![]() ![]() Weeks' most memorable advice? Know who is mic'ed up. Hekker said he reached out to Texans long snapper Jonathan Weeks, who experienced the show last season. But when you're on the track getting competitive, the juices just flow." "You try not to get too hyped up with camera around. ![]() "It was a fun little afternoon," Hekker said. Punter Johnny Hekker said he had already been filmed, along with several fellow special teamers, during a go-karting trip at MR2 Raceway in Thousand Oaks. Quinn said last month that he's currently renting near River Ridge. But it's not going to take away from his ability to compete and potentially become a starter as soon as he can."Īlthough much of the show will be filmed at UC Irvine, where the Rams will hold training camp in August, Ventura County should have more than a cameo, considering the Rams are currently based in Oxnard and will be gradually be moving into their in-season home at Cal Lutheran during the show.ĭonald, who is featured playing cards in the trailer released by HBO, said he's already been filmed "relaxing" at teammate Robert Quinn's house. It'll be great to follow him, to follow his progress. "I'm not concerned about Jared being able to handle it," Fisher said. 1 overall draft pick to have his rookie season chronicled by the show.Īlthough Dissinger was quick to point out that this season "will not be the Jared Goff show." Quarterback Jared Goff will be the first No. Rodgers mentioned the last six teams on the show "have had as good as or better record than the year before they appeared on 'Hard Knocks.' " Four of those six teams have made the playoffs. The Rams are the eighth franchise to do the show, joining Baltimore, Dallas (twice), Kansas City, Cincinnati (twice), New York Jets, Atlanta and Houston. Once we got past that, it really made total sense to do this." "From a competitive standpoint, they're not going to capture walkthrough and installations and football and all those things," Fisher said. Rams head coach Jeff Fisher was sold once he was satisfied the show wouldn't put the team at a competitive disadvantage. "It's not only great for HBO and the viewers, it's great for NFL Films historically to record this." "It really is a dream as a filmmaker to have a situation like that with a team that is intent of taking the next step and doing so in a new market," Rodgers said. HBO, NFL Films and the Rams saying, 'This makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?' "Īfter all, what is more Los Angeles than reality TV? Of course, the Rams will be the first team to have their move captured by the show, which means the filming has already begun. "As soon as the announcement was made at the (January) owners meetings that the Rams were returning to Los Angeles," Rodgers said, "I really think it was a three-way tie between the organizations calling each other. The Rams welcomed HBO Sports executive vice president Peter Nelson, NFL Films coordinating producer Ken Rodgers and Hard Knocks director Matt Dissinger to River Ridge fields in Oxnard on Thursday to discuss how the Rams "made sense" for the five-part, behind-the-scene reality show's 11th season. "I'm not worried," Rams running back Todd Gurley said. Louis to Southern California, the franchise will be the first NFL West team to be the subject of the annual HBO and NFL Films collaboration. So just go out there and do what you've been doing."Īs if the Los Angeles Rams didn't have enough going on this offseason as they transition from St. "With the game that we play, there's always a camera in your face. "It's just a camera in your face," the star defensive lineman said Thursday. An admitted fan of "Hard Knocks," Aaron Donald isn't concerned about being a subject - rather than a consumer - of the long-running HBO NFL training camp series this summer. ![]()
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