Ramsey Looking Forward to "Great Moment" on Monday Night

When the Miami Dolphins face the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night, it will be a homecoming of sorts for Jalen Ramsey and Odell Beckham, Jr.

Nov 3, 2024; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Buffalo Bills wide receiver Khalil Shakir (10) ducks to try to avoid a tackle by Miami Dolphins cornerback Jalen Ramsey (5) and linebacker Anthony Walker Jr. (6) in the first quarter at Highmark Stadium. / Mark Konezny-Imagn Images

When the Miami Dolphins take on the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night at SoFi Stadium, cornerback Jalen Ramsey and wide receiver Odell Beckham, Jr. will return to the venue where he won a Super Bowl with the Rams.

Ramsey played for the Rams from 2019 through 2022, while Beckham played only that 2021 Super Bowl-winning season.

Ramsey said he will feel emotions when he runs through the tunnel and onto the field. However, it's a them versus us mentality once the game starts.

"It's going to be a great moment," Ramsey said Saturday to reporters. "I'll try to keep my emotions intact so I can focus on the task at hand. Try to go in there, get a win no matter what."

Ramsey was adamant this game was about the Dolphins getting a win. It has very little to do with his past.

"This game ain't about me. It's not about me returning," Ramsey said. "It's about the Miami Dolphins versus the L.A. Rams and us trying to get back on track."

HOW A TRADE FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST REVITALIZED RAMSEY

Ramsey said the trade to the Rams made him fall in love with the game again.

"At a time when I stopped liking football as much, I got traded to L.A., and it just drastically changed everything for me," Ramsey said. "It was just amazing. Just my whole L.A. experience, I literally have nothing bad to say about L.A. or my time in L.A."

Ramsey still maintains contact with various organizations he supported while in Los Angeles. Last week, he donated $5,000 to five different non-profit organizations in the Los Angeles area: the SoLa Foundation, Heart of Los Angeles, A Place Called Home, the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, and the RightWay Foundation.

"Since I was never able to get like a farewell gift, I guess you can kind of call it that," Ramsey said. "Showing love to the community that helped me have some of the best memories of my football career.

"I thought, 'Dang I never got an opportunity to get a farewell gift to all the people out there' because L.A. is like a second home for me,. The community always treated me and my family with nothing but love and respect."

McDANIEL UNDERSTANDS THE HOMECOMING FEELING

Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel understands the feelings Ramsey and Odell Beckham, Jr. will have pregame. He also expects them to play at their best under the bright lights.

"The initial moments of going into the stadium will probably bring up some memories," McDaniel said, "but the second the clock starts, it's just football. I know they're going to be eager to get a win out there, as we all are."

Beckham did not speak to the media last week.

The Rams reached the Super Bowl by beating the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. McDaniel was the 49ers' offensive coordinator.

"I know coach McVay and his team are always consistently a straining outfit, that they do a good job in all three phases," McDaniel said last week. "I know he's going to make sure his group is very detailed, that they'll compete, they'll be challenging, and they'll be complementary in how they play, and they'll be unified in their collective groups.