‘America’s Game: 2021 Los Angeles Rams’ Premieres at 8:00 PM ET –
Narrated by Bryan Cranston
‘We Not Me: Sean McVay and the 2021 Los Angeles Rams’ Premieres at 9:00 PM ET –
Narrated by Morgan Spector
The night before the 2022 NFL regular season kicks off, NFL Network celebrates the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams with a pair of documentary features.
On Wednesday, September 7, America’s Game: 2021 Los Angeles Rams premieres at 8:00 PM ET, followed by We Not Me: Sean McVay and the 2021 Los Angeles Rams at 9:00 PM ET.
America’s Game: 2021 Los Angeles Rams
At 8:00 PM ET, America’s Game: 2021 Los Angeles Rams premieres featuring in-depth interviews with defensive tackle Aaron Donald, quarterback Matthew Stafford and offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth telling the story of the Super Bowl LVI champion Los Angeles Rams.
Narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor and Los Angeles native Bryan Cranston, America’s Game delves deep into the Rams’ second Super Bowl title in franchise history. In the hour-long show, Donald, Stafford and Whitworth recount the season in their own words.
Among the topics discussed in America’s Game: 2021 Los Angeles Rams:
- The trade for quarterback Matthew Stafford following the 2020 NFL season, and the relationship he built with wide receiver Cooper Kupp and head coach Sean McVay
- Not winning a game during the month of November following a 7-1 start
- The leadership of defensive tackle Aaron Donald and the lessons he learned from outside linebacker Von Miller following the win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Divisional Round
- Ending the team’s six-game losing streak to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game
This year’s edition of America’s Game is the 56th episode of the long-running special which celebrates the Super Bowl champions.
Provided below are select quotes from America’s Game: 2021 Los Angeles Rams:
– “The work that he puts in, it’s not by chance that he’s the best player in the NFL on defense. I had to play against it, now I get to see it up close and personal. It’s as impressive as any athlete I’ve ever been around.” – Matthew Stafford on Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald
– “I feel like I accomplished everything in the NFL that I wanted to accomplish as a defensive player. The only thing I was lacking was being a world champion.” – Aaron Donald on entering the 2021 NFL season
– “I think in some ways when you get to have the start we did and add the players that we did, there is a little bit of a mentality of ‘OK, it’s just going to happen for you’ and you lose a little bit of ‘No, we have to go out and win every game and play at the level we’re capable of regardless of who is on our football team.’ We needed a little bit of a reset.” – Andrew Whitworth on not winning a game in the month of November
– “It’s something I love. All I want is the ball in my hand.” – Matthew Stafford on pressure moments with the game on the line
– “He sat there and talked to me for 30 minutes. He was just saying for us to get to the Super Bowl, they’re going to have to hear your voice. I remember him saying ‘They’re going to have to hear you.'” – Aaron Donald on the advice Rams outside linebacker Von Miller gave him after defeating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Divisional Round
– “When you’re as special as Aaron Donald and you set the tone each and every week with your play, guys are yearning to hear what you have to say.” – Andrew Whitworth on the leadership of Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald
– “Being in that moment, there is nothing like it. The reality is so much better than the dream.” – Aaron Donald on winning the Super Bowl
– “At least for me, until you get to that point it’s hard to comprehend the level of sacrifice that it takes to get something like that done. We had so many guys on our team that were deserving of having a Lombardi Trophy attached to their careers. Being able to get that done for those guys was something that I’ll always love.” – Matthew Stafford on winning the Super Bowl
We Not Me: Sean McVay and the 2021 Los Angeles Rams
At 9:00 PM ET, We Not Me: Sean McVay and the 2021 Los Angeles Rams premieres on NFL Network, providing a detailed and close-up look at the Los Angeles Rams’ second Super Bowl title in franchise history from the coaches’ perspective.
Narrated by actor Morgan Spector, the hour-long show features interviews with Rams head coach Sean McVay, general manager Les Snead and the following Rams coaches:
- Joe DeCamillis – Special Teams Coordinator
- Eric Henderson – Defensive Line Coach
- Raheem Morris – Defensive Coordinator
- Kevin O’Connell – Offensive Coordinator (2021)
- Chris Shula – Linebackers Coach (2021)
- Eric Yarber – Wide Receivers Coach
Among the topics discussed in We Not Me:
- The Los Angeles Rams’ team mentality of “We Not Me”
- The trade for quarterback Matthew Stafford following the 2020 NFL season
- Acquiring outside linebacker Von Miller and wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. during the course of the 2021 NFL season
- Ending the team’s six-game losing streak to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game
- Key moments during Super Bowl LVI such as Odell Beckham Jr.’s success on third down, the jet sweep on fourth down and game-winning touchdown pass to wide receiver Cooper Kupp, and the game-sealing pressure by defensive tackle Aaron Donald
Provided below are select quotes from We Not Me:
– “It’s been here before I got here in terms of what our organization believes in, what the players believe in and we’re in this thing together…I think when you bring in those players and they realize how special this place is, it’s an immediate buy-in.” – Eric Henderson on the Rams’ “We Not Me” mentality
– “He’s a football savant. But he’s also probably a savant at communicating, and I think those two things blended together leading a football team probably helped him fast-forward maybe his success more than others.” – Les Snead on Rams head coach Sean McVay
– “I think we just decided with Matthew Stafford as our quarterback we were going to try to not even really re-invent our offense but just re-tool it in a way that allowed him to play quarterback and really put the game in his hands.” – Kevin O’Connell on Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford
– “When we say ‘all in,’ it doesn’t necessarily mean we’re all in for 2021 only. We’re definitely all in to take advantage of the window we’re in and we’re well aware that we have a chance to be special in this window.” – Les Snead on acquiring Von Miller and Odell Beckham Jr.
– “I think across the board, I think this team was built to pick each other up and it was another great display of what Sean McVay leadership did for all of us.” – Raheem Morris on the Rams overcoming a three-game losing streak during the season
– “We knew what a great challenge it was going to be and we knew that I think there was something gratifying about having to get through them to get to the championship.” – Sean McVay on defeating the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game
– “Sometimes the best thing you can do as a coach when you have the right players is trust and give them some ownership and autonomy. They took some time individually to get it timed up and I could see they felt comfortable with it.” – Sean McVay on the jet sweep on fourth down in Super Bowl LVI
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