“It means a lot that the coaches have confidence in my abilities and knowing that they feel that way, and especially now that the team needs it, it definitely means a lot,” said Trotter, aware that Defensive Coordinator Vic Fangio spoke highly of him one day earlier.<\/p>\n
“Those reps (against the Giants) helped out a lot. In practice, I was getting some reps and doing what I could to make sure I was getting better and working on my craft, but getting real game reps definitely helps, especially learning from the veterans all season. I’m preparing to make the most of every opportunity that I get and if I get in there, I need to do my job to help the team win.”<\/p>\n
Dean and Baun have helped both Burks and Trotter get up to speed, and they will be expected to play at a high level, understand what they are seeing, and make plays. For Burks, a 49er the past two seasons who played the Rams twice a year, there is familiarity with what the Rams do. He knows that Head Coach Sean McVay, who oversees the Rams’ offense, will attack all areas of the field.<\/p>\n
“Anytime he feels he has a good matchup, he’s going to look to exploit it,” Burks said. “He’s a great gameplanner and playcaller and we have to be ready for anything and everything.”<\/p>\n
Said Trotter: “I think I’m definitely ready for this. I’ve prepared every single week like I was going to start. I always make sure I’m on top of what I need to do as far as mentally and preparation wise. I look up to the veterans and see how they prepare. I’m ready and I’m excited.”<\/p>\n
Of course, there is the Trotter angle, and the rookie was asked what it was like walking on the same field as his father, Eagles Hall of Famer Jeremiah Trotter.<\/p>\n
“Surreal, a little bit,” he said. “I was a fan as a kid and wanted it as much as the fans wanted it, so it’s my job to do everything I can to prepare and help us win the game. That’s what matters. We’re here to win the game.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“It means a lot that the coaches have confidence in my abilities and knowing that they feel that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[36778,909,7,16150,1014,58,2444,2611,6,910,4206,4447,424,912],"class_list":{"0":"post-164041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-2024-divisional-rams","9":"tag-all-news-archived","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-jeremiah-trotter-jr","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-rams","14":"tag-losangeles","15":"tag-losangelesrams","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-nfl-com-feature","18":"tag-on-the-inside","19":"tag-oren-burks","20":"tag-rams","21":"tag-team-roster-content"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114758466151612755","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}