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Alex Smith is hurt. Foles is in. Let's see if it was the Rams or if it was Nick.

While the Rams are Idle on their bye week, these 8 teams can help the Rams in the NFC standings.

Some games have more of an impact than others but for obvious reasons, these are the 8 games that I'm going to be scoreboard watching.

The question is how many of these games will go in the Rams favor? I'm hoping at least 4 of these 8 teams can come away victories.

to beat the Redskins
to beat the Seahawks

to beat the Cardinals
to beat the Bucs

to beat the Lions
to beat the Packers

to beat the Eagles
to beat the Vikings

In the early London game, the Redskins are leading the Bengals 10-7 at halftime. Are there any games you will be watching today? For me it's the Seahawks at the Saints, the Cardinals at the Panthers, and tonight's game, the Eagles at the Cowboys.

The Seahawks defense against Drew Brees and the Saints offense should be interesting. I'm taking the Saints at home. Russell Wilson is hobbled and the Saints can rack up lots of points in a hurry.

If the Seahawks lose, the Cardinals can pick up ground. They probably will beat the Panthers but if not, it's always great fun to watch Bruce Arians have a meltdown.

Lots of surprises so far...

Romo-less Dallas is currently the NFC #1 seed

Carolina is 1-5

Todd Gurley is #20 in league rushing

Bradford leads Vikings to 5-1 start

I wouldn't have guessed any of these at the start of the year. What you got?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Olson_(American_football)

He was the offensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams from 2006-2007. In his first year with the Rams in 2006, he helped guide a high-powered offense that ranked sixth in the NFL in total offense (360.4 yards per game) and a passing offense that ranked third (247.6) in the NFC. Under Olson's direction the Rams became just the fourth team in NFL history to produce a 4,000 yard passer (Marc Bulger), a 1,500 yard rusher (Stephen Jackson) and two 1,000 yard receivers (Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce).

Bulger, Holt and Bruce were all selected to the Pro Bowl. Bulger also posted career-highs in passing yards (4,301), passing touchdowns (24), and passing attempts (588) and completions (370) while ranking second in the NFL in interception percentage (1.4%). Jackson also had a career-year in 2006, leading the NFL in yards from scrimmage with 2,334, and he led all NFL running backs with 90 receptions and was fifth in the NFL in rushing yards with 1,528.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/10/29/jaguars-fire-offensive-coordinator-greg-olson/

Jaguars fire offensive coordinator Greg Olson
Posted by Michael David Smith on October 29, 2016

AP

Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley is keeping his job despite the team’s miserable performance, but someone has to be the scapegoat.

That someone will be offensive coordinator Greg Olson, who was fired today, according to multiple reports.

The firing comes less than 24 hours after Bradley claimed there would be no changes to his coaching staff. It’s unclear what changed between Bradley’s comments yesterday and Olson’s firing today, but it’s possible that owner Shad Khan prevailed upon Bradley to make a change.

Olson is in his second season as the Jaguars’ offensive coordinator and has previously been an offensive coordinator of the Raiders, Buccaneers, Rams and Lions.

Today’s news means there have already been three offensive coordinators fired this season, with Olson joining former Bills offensive coordinator Greg Roman and former Ravens offensive coordinator Marc Trestman in the unemployment line.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/10/29/bills-promote-cornerback-roberson/

Bills promote cornerback Roberson
Posted by Zac Jackson on October 29, 2016

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The Bills promoted cornerback Marcus Roberson from the practice squad to the active roster on Saturday ahead of Sunday’s game vs. the Patriots.

Roberson has played in 25 career games with the Rams, starting six. He has one career interception and one forced fumble.

The Bills had a roster spot open after they promoted tight end Gerald Christian Friday and released two players, wide receiver Ed Eagan and tight end Manasseh Garner.

Los Angeles Rams Punter Johnny Hekker teamed with Chef Dave to make a tasty Poblano Pepper in this episode of Rams Top Chef.

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http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/f...chottenheimer-is-battling-alzheimers-disease/

Marty Schottenheimer, who coached four NFL teams from 1984-2006 and won 206 games, has been battling Alzheimer's disease for five years.

"He's in the best of health, [but] sometimes he just doesn't remember everything," Schottenheimer's wife, Pat, told ESPNCleveland.com's Tony Grossi. "He functions extremely well, plays golf several times a week. He's got that memory lag where he'll ask you the same question three or four times.

"He remembers people and faces, and he pulls out strange things that I've never heard, but he's doing well. It's going be a long road. We both know that."

Still, the 73-year-old coach remains upbeat.

"I'm sitting here looking at a lake and it's a spectacular setting," Schottenheimer told Grossi. "Pat and I, the Lord's blessed us. I mean, there's no other way I can identify it. We're doing really good."

Schottenheimer and Pat will attend the 30th anniversary of the 1986 Brownsteam that Schottenheimer coached -- and was this close to making the Super Bowl. Cleveland finished atop the AFC Central with a 12-4 record before falling to Denver in the conference championship game.

To put Schottenheimer's Cleveland accomplishments in perspective, he's the last Browns coach to have won more games than he lost. In five seasons, he went 44-27, including four playoff appearances. In fact, Schottenheimer never had a losing season with the team. Meanwhile there have been a dozen coaches since, and only two won at least 45 percent of their games: Bud Carson and Bill Belichick.

"Well, that's unfortunate, I guess, for the Browns," Schottenheimer told Grossi, when informed of all the losing that followed him.

"It is amazing," said Ernest Byner, who played for Schottenheimer on those Browns teams and organized the 30th reunion. "But it goes to show you that you can't get rid of good coaches. If you've got a good coach, then you should try your best to keep the coach. You can bring in as many talented guys as you want, but if you don't have a guy that can mold the team and lead the team in such a way like Marty, then you're itching for failure. I'm telling you, if it wasn't for Marty, that [1986] team would not have been what it was."

http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20161028/rams-kenny-britt-having-career-year-after-qb-carousel



THOUSAND OAKS — Sitting in the Rams locker room, Kenny Britt is shouting to no one in particular.

“First-round draft pick from Rutgers University,” he says. “First ever! Can’t take that! That’ll be in history. That’ll be there from now on until I die — and then after that!”

The 28-year-old has had an up-and-down career, but there’s a reason why he was drafted 30th overall out of Rutgers in 2009. At 6-foot-3, 223 pounds, his frame screams “prototype receiver.” During one practice this year, he casually did a standing backflip. Two weeks ago in Detroit, he finished off a juggling, one-handed catch by clamping the ball between his legs.

The numbers are there too. Seven games into his eighth season, Britt is in on pace to finish with 1,222 receiving yards — a figure that would top his career high by 447. It would also make him the Rams’ first 1,000-yard receiver since Torry Holt nearly a decade ago.

What’s behind the renaissance of a player once dismissed as a first-round bust? One factor might be a steadier relationship with his quarterback. Britt has already played with nine starters — as well as six offensive coordinators — since entering the league, never catching passes from the same person through a full season.

“It’s kind of crazy,” Britt says. “Different quarterbacks, different coordinators, different playbooks — each year for me is like a new start and a new beginning. It’s like I’m a rookie again, all around.”

During his first two years in the league, Britt split time with Titans quarterbacks Vince Young and Kerry Collins. He would have played a full 16-game slate with Matt Hasselbeck in 2011, but tore his ACL and MCL in his third outing. After the injury, Hasselbeck described Britt as “probably the most talented player on this team at any position.”

Over the next two years, Tennessee started not only Hasselbeck, but Jake Locker and Ryan Fitzpatrick. In 2013, Britt caught just 11 passes for 93 yards and was inactive through his final four games.

After the Titans tried and failed to trade him away, the Rams signed him as a free agent. But St. Louis didn’t offer any more consistency under center. Britt arrived in 2014 expecting to play with Sam Bradford, practicing with the former No. 1 pick through OTAs and training camp. In a radio interview that August, Britt said, “I never had a quarterback with that accuracy.”

Less than two weeks later, Bradford tore his ACL — leaving Britt to play eight games apiece with journeymen Austin Davis and Shaun Hill. He still finished with 748 receiving yards, the second-highest total of his career.

Few would consider Case Keenum an above-average NFL quarterback, let alone a superstar. He has thrown seven interceptions in his past three games, and boasts a passer rating (77.5) that ranks 28th in the league. But since supplanting Nick Foles last season, Keenum has started 12 games with Britt — already more than any quarterback in his career except Young and Locker.

Britt has responded, ranking 11th in the league with 535 receiving yards. Among top-20 receivers, only three can best his catch rate of 68.8 percent. On 16 fewer targets, he has produced 236 more yards than fellow receiver Tavon Austin, whom the Rams just signed to a four-year, $42 million extension.

“The comfort that Case and Kenny have right now is real,” offensive coordinator Rob Boras said earlier this month.

“Normally,” Britt says, “we just look at each other and know what’s going on.”

How long this connection lasts is unclear, particularly with Keenum coming off an ugly four-pick performance. Rams head coach Jeff Fisher has insisted he will stick with Keenum as his starter, but fans and media have clamored for a look at Jared Goff, the rookie who cost the Rams six premium draft picks.

If a switch happens, well, at least Britt has experience adjusting to new faces.

“We’ve got to start in the classroom, talk to each other, watching film,” he says. “‘OK, this is how it is — what are you thinking? What am I thinking?’

“If you have a quarterback and a receiver on the same page, no one’s going to stop you but yourself.”


KENNY BRITT FILE

In less than eight full NFL seasons, Rams receiver Kenny Britt has already played with nine starting quarterbacks. Here’s a look at his year-to-year production, along with his quarterbacks — and their respective number of starts — and offensive coordinators.

2009

75 targets, 42 catches, 701 yards, 3 TD

Quarterback: Vince Young (10 starts), Kerry Collins (6 starts)

Offensive coordinator: Mike Heimerdinger

2010

73 targets, 42 catches, 775 yards, 9 TD

QB: Vince Young (7), Kerry Collins (5)

OC: Mike Heimerdinger*

2011**

26 targets, 17 catches, 289 yards, 3 TD

QB: Matt Hasselbeck (3)

OC: Chris Palmer

2012

90 targets, 45 catches, 589 yards, 4 TD

QB: Jake Locker (9), Matt Hasselbeck (5)

OC: Chris Palmer / Dowell Loggains

2013

35 targets, 11 catches, 96 yards, 0 TD

QB: Jake Locker (6), Ryan Fitzpatrick (6)

OC: Dowell Loggains

2014

84 targets, 48 catches, 748 yards, 3 TD

QB: Austin Davis (8), Shaun Hill (8)

OC: Brian Schottenheimer

2015

72 targets, 36 catches, 681 yards, 3 TD

QB: Nick Foles (11), Case Keenum (5)

OC: Frank Cignetti / Rob Boras

2016

48 targets, 33 catches, 535 yards, 2 TD

QB: Case Keenum (7)

OC: Rob Boras

*Mike Heimerdinger remained the Titans’ offensive coordinator through the entire 2010 season despite being diagnosed with cancer in November. He died in September 2011.

**Britt would have played with Hasselbeck for the entire 2011 season, but he tore his ACL on Sept. 25.

Note: Only starting quarterbacks who played games with Britt were included on this list. That left out names such as Sam Bradford – who worked with Britt as a starter for an entire offseason before tearing his ACL – and Rusty Smith, who started one game for the Titans in 2010 when Britt was out with an injured hamstring.

Rams DT Aaron Donald takes his anger out on 'Madden NFL 17'
2:25 AM ET

• Alden GonzalezESPN Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES -- Tavon Austin scored five touchdowns, Todd Gurley averaged 6.7 yards per carry, Case Keenum notched a passer rating of 158.1 and the Los Angeles Rams beat the Miami Dolphins, 44-19.

If only life were a video game that Aaron Donald controlled.

This one was played out through "Madden NFL 17" on Thursday, within the Microsoft store in Century City for the first round of the Xbox NFL Player Charity Challenge, an eight-man, bracket-style tournament that provides $51,000 and Microsoft products for the winner's favorite charity.

Donald -- who will contribute to the Make-A-Wish Foundation if he can endure -- made quick work of Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who played from a mall in Miami.



Greg Olsen and the Broncos' Von Miller on Nov. 29. The Rams' defensive tackle plays a lot of Madden, as you might expect. He does it mostly online, and usually he'll pick the Green Bay Packers because, as Donald said, "I'm an Aaron Rodgers guy." But he made sure to pick the Rams on this day.

He chose their throwback uniforms -- "I love the colors," Donald said -- and he stayed away from a quarterback controversy.

Keenum started, and Jared Goff, the No. 1 overall pick, remained on the bench, even in virtual reality.

Donald watched Goff take actual first-team snaps on Wednesday and said he's "looking good." But even he can't tell if Goff, exactly two weeks removed from his 22nd birthday, is ready to start games in the NFL.

"It’s a whole different world once you get into games," Donald said. "You have people actually trying to hit you, the speed of the game’s a lot faster, you have a lot of different things you need to check and see. It’s a whole different world up there once game time comes."

In this world, they played three-minute quarters, under the "Pro" setting, and Donald continually beat Tannehill with Austin slant routes. At one point he recorded three consecutive sacks, on another he completed eight consecutive passes.

And even though the game had already been decided by the final minutes, Donald kept hammering away, going for two, putting together a final drive and squeezing every point he could out of this endlessly flawed Rams offense.

In nine days, the real games will start again, beginning with a four-week stretch against teams that are a combined 8-18.

In nine days, the Rams must start to turn their season around.

"We still have a lot of football left," Donald said. "You just have to keep playing. Once you start worrying about things, you get down about yourself, whatever it may be.

You just have to keep your same mindset, keep playing at a hundred miles per hour."

http://www.espn.com/blog/los-angele...dt-aaron-donald-takes-his-anger-out-on-madden

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This week’s guest is Los Angeles Rams Kicker Greg Zuerlein. His ability to kick long field goals earned him the name Legatron. I’ll chat with Greg about his journey to the NFL and how his Catholic faith keeps him on solid ground.

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http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...-good-in-london-rams-getting-jared-goff-ready

LOS ANGELES RAMS: Goff getting ready to go. Rams coach Jeff Fisher has planned for a while to get rookie quarterback Jared Goff more reps during the Week 8 bye. Publicly, he's said that this was a great opportunity to get him more work for a day or two because starter Case Keenum has a handle on the offense and doesn't need the extra time.

However, after the Rams dropped three straight games, why wouldn't they give those reps back to Keenum and an offense that was not on the same page in a loss to the Giants in London? The answer: The Rams are getting Goff ready.

From everything that I have been told, Goff has made progress in terms of learning the offense. As for executing it? That is still unknown.

I've also been told by people with the Rams that they would have felt fine putting him on the field should Keenum have been injured. Of course, they really had no choice. If coaches were to opt for Sean Mannion instead of Goff to step in for Keenum, that would show they might have missed on Goff with the No. 1 overall pick -- at least in the short term.

Keenum absolutely is not the main reason that the Rams have fallen to 3-4. He is the most obviously replaceable part, though. If L.A. loses to Carolina in Week 9 to fall to 3-5, it will be time to make the switch.

Yes, the Rams play three of their next five on the road, but whatever the scenario, they have to get Goff going. If he struggles, will the team be that much worse? If he succeeds, it can be better.

-- Steve Wyche

Johnson could be back soon. Cornerback Trumaine Johnson has missed the past two games with a high ankle sprain. He might be back after the Week 8 bye. The franchise-tagged veteran was playing pretty well before he got hurt. He told me after a practice in London, before the Giants game, that he expected to be back "soon."

-- Steve Wyche

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A video at the link as well.

Actually it doesn't really need it's own thread if a mod wants to move it into maybe the practice quotes thread. Think that's the most recent we were discussing him starting in.