The Rams will be playing in very cold conditions on Sunday in Chicago. The Rams have tried their damnedest this week to act as if it won\u2019t bother them.<\/p>\n
On Friday, coach Sean McVay was asked whether he\u2019ll be wearing layers during the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going shirtless,\u201d McVay said with a laugh. \u201cNo, you know what, I will say this, [quarterback] Matthew [Stafford] since he got here, he introduced me to the wetsuit stuff. I\u2019ll wear that. Maybe I\u2019ll have a heated vest. I\u2019ve had some guys that have had that. Here\u2019s what I do know, I can\u2019t think about too many things. I trust whatever [senior director of equipment] Brendan Burger\u2019s got ready for me. I\u2019m going to actually get with him after we get done with practice today. He\u2019ll show me everything that he\u2019s got. Usually it\u2019s a thumbs up. I don\u2019t give a crap about me being warm or cold. That shit doesn\u2019t matter at all. It\u2019s about our players, but \u2018Burg\u2019 takes good care of me.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next question was an important one \u2014 will whatever McVay is wearing will keep him from running down the sideline.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m an athlete,\u201d McVay said, laughing again. \u201cI\u2019ll be in good shape, man. Don\u2019t you worry about me. We\u2019ll be good. Don\u2019t worry. What do you think, I\u2019m going to dress up like the Michelin man or something? No, we\u2019ll be good. All kidding aside, \u2018Burg\u2019 has always done a really good job of outfitting me and it hasn\u2019t been an issue. Now that I\u2019m not being too stubborn to throw a beanie on after my mom and my wife ripped me, we\u2019ll be in good shape there, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s one thing to act like the cold won\u2019t be an issue. It\u2019s another thing to be out in the cold, for multiple hours. It takes a toll. It can be exhausting. It can overcome the desire to do whatever needs to be done, all in the name of getting the hell out of it.<\/p>\n
At one level, it\u2019s mind over matter. At another level, the human body reacts to it. The challenge for the brain is to ignore it.<\/p>\n
Will it be a factor in the game? On Sunday night, we\u2019ll all find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rams will be playing in very cold conditions on Sunday in Chicago. The Rams have tried their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-412627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}