Rams Nate Landman opens up to The Post on journey from roster casualty to brink of Super Bowl

Rams linebacker Nate Landman, who signed as a free agent this past offseason after three years with the Falcons, tackles some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby ahead of Sunday’s NFC Championship game at Seattle.Q: Have you visualized playing in the Super Bowl?A: I have, yes.… Everybody has a goal when you’re a kid, you talk about it as a team before the year, that’s why you play.

The vision is seeing that confetti drop, hugging my wife and hugging my family, and seeing Sean [McVay, head coach] lift up that trophy on the stage, and just putting that hat and T-shirt on with the confetti falling down.Q: You’re 60 minutes from that chance for that visualization.A: It is surreal, but we’re not focused on that yet.We gotta win one more.Q: Describe your on-field mentality.A: Locked in … focused … attentive … it’s a different zone.

You always hear people who are different in between the lines verse out of the lines and kind of just go into that mode.The most famous example obviously is Kobe [Bryant]’s Mamba Mentality.

It’s just a switch that flipped to where your adrenaline’s going.Your body knows that it’s time for war, and it’s just “go” time.

And I think that your body knows that it’s time to lock in, get ready to go, there’s a job to be done, and it’s time to do it at the best clip you can.Q: What do you think your emotions will be standing in the tunnel on Sunday night?A: Pure joy and elation and excitement.You’re living in the moment of a dream coming true.

1) It’s hard for people to get to that point.2) It’s hard to realize, some people’s dreams, they’re hard, they don’t even understand that they’re in the middle of living their dream.

That’s where I am, that’s where the rest of the guys on this team are … pure excitement, pure joy, for what we’ve earned this season as a team.Q: What is the mindset of this team?A: To go win this game.To go play Rams football, go put our best foot forward.

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