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'Sign me up': Eric Weddle unretires to join Rams on a possible Super Bowl run

LOS ANGELES — The word "crazy" came up several times during a 46-minute video call in which Eric Weddle discussed his decision to come out of retirement and sign with the Rams this week. So did the words "surreal" and "mind-boggling."

At one point, Weddle was asked if it was "nuts" to think the 37-year-old safety, a full two years removed from his last NFL action, could go from coaching his son's 12-and-under youth football team and playing pick-up basketball to the SoFi Stadium field for Monday night's playoff opener against the Arizona Cardinals.

"Yes, yes," Weddle said of the head-spinning and life-altering series of events that began with a call

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