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Fresh off Super Bowl, Eric Weddle named head coach at California HS

Eric Weddle will take over as the head coach at Rancho Bernardo High School in California in 2023.

Eric Weddle unretired last month to go after a Super Bowl with the Rams. His former team needed him due to injuries at safety and he stepped seamlessly into the back end of the secondary, playing an instrumental role in Los Angeles hoisting a Lombardi Trophy.

With his goal of winning a ring now checked off, Weddle has his sights set on the next chapter of his football career — coaching at the high school level. The five-time All-Pro was named the head coach at Rancho Bernardo High School in California and will take over in 2023 after the retirement of head coach Tristan McCoy.

Weddle will join McCoy’s coaching staff in 2022 before becoming head coach. McCoy is planning on remaining a member of Weddle’s coaching staff after he takes the reigns.

McCoy has gone 72-52 in 11 seasons at Rancho Bernardo after arriving at the school in 2011. He led the Broncos to a CIF D3-A State Championship in 2015.

Weddle is the latest ex-NFL star to become a high school football head coach. Former Chargers and Colts quarterback Phillip Rivers took over as the head coach at St. Michael Catholic High School in Alabama this past season and led the program to a 6-3 record.

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Former Ravens S Eric Weddle played through serious injury in Super Bowl LVI

Former Ravens safety Eric Weddle played though a serious injury in Super Bowl LV with the Los Angeles Rams

The Baltimore Ravens didn’t make the Super Bowl during the 2021-2022 season, but that doesn’t mean some of their former players didn’t get to play in the big game. Among them was former Baltimore safety Eric Weddle, who ended up finally winning a championship, as the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals by the final score of 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI.

Weddle finished the game with five total tackles, but the box score doesn’t tell nearly the whole story. The veteran came up holding the upper part of his right front/side area after tackling Cincinnati wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase in the first quarter, but continued to play as he made a few impact plays. After the contest, Weddle told reporters that he tore his pectoral muscle and will have surgery soon.

The fact that Weddle was able to play through such a painful injury for over three quarters is incredible. It’s an injury that was suffered by multiple Ravens defensive backs in 2021, namely safety DeShon Elliott and cornerback Marlon Humphrey.

Weddle certainly earned his Super Bowl ring, and he now re-enters retirement a bit more banged up than he exited it in the first place. However, he takes his second leave from the NFL as a champion, and that’s what matters.

Eric Weddle played through a torn pec during Rams’ Super Bowl win

Eric Weddle suffered a torn pec in his last NFL game ever, but at least he went out with a ring

Eric Weddle took a chance in January when he came out of retirement to join the Rams for their postseason run. After being out of the game for two years, he wanted to take one last ride in hopes of winning a Super Bowl ring.

He and the Rams did just that on Sunday night, though it didn’t come without some pain. Weddle left the game in the first half after a tackle attempt on Joe Mixon, holding his shoulder. He still returned and finished the game, but it turns out he tore his pec and will need surgery.

He made it very clear that he’s “re-retiring,” sailing off into the sunset as a Super Bowl champion.

Weddle led the Rams with nine tackles in the NFC title game against the 49ers, and he followed that up with another five tackles in the Super Bowl – including a stop 1-yard short of the first-down marker on the Bengals’ final drive, which eventually set up the fourth-and-1 that sealed the game for the Rams.

He’s probably in some pain, but the glory of being a champion should take some of the sting away.

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Eric Weddle has words for Chargers following Super Bowl victory with Rams

Eric Weddle used the release from the Chargers as motivation.

Eric Weddle capped his career with something he had not achieved: a Super Bowl win.

Weddle had not played a snap of football for two years after retiring in February of 2020. However, he came out of retirement this postseason to fill in for an injury-riddled Rams secondary.

Weddle, who started in the final two games of the postseason, recorded five tackles in the Super Bowl while playing through a torn pec that he sustained in the first quarter.

When thanking all the teams he played for during his 13-year career, Weddle mentioned Chargers general manager Tom Telesco, feeling disrespected but motivated when the team didn’t re-sign him after the 2015 season.

“I want to thank the Chargers for drafting me and I also want to thank old Tom Telesco for the way things ended there, and showing me the light, and giving me that motivation and that fire,” Weddle said.

“The way things ended there, I appreciated that and I always said that Eric Weddle will get the last laugh, and I’m a world champion right now.”

During nine seasons with the Bolts, Weddle was featured in three Pro Bowl appearances and two first-team All-Pro selections. He racked up 847 tackles and 19 interceptions and scored four defensive touchdowns.

Despite the accolades and production, the writing was on the wall with the Chargers’ feelings towards him in his final season.

Weddle was fined $10,000 for watching his daughter perform at halftime of a game, then placed on injured reserve before the end of the season, preventing him from playing in what would be his final game with the teams.

Weddle went on to join the Ravens in 2016. He was selected to the Pro Bowl in each of his three seasons. In 2019, Weddle was released and signed a deal with the Rams.

Now with a Super Bowl ring and still despise towards the team that drafted him, Weddle confirmed postgame that he’s heading back into retirement.

Which former Ravens are playing in Super Bowl LVI?

We look at which former Baltimore Ravens players are playing in Super Bowl LVI

The Baltimore Ravens finished the 2021 season with an 8-9 record and on a six-game losing streak. It wasn’t the season that they were hoping for, and because of a plethora of factors failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2017.

Super Bowl LVI will take place on February 13th, 2022 between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals. While Baltimore won’t be playing on Super Bowl Sunday, some of their former players will be.

Below we take a look at players from both the Rams and the Bengals who were once Ravens.

Rams plan for Eric Weddle to play every snap, be the signal caller in Super Bowl LVI

Even with Taylor Rapp set to return, Eric Weddle is expected to play every snap and be the Rams’ signal caller on Sunday

Eric Weddle was playing five-on-five basketball in retirement about month ago, enjoying life away from football. Now he’s set to play every snap in his first-ever Super Bowl.

The Rams brought Weddle out of retirement before their playoff run, easing him back into things. He played 19 snaps in the wild-card game, 61 in the divisional round and all 51 snaps in the conference championship. In Super Bowl LVI, he’s expected to be on the field for every play again, and he’ll also be the Rams’ defensive signal caller.

Raheem Morris shared that news on Thursday, saying Weddle will take over that responsibility from Troy Reeder, who’s been handling it in Jordan Fuller’s absence. For a player who’s been on the team for a month, it’s incredible that he knows the playbook and calls so well already.

The signal caller typically plays every snap, which Reeder hasn’t been doing in recent weeks. And given his struggles at linebacker, the Rams would probably prefer to rotate him more than they have, now that Ernest Jones is back from his ankle injury, too.

Weddle is more than capable of handling this responsibility, and after leading the team in tackles two weeks ago, he’s become an impactful player, too.

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Andrew Whitworth says Eric Weddle is always working: ‘This guy lives in the facility’

Andrew Whitworth says Eric Weddle is at the Rams’ facility from 5 am to midnight. “He might as well just put a bed in here.”

Eric Weddle joined the Los Angeles Rams out of retirement before the playoffs began after the team suffered injuries to its two starting safeties. The veteran safety has brought experience, knowledge, and leadership to the team, which has not gone unnoticed by his teammates ahead of the Super Bowl.

Andrew Whitworth, who understands how strenuous it can be playing in the NFL, is impressed with the time that Weddle puts into his craft. He said Monday that Weddle is at the Rams’ facility from 5 a.m. to midnight, and “might as well just put a bed” in the building because he’s there so much.

“Eric Weddle is one of those rare infectious energy guys who just, when he walks in a building, you hear his laugh, you hear his voice, you hear his energy,” Whitworth said, via the team’s official site. “He’s here from 5 a.m. ’til midnight at night. I mean, this guy lives in the facility, and he might as well just put a bed in here, I guess. But he’s one of those guys that honestly, his accountability in the way he can kind of push guys and ask more of guys and demand more and really hold that standard of excellence that he does, it couldn’t have timed out better for us to get him when we did and have him in the building in this critical stretch when those kinds of things – your attitude, your commitment, your standard of what you do and how you do things – couldn’t be more important during the playoffs. It’s really the basis of everything in your identity. And to have him added and his energy and his level of really just leadership has been so special.”

Entering the wild-card round of the playoffs, the Rams signed Weddle to provide depth at safety with Taylor Rapp and Jordan Fuller sidelined with injuries. After seeing his snaps increase as the postseason progressed, Weddle would play on every defensive snap and lead the team in tackles in the NFC title game versus the San Francisco 49ers.

Given his experience and ability to get guys in the right position, the Rams are entrusting Weddle with the responsibility of being the signal caller in the Super Bowl against the Cincinnati Bengals. Troy Reeder and Ernest Jones have handled the play-calling duties on defense ever since Fuller went down with an injury.

With Los Angeles one game away from potentially being crowned champions in the NFL, Weddle knows this is his last opportunity to add a Super Bowl to his resume. Even though Whitworth realizes how special it would be to defeat his former team in the Super Bowl, he also recognizes how special some of the additions like Weddle have been in the Rams’ journey this season.

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Report: Eric Weddle to be Rams’ defensive signal caller in Super Bowl

Eric Weddle’s story just keeps getting better. He’s now expected to be the Rams’ defensive signal caller in the Super Bowl.

Eric Weddle’s story in the NFL appeared to wrap up two years ago when he retired from football following the 2019 season. But he decided to come out of retirement a month ago to join the Rams for their postseason run – which has carried him all the way to Super Bowl LVI.

He’s played progressively more snaps each week and never came off the field for a single defensive play against the 49ers in the NFC title game. He led the Rams with nine tackles in that win, too.

Yet, his role continues to grow by the week.

According to Dan Pompei of The Athletic, who wrote a terrific feature on Weddle’s path to the Super Bowl, the Rams are going to make Weddle their defensive signal caller in the Super Bowl. He’ll wear the green dot on his helmet and relay play calls from Raheem Morris to the rest of the defense.

Rapp is expected to return against the Bengals — but as a backup. Weddle will not only be starting but for the first time this year, he will wear the communication device that makes him the designated play caller.

“He brings elite football awareness and intelligence,” Evero says. “And he has the ability to communicate, communicate fast and communicate in a way everyone understands. That leads to building confidence.”

Ever since Jordan Fuller went down with a season-ending ankle injury, Troy Reeder has been the signal caller on defense. He’s done a fine job in that role, but it requires him to play almost every snap in order to get the calls to his teammates.

Reeder has played about 90% of the snaps this postseason, but the Rams might be planning to shrink his involvement on defense a bit by giving Weddle this new responsibility. That will allow the Rams to substitute their linebackers more, giving Ernest Jones and Travin Howard additional snaps over the struggling Reeder.

Weddle has been a leader on every team he’s been with and despite just re-joining the Rams a month ago, he’s already grasped the defense enough to get the play calls to the rest of the unit. That’s remarkable considering he was out of football for two full seasons.

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Rams DB says he’s ‘going to go stop’ a former Tiger in the Super Bowl

Los Angeles Rams defensive back Eric Weddle likes Tee Higgins, as evidenced by the fact that Weddle picked the former Clemson star and second-year Cincinnati Bengals wideout in a fantasy football draft ahead of this season. But Weddle poked some fun …

Los Angeles Rams defensive back Eric Weddle likes Tee Higgins, as evidenced by the fact that Weddle picked the former Clemson star and second-year Cincinnati Bengals wideout in a fantasy football draft ahead of this season.

But Weddle poked some fun at Higgins this week, saying he’s “going to go stop him” when they line up against each other Sunday, when the Rams and Bengals square off in Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.

“Fun fact, with Higgins — I was going to tell him this at some point, maybe on Sunday I’ll tell him,” Weddle said to the media. “But I played fantasy football for the first time, and he was one of my receivers that I drafted. And so I watched a lot of him all season just because he was on my team, and now I’m going to go stop him in the Super Bowl. So, it’s crazy how the world works.”

A formerly retired safety who rejoined the Rams ahead of their Super Bowl run, Weddle took up fantasy football as a hobby when he was away from the game and probably had no clue that he’d eventually be facing Higgins in the Super Bowl after drafting him on his fantasy squad.

Stopping Higgins will be a challenge for the 37-year-old Weddle, who led the Rams with nine combined tackles in their NFC Championship win over the San Francisco 49ers.

In 14 games played this season, Higgins has hauled in 74 receptions for 1,091 yards and six touchdowns, and made a couple of key catches in overtime in the AFC Championship Game against the Kansas City Chiefs that helped set up Cincinnati’s game-winning field goal and sent the Bengals to the Super Bowl.

–Photo for this article courtesy of USA Today Sports Images

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