Jared Verse opened up on the Rich Eisen Show about his “Welcome to the NFL” moment
Jared Verse was recently on the Rich Eisen Show, and the conversation covered a host of topics, so if you are a Los Angeles Rams fan, you are going to want to check it out, but one of the specific topics discussed was Verse talking about Sean McVay giving him his “Welcome to the NFL” moment.
Most players have a “Welcome to the NFL” moment when they get burned on a route, or realize their speed isn’t enough to win against a savvier opponent, or they simply get lit up on the field, for Verse, his moment came from his head coach.
Apparently, Verse was doing what he does on the football field, and that was talk trash, but he was doing it in a practice with his teammates when McVay took exception. The head coach explained to the young player that the Rams are a family, and he didn’t want Verse verbally attacking his own team.
When Verse shares the story, he says it was a learning experience:
“We start doing the full team workouts, and I was going crazy…I was getting through the offense, getting to (Matthew) Stafford, getting to running backs. I was like stopping the edge, all that stuff, and the way I am, I let everybody know, like, I want the whole field to kinda know. So, I’m loud, I’m screaming…coach gave me like a warning, coach was like ‘Hey we don’t do that here’ and that’s just how I did in college…so I kept going, I kept going, and coach said ‘Stop.’ McVay just stopped…he’s like, ‘Stop that…’ he just got on me…’We don’t do that here…these are your teammates…’ He kinda like snapped on me…he really got on me…I gotta realize this is the league…that was my welcome to the NFL moment. McVay kinda telling me this is how it is.”
Verse further explains in the interview that McVay and he spoke after the interaction, and McVay made it clear the team loves Verse (that’s why they drafted him in the first round), but McVay also established he did not want Verse antagonizing his brothers.
This story shows even further that Verse is passionate, smart, intelligent and above all else, he’s coachable. Verse took McVay’s feedback, and he didn’t go to Twitter to vent his thoughts, he listened to McVay, and chose to show he fits in perfect with the culture that McVay has been building.
Verse’s “Welcome to the NFL” moment didn’t deter him, it just made him want to be better. That type of motivation comes from within, and when you can combine an internal desire to be great with people around you who will make you better, the sky’s the limit.
