LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Rams edge rusher Jared Verse gets part of his own edge by running a steady stream of trash talk and jokes at his opponents.

But Verse grinningly admits he won’t be quite so verbose when the Rams (3-1) host the San Francisco 49ers (3-1) and their 11-time Pro Bowl left tackle, Trent Williams, on Thursday night.

“I don’t lie down for anybody,” Verse said. “I don’t change up how I am for anybody. But I also am not, you know, dumb. I’d rather let a sleeping giant sleep. I’m not going to wake up nobody that’s minding their business, especially somebody like that.”

Verse admits he struggled against Williams in their only previous meeting last September. He rarely struggled for long stretches at any other point last season on the way to the NFL’s Defensive Rooki

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