things that uh the team wanted to do you know with drafting me up there was uh change the Run game uh they wanted to change the identity of of this offensive line and uh you know running the ball more just told just told us that the coach trusts us a lot more so uh we definitely felt that mid-season and you know we're probably going to see a lot of that this year Xavier Smith calls for a catch at the nine Steve easiest interview of all time we appreciate you man got to go to break Steve oad out of the field good luck this year see him back on the field Sunday night at Detroit week number one Rams up early 3 nothing in Houston just over Midway through the third here Rams trailing 10 to coming back on offense but not before a player interview powered by your Southern California Toyota dealers visit toyota.com to learn more we make it easy with Kurt sandal on the sideline can you guys believe John Johnson has been in the NFL eight years now has have had four joint practices including one in the humidity describe how that has helped and what the challenge in that humidity was yeah four joint practices is unheard of uh really I haven't experienced four in one season uh but they were good you know coach MC doesn't play the starters in the preseason so those are our games so we get up for him we take a lot of reps and like you said the humidity was my everyone's equipment was soaked my shoes are still wet uh so it's kind of like me Dey in the locker room it it was nasty but uh it was good good work against their starters is oneson ones is is it's been good for us when this team drafted you Wade Phillips was the defensive coordinator you've been with Raheem what's the difference with Chris schula and how would you describe how this defense is coming along oh it's a combination of both uh I say it's like a you know I was here my first year was schula's first year here so it's kind of came full circle but yeah it's a mixture of both uh schematically you know it's not much different but I I would say like the style is kind of like a mixture of whey and raw so it's it's pretty cool like you said I experien both so U I'm comfortable um familiar and we've been doing really well in it you know a lot of guys came back from last year so it'll be a good good year for us and from the better late than never Department you guys are finally moving into a new building what's that going to be like they told me in 2018 that we were moving we were get a new stadium finally got the stadium so that was check and now we're finally in the in the new building so you know like you said better late than never but it'll be awesome man wooding Hill is a good area and um it's just a buzz with the LA Ram you got to have a little patience this week with the making sure all the film is set up and everything probably uh actually I think we' do a good job if anybody will you know I think our our staff our C guys you know our video guys I think they have everything ready to go shout out to Dan shout out to bird shout out to all my guys that's awesome JJ appreciate your time John Johnson yeah when they when he was signed in the offseason comes right up to me goes they can't get rid of me great dude great dude back to you guys upstairs