House of Horns: A show about the L.A. Rams
Sep 23, 2026 · 24 min · 12 segments
Vic, the Producer, caught up with Gilberto Manzano after leaving the Rams' locker room following the 28-6 victory over the New York Giants. Gilberto shares what he saw from Aaron Donald in the…
Gilbert ManzanoHost
Victor CoronaHost
Yeah, it was the perfect victory for the Rams to finally put away that terrible week one in Australia where they looked old and sluggish, and then Myles Garrett got injured, and then suddenly you're thinking, okay, maybe this team might not be the heavy preseason favorite.
to win at all, and I'm not saying they should be the favorite again after beating down a Giants team with Jameis Winston and no Jackson Dart, but it was a nice get-right game, get-back game, whatever you want to call it, comeback game for Aaron Dawn.
It was something that they passed with flying colors, and to me, I know Devontae was great, Matthew Stafford was great, Terrence Ferguson was a little up and down, but he played well, too, as well.
But the story is Aaron Donald, and we sort of talked about it or maybe joked around that Aaron Donald did not sign up to be this hero.
He was supposed to be the cherry on top of this roster and really, you know, make them dominant.
That energy, that boost of seeing him come out the tunnel, seeing him wear the Seoul uniforms.
And just being on the field pregame, Victor, you could tell that Aaron Donald looked a little nervous.
His mind was elsewhere, was like, hey, where's my family? I want to see where they are.
And, you know, he even admitted to it after the game, hey, the game wasn't really the issue.
It was me calming my nerves, me slowing down, me, you know, just telling myself, just you're going to be okay.
So I think once he got that and he got that big stop on third and two on Najee Harris, everything felt right.
Yeah, and one of the things I talked about during the postgame show, Gilbert, I mean, He had 32 snaps in this game.
Yeah, it was the perfect victory for the Rams to finally put away that terrible week one in Australia where they looked old and sluggish, and then Myles Garrett got injured, and then suddenly you're thinking, okay, maybe this team might not be the heavy preseason favorite.
to win at all, and I'm not saying they should be the favorite again after beating down a Giants team with Jameis Winston and no Jackson Dart, but it was a nice get-right game, get-back game, whatever you want to call it, comeback game for Aaron Dawn.
It was something that they passed with flying colors, and to me, I know Devontae was great, Matthew Stafford was great, Terrence Ferguson was a little up and down, but he played well, too, as well.
But the story is Aaron Donald, and we sort of talked about it or maybe joked around that Aaron Donald did not sign up to be this hero.
He was supposed to be the cherry on top of this roster and really, you know, make them dominant.
That energy, that boost of seeing him come out the tunnel, seeing him wear the Seoul uniforms.
And just being on the field pregame, Victor, you could tell that Aaron Donald looked a little nervous.
His mind was elsewhere, was like, hey, where's my family? I want to see where they are.
And, you know, he even admitted to it after the game, hey, the game wasn't really the issue.
It was me calming my nerves, me slowing down, me, you know, just telling myself, just you're going to be okay.
So I think once he got that and he got that big stop on third and two on Najee Harris, everything felt right.
Yeah, and one of the things I talked about during the postgame show, Gilbert, I mean, He had 32 snaps in this game.
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