Kobie Turner: Rams' D-Line's MVP Motivator

0:00On April 20, Ram's defensive tackle, Kobe Turner, is fired up as the team kicks off voluntary offseason workouts. He's stepping up big time, motivated by quarterback Matthew Stafford's return for another run at the title and his own new family, including a six-week-old baby. Earlier this offseason, after Stafford announced he's back for a year 18 at age 38, following that MVP caliber season, Turner hit up the defensive line group chat with Jared Verse, Byron Young, and Braden Fisk. He laid it out straight, the defense has to level up and match that face Stafford's putting in them. Teammates feel the urgency with a hall of fame talent like Stafford leading the charge. Turner calls him a total leader on and off the field, pushing the D-line to ease the load on him through sacks, turnovers, and solid stops on every, down. Now in workouts, they're grinding together more than ever, planning extra sessions and bringing back Crab Maga trainer, Al Pudi Carson, who worked, with Aaron Donald back in the day. Turner's also in the final year of his rookie deal,

1:03as a 2023 third-round pick from Wake Forest, letting his agent handle extension, talks while loving life with the Rams. That mix of team goals, contract stakes, and fatherhood, has Turner locked in for a special shot at going deep this year.