Let me start out calm: I HATE THE CURRENT UNIFORMS!!!!!
Oops, forgot about the calm part........I really really dislike our current white and blue uniforms.

They look so damn boring and over used. Other teams have similar color schemes, but always tend to add at least one bright color - IE Bills have Red, Chargers have Yellow etc.

I don't know how much longer my eyes can take it......thank god most the games are not televised! I bought an old LA Rams mini helmet for my work desk just to wash away the boring eye pain of these things they call uniforms!

Alden Gonzalez
ESPN Staff Writer

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Los Angeles Rams coach Jeff Fisher opened up his weekly, day-after session with the media by praising the offense. He touched on the fact that they gained 102 yards on the ground and 243 through the air in Sunday's 30-19 home loss to the Buffalo Bills, accounting for a season-high 345 total yards. The Rams converted 23 first downs to the Bills' 15, ran the ball 29 times, and held the ball for 35 minutes, 34 seconds, Fisher volunteered.

"That’s a formula for success," he added. "That’s a formula for winning, and one would expect to do so."

But here's the thing: The Rams' offense is still the least-productive unit in the NFL, ranked 32nd among the 32 teams in yards per game.


The Rams were likely encouraged on Sunday by the performance of RB Todd Gurley, who gained 108 total yards. Keith Birmingham/Zuma Press/Icon Sportswire
So, Fisher is pleased with his offense?

"I’m not pleased with where the offense is at," Fisher clarified. "I’m not pleased where the football team is at -- offense, defense or special teams. The total rankings are based on the last five games, and we had some difficulty the first two, three, or four, with respect to total yards. So, we’re going to have to have a 500-, 600-yard game to jump in to the middle of the pack. It’s going to take some time. To me, the wins are going to offset that. That’s the way it goes."

The Rams remain a respectable 3-2 in spite of Sunday's loss and in spite of the overall shortcomings of their offense.

They rank within the bottom five in the NFL in rushing yards per game, passing yards per game, first downs per game and third-down conversion rate. Their star running back, Todd Gurley, has the NFL's lowest yards per carry at 2.74. Their starting quarterback, Case Keenum, has the NFL's worst Total QBR at 33.0, but Fisher still doesn't sound like a man who is ready to make a change at the position, because he sees an offense that is upward trending under him.

So, hold off on Jared Goff.

For now, at least.

Fisher said he wouldn't be against playing Goff late in a game when his Rams trail or lead by a wide margin in order to get him some reps. But that's all it would be at this point. Asked about Goff's progress in practice, Fisher said he's "doing fine. He has a good feel for what we're doing. I think he's improving. He's learned a lot, and with each passing week, he's getting better."

The Rams did a nice job of getting Tavon Austin involved early, and Gurley broke off a couple of big runs against a defense that didn't stack the box as aggressively as others. Keenum also completed 21-of-31 passes and averaged a very respectable 8.7 yards per attempt, but he made a costly mistake on a pick-six that resulted in the game-winning touchdown.

The Rams wound up with only one touchdown in that game, despite moving into enemy territory on seven of their first nine possessions. Their red zone efficiency -- the amount of touchdowns relative to the amount of drives in the red zone -- is 44.4 percent, fifth-worst in the NFL and a mark Fisher said is "not where it should be."

Still, Fisher sees progress in his offense.

"You can take the 32nd in the league and write all you want about it," Fisher said, "but this offense is improving.”

Some additional notes from Monday's availability ...

• Fisher still doesn't have an update on cornerback Trumaine Johnson, who exited Sunday's game early with an injury to his right ankle. The team is still waiting on the results of additional testing, but ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that the injury is believed to be a sprain and may not be as serious as initially believed.
  
  
  • Right guard Cody Wichmann, who also left early, does not have a high ankle sprain, Fisher said. He will be questionable for this Sunday's game in Detroit against the Lions. The three starting defensive linemen who did not play -- Robert Quinn,Will Hayes and Michael Brockers -- are day-to-day.
    
    
  • Regarding the fake punt from his own 23-yard line, which eliminated any chance the Rams had of winning? "I'd do it all over again if I had the opportunity," Fisher said. "They made the play, we didn't. But that's the way we are wired. That's our fabric, and that's taken us a long way."

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In this big loss @ home last Sunday with all the letdowns of the offense & defense. I came out with a positive impression of the effort gave by DT Dominique Easley & DE Ethan Westbrooks.

Easley did not start in place of Brockers that job belonged to Cam Thomas who did block a extra point & has 1 tackle, but Easley had 5 tackles & a half sack for the best game as a Ram. Thus far he had 13 tackles half a sack two forced fumbles & 1 STF. As the 4th DT on this team I thought he should have started in place of the NT Cam Thomas. Thomas has played in all five games & has only one tackle stat.

Ethan Westbrooks finally got a sack & it came at a good time he also had 2 tackles as he & Matt Longacre rotated in the Wm Hayes post. Morgan Fox did get on the field some but did not do much in his first NFL game. As we know the DL was abused inside & out by the Bills. Eugene Sims could not muster to have two good games back to back as Sims was outplayed badly by the gimpy hurting OLT Cordy Glenn. Sims could only manage 1 tackle.

I now its not much to talk about but just trying to be positive here & I would hope that the Rams Org. can sign both Easley & Westbrooks to future contract in March of 2017.

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Vikings to sign Jake Long
Posted by Michael David Smith on October 11, 2016

AP

The Vikings are bringing in some veteran help on their offensive line.

Minnesota is expected to sign offensive tackle Jake Long today, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.

The Vikings needed some help on the line after putting their starting right tackle,Andre Smith, on injured reserve yesterday. The Vikings previously placed their starting left tackle, Matt Kalil, on injured reserve as well.

Long was the first overall pick in the 2008 NFL draft. He played five years for the Dolphins and then two for the Rams before signing in Atlanta last year, where he played in only four games, with no starts. It’s unclear how much Long has left, but the Vikings think he can help, and with the injuries they’ve suffered, they need help.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Long#St._Louis_Rams

During the 2013 NFL offseason, Long became a free agent. He received two contract offers: an extension from the Miami Dolphins, and a contract from the Rams. On March 17, 2013, Long signed a four-year, $36 million contract with the Rams.

At the October 6, 2013, contest against the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Rams gave the first 15,000 fans to arrive at the game free Jake Long figurines. On October 26, 2014, Long sustained another torn ACL against the Kansas City Chiefs and he missed the rest of the season.

He was released along with Scott Wells on the eve of free agency on March 9, 2015. Long was coming off of back-to-back seasons with torn ACLs and was about to cost the Rams $10 million against the salary cap.

By Myles Simmons

With their 30-19 loss to the Bills on Sunday, the Rams’ record is now 3-2 on the 2016 season. There were many elements that added up to Los Angeles’ first home loss of the year, but there were some positive factors in the matchup as well. Let’s take a deeper look at both in this week’s five takeaways.

1) Turnovers in critical situations

In Los Angeles’ three 2016 wins, the club been either even or positive in the turnover margin. In Sunday’s contest against Buffalo, the Rams finished -3.

Running back Todd Gurley had two fumbles, one of which was recovered by the Bills’ defense. And quarterback Case Keenum threw two interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown.

In all, the Bills scored 13 points off the Rams’ turnovers.

“It took points off the board [with] the first fumble and then we allowed them to put points on the board,” head coach Jeff Fisher said. “In close ball games, those are going to be the difference makers there, so it’s disappointing.”

Keenum called the throw he made on the pick six “a bad decision,” and acknowledged that the Rams offense has to do better from a turnover standpoint going forward.

“There is a small margin of error,” Keenum said. “[It’s] not something we dwell on but that’s why … we want to be perfect every snap, because you never know what snap is going to be crucial point of the game.”

2) Buffalo shows strength in the run game

Since changing their offensive coordinator after Week 2, the Bills have been running the ball particularly well. That was especially true in Sunday’s game, as Buffalo racked up 193 yards on just 27 carries — good for a 7.1 yard average.

Running back LeSean McCoy led the charge with 150 yards on 18 attempts, including a 53-yard run that brought the Bills inside the Rams’ five-yard line.

“He just made plays,” defensive tackleAaron Donald said. “We just didn’t bottle him up, we didn’t get to him, we didn’t hit him enough and it showed.”

“It was especially on us, we just didn’t get in our gaps,” middle linebackerAlec Ogletree said. “We just kind of made up some stuff and they took advantage of our miscues. I thought we did a good job when we did get around him, we were able to stop him a little bit. He’s one of the better backs in the league, if you make a mistake, he can definitely find a hole.”

Injuries likely contributed to the Rams’ difficulties against the run, as three of the club’s starters on the defensive line were inactive due to injury. Defensive end Robert Quinn (shoulder), defensive tackleMichael Brockers (hip), and defensive end William Hayes (ankle) were all questionable heading into Sunday’s contest.

“We don’t make excuses, but three of our starting four defensive linemen were watching the game today,” Fisher said. “What those guys do is they pressure the quarterback and Rob’s always making a chase play from behind, and we just didn’t get that today. Still not acceptable run defense, but they’ve been doing this for the last couple of weeks against a number of teams.”

Fisher said all three were willing to play, but the head coach held them out in order to be better equipped going forward.

“They’re all willing, but we’re looking at the long haul right now and they wouldn’t have been productive,” Fisher said. “They wouldn’t have been able to protect themselves.”

3) Bills ready for trickery

Early in the week, Fisher complimented the Bills for the way they clearly put a high priority on special teams. In many ways, it’s reflective of the way Los Angeles handles its own special teams unit.

Perhaps that was a factor in the fourth quarter when Fisher elected to try a fake punt on 4th-and-5 from the Rams’ 23-yard line, and the play ended up a few yards short of the first-down marker. Wide receiverBradley Marquez was in formation as the up man in front of punter Johnny Hekker, received a direct snap, and darted to his right. But Buffalo, apparently ready for the fake, was able to tackle Marquez after just a two-yard gain.

“I wouldn’t have called it if I didn’t think it was going to work. That’s how those things are. We practiced it all week, we had the look, and it didn’t work,” Fisher said. “They executed it in practice, but they didn’t execute it there. I thought if that thing works it’s good stuff — really good stuff — but it didn’t. They don’t always work, but that type of approach in special teams has taken us a long ways.”

4) Red-zone efficiency

Los Angeles had its best game in terms of moving the ball, amassing 345 total yards and 23 first downs. The club’s offense also led in time of possession, 35:34 to 24:26.

But once the Rams entered the red zone, they had a hard time getting into the end zone. Of their four red-zone opportunities, L.A. scored only one touchdown.

“We’ve got to score in that red zone,” wide receiver Tavon Austin said. “We keep getting down there, but not scoring in the red zone. Three points is good, but three points is not going to win too many big games, and that’s what it showed today.”

Austin was among one of the more productive offensive players for the Rams on Sunday, making seven receptions for 59 yards and taking three carries for 26 yards. Wideout Kenny Britt continued his strong start to the season by making five receptions for 75 yards. And Gurley had 108 yards from scrimmage and a rushing touchdown in the contest.

“You saw some improvement out of the offense against a good defensive unit,” Fisher said. “We got the ball in our playmakers’ hands, and it seemed like either Todd, or Kenny, or Tavon or somebody was making plays offensively. We just didn’t get in the end zone.”

Finishing drives will likely be a point of emphasis going into next week’s game against Detroit.

5) Heading on the road

The Rams have spent three of their first five weeks of the season on the road, and they are now getting ready to head out on another tough two-game stretch. First, the team will travel across the country to take on Detroit for Week 6. And after that game, the Rams will hop on a trans-atlantic flight to London where they’ll spend the week preparing to take on the Giants at Twickenham Stadium.

If there’s ever a week for the 24-hour rule, it’s this one — especially since the Rams are still well positioned with a 3-2 record.

“I know there’s a lot of teams that would like to be 3-2, but we still have work to do,” Fisher said. “We have quite a challenge on our hands over the next couple of weeks, and the players know that. We’re going to get them back and have a great week of practice and then go on the road for a couple of weeks.”

“You have to move on and have a short memory in this league because we’ve got a lot of football left ahead of us and we are in a good spot. There are a lot of teams that would love to be where we are,” Keenum said. “So, we are going to keep fighting and we are going to take it a week at a time. And we’ve got another great opponent on the road this week, then going even further on the road for a home game. Never done that before — so not looking to that but we’ve got tests ahead of us.”

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"Got folded up like a lawn chair,” Cobb said, “I laid there for a second. Then I turned over and, like, I had 15 faces in front of me. So I thought I had died or something. They kind of scared me more than anything... And then I felt, I saw I could move my fingers and my feet. So I knew it was all right.”

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Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher – Press Conference – October 10, 2016

(Opening Remarks)
“You look at the stats from this game, the important stats – we had over 100 yards rushing, 270 passing, 370 plus or something in total offense and held the ball for 35:34. We had 23 first downs to their 15. You know, we had 29 rushing attempts. That’s a formula for success, that’s a formula for winning, and one would expect to do so. As I mentioned yesterday, the difference in this ball game, was the fact that they created turnovers – made big plays in two situations and we didn’t get any turnovers defensively. We gave up too many rushing yards in the game. I’m disappointed in it, but we presented it to the players in that fashion – we’ve won three in a row, dropped this one, we had a chance to win it, didn’t work out, now you move on. The fact that we didn’t have three quarters of our defensive line is not an excuse – young guys have to step up. They got some playing opportunities, in case we need to draw upon them in the future. I know you guys are curious about the punt. I’d do it all over again if I had the opportunity. They made the play, we didn’t. But that’s the way we are wired, that’s our fabric and that’s taken us a long way. I’ll have some more injury information for you as far as (CB) Trumaine’s (Johnson) concerned. We’re still doing tests. We got good news on (G) Cody (Wichmann), from the standpoint it’s not a high ankle. He’s probably questionable going into this ball game – keep you up to date.”

(On if there was anything he saw in the red zone opportunities that limited the team to three field goals and one touchdown)
“That’s a good defense. We ended up in third-and-long for most of them, and that’s hard to convert, and then we had the couple penalties. But one thing that is true, is that (K) Greg (Zuerlein) is kicking really well right now. I’d like for Greg to kickoff and kick extra points. He’s hitting his field goals. Our touchdown-to-field goal ratio is not where it should be, and we talked about that. We need touchdowns. We credit their defense, and the third-and-longs, and the red zones, from that standpoint.”

(On what it means to K Greg Zuerlein to start the season nine-for-nine on field goals)
“He had some misses last year that were long, they were long attempts. But, he’s had a great offseason, and he’s just hitting the ball well. It’s hard; you got the wind condition yesterday, which was swirling a little bit. He drove those kicks. He’s off to a great start. If we need him at the end, we have confidence in him to make that kick. Again, I’d much rather see him kick extra points.”

(On if being ranked last in the league in yards per game is deceiving to him)
“I’m not pleased with where the offense is at. I’m not pleased where the football team is at – offense, defense, or special teams. The total rankings are based on the last five games, and we had some difficulty the first two, three, or four, with respect to total yards. So, we’re going to have to have a 500, 600 yard game to jump in to the middle of the pack. It’s going to take some time. To me, the wins are going to offset that. That’s the way it goes. We’re getting better on third down, we’ve made some plays on third down. We had nine explosive plays in the game this weekend against a really good defense, and like I said, 23 first downs. You can take the 32nd in the league and write all you want about it, but this offense is improving.”

(On how the team starts preparing for their extended road trip to Detroit and London coming up)
“We’re prepared – the operations side and everybody is prepared. We didn’t address anything today with the players, today was addressing yesterday. We’ll start in to some of the administrative meetings with them tomorrow, as far as bags and travel and itineraries and things like that. It’s going to be a challenge, but we’re set up, we’re ready to go, everything is in place. It’s just back-to-back road trips, that’s all it is.”

(On if the travel plan was similar the last time he played in London)
“No, we actually played at home and then traveled, I believe we traveled on Monday.”

(On how the extra travel fits into the logistics of their week)
“If you think about it, you play the game, you come home, you do those things that you ordinarily would do on Monday – the treatments and all those kinds of things – then you dress casually, you address sleep and you address the time changes and you travel. That’s not going to be the case here, we’re departing from Detroit, so we have a quick turnaround – the game’s over, we’ll have to assess the team, the treatment needs, the medical needs of the players and, we’ll go upstairs and have a big meal, then we’ll screen and clear customs and take off. That, in itself, is unique, I don’t know that anybody has done that before. By the time we get there, the players will be prepared for it.”

(On how he feels QB Jared Goff is doing approximately one month into the season)
“He’s getting his offensive reps in every period with the exception – on Friday it’s kind of hard, but on Wednesday, Thursday, he’s getting his reps. And then he’s running the scout team, the scout team is completely different than our offensive reps. But he’s doing fine, he has a good feel for what we’re doing, I think he’s improving, he’s learned a lot and, with each passing week, he’s getting better.”

(On if he would put Goff in the game for a series or two to get experience if the game was a blowout)
“I did that last year with (QB) Sean (Mannion) at Cincinnati. So, yeah, that’s a possibility.”

(On how much WR Pharoh Cooper was at fault on the interception returned for a touchdown yesterday and if he expects Cooper to get more offensive snaps moving forward)
“We’re expecting ‘Coop’ to play more. He got his hands on a return and I think he played nine plays, so we’re expecting him to play more. The interception is one of those things that happened, it’s a three-part answer – it’s a combination of the receiver, the quarterback and the defensive player making a great play.”

(On how hopeful he is that DT Michael Brockers and DEs Robert Quinn and William Hayes will be able to practice this week)
“They’ll be day-to-day.”

rams ran 18 plays in the red zone (28% of their offensive plays) and 21 plays inside the bills' 30 (33% of their offensive plays), and not once did they throw a pass into the end zone, not once
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I know we have beaten this game to death,but I thought this was very interesting
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Alden GonzalezESPN Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES -- Resume the clamoring for Jared Goff in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

Case Keenum didn't necessarily play poorly -- OK, he didn't playdreadfully -- but the Los Angeles Rams quarterback made a costly mistake late and missed on what could've been a big play early in a 30-19loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. That's usually enough to prompt incessant questions about when Goff, the No. 1 overall pick, will be given a shot as the starting quarterback.

Keenum completed 21 of 31 passes, but two of his incompletions loomed large. One came early in the second quarter when facing third-and-1 from the Rams' 30-yard line. Brian Quick had two steps on his defender down the field, but Keenum badly overthrew him on a deep ball. Had he hit him in stride, it could've gone for Quick's fourth touchdown in three games.

"It hurt," Keenum said. "It hurt a lot. But you've got to move on. Obviously, those are plays that you learn from. Seeing him make those plays, I've got to give him a chance. It was a tough one."

Pharoh Cooper, who was making his debut after missing the first four games with a shoulder injury, to the right side about 10 yards out. But Keenum's throw didn't have nearly enough zip. Bills corner Nickell Robey-Coleman, a USC alum, jumped the route, intercepted the pass and went untouched for what became the winning score.

"I can't do that," Keenum said. "I can't do that, especially in this league. Across the board, there's guys who will make that play. I can't put my team in that situation, obviously. The game came down to one or two plays, and that was one play that I want back."

Keenum threw another interception -- also to Robey-Coleman -- in the final minutes, but that was a desperation heave while backed up in his own territory and facing fourth-and-18. The game had practically been decided by then.

It was decided by a shorthanded defense that allowed 193 yards on the ground, and it was decided by an offense that marched into enemy territory on seven of its first nine possessions but managed only one touchdown, settled for four field goals and suffered through Todd Gurley's first fumble. Gurley gained 108 yards from scrimmage, Tavon Austin made a season-high seven catches, and Kenny Britt gained 75 yards through the air, but the Rams' offense did not do enough on a day when it needed to carry the load.

Those things usually fall on Keenum, who has a shorter leash -- or perceived leash, at least -- than anybody in the NFL.

"We just got to punch it in," said Keenum, who entered with the NFL's second-worst Total QBR. "We hurt ourselves in the red zone again."

[www.espn.com]

This game at Detroit probably and very likely will determine if the 2016 Rams are able to win more than 7 or 8 games.

History doesn't lie and when we ignore it, the same things almost always happen again. There is a trending truth about Jeff Fisher's Rams teams with a telling story about them starting 3-3.

With the usual common issues on offense, this 2016 Rams 3-2 team better not become another 3-3 Fisher team.

Many Rams fans might balk at the significance and impact that this game has next Sunday, but I believe this is coach Fisher's most important game since being hired as the head coach.

Do not let this team Fall to 3-3 Jeff Fisher. History doesn't favor your teams starting 3-3 and this 2016 team is not protected from your past. It is a different team but there are too many of the same issues that wiped out your other 3-3 teams.

Fisher has started the season 3-3 three different times as head coach of the Rams and his current team is 3-2 but on the brink of going 3-3 unless he can get this team to pull off a historical win at Detroit this coming Sunday.

2012 started 3-3 and then lost 3 of the next 4 games with the offense scoring 20, 7 & 13 points in those losses.. Final 2012 record 7-8-1

2013 started 3-3 and then lost 3 of the next 4 games with the offense scoring 15, 9 & 21 points in those losses. Final 2013 record 7-9

2015 started 3-3 and then lost 5 of the next 6 games with the offense scoring 18, 13, 13, 7 & 3 points in those losses.. Final 2015 record 7-9

2016 started 3-2 and DETROIT now becomes the signature game for Jeff Fisher. He's never had his Rams start a season 4-2 and this is why history is on a crash course for another 7-9 season if they loose at the Lions den.

Sunday, October 16, 2016
1:00 PM on FOX
Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan

After yesterdays frustrating loss to the Bills, I, like most of you, proceeded to beat my dogs mercilessly, and snap at my wife and daughter for no particular reason. (Actually I didn't. Don't do this. It won't end well for you. Besides, its...say it with me...just a game.)

As with most losses, it triggered the usual Pavlov's Fan responses:

• Fire Fisher!
• Keenum sucks! Start Goff!
• Grob is a bust!
• Our Oline sucks! Fire Coach Bou.
• 7-9 Crap!

Did I miss any? Oh well. That is what the vent thread is for, I suppose. We get to release our frustrations about a loss callously delivered to us by fate. (Don't they know who we are?!) A fresh new scar delivered to our weathered Ram hearts.

When all we were looking for was a little ointment for our disappointment.... A little soothing salve for our souls....some balm for our beet red butts. OK stop!

After reading many of the usual laments from my Ram ROD brothers, (and some of my own), something didn't ring true about the fatalistic tone. I took a quick look at the box score this morning, looking for a silver lining to the disappointing loss. Some things stood out to me. Suffice to say:

• The Bills Ran for 193 yards on the ground on 27 carries. If one saw this statistic without seeing the game, one would assume the Bills 1) Dominated the time of possession, and 2) Dominated the game.
• Neither were true. The Bills rushing yards were really a tale of 2 situations: A.) When the Rams were out of control of the game, and B.) When the Rams regained control of the game.

A) Rams out of Control: Bills Opening Drive (TD). The Rams were adjusting their defense to the fact that 3 of 4 starting defensive linemen were out of the game. Yes, we all know this by now. But so did Sexy Rexy. He took advantage. McCoy 15, and 9 yards rushing. Taylor 22 yards. (3 rushes 46 yds alone) Bills 7-3.

Bills second drive. The Rams respond to the touchdown, after their own opening drive for a field goal, by driving to the Bills 30. Then a sack. Then Gurley fumbles. Defense races onto the field, still adjusting to the new starting lineup. Boom. McCoy 53 yards up the gut. Bills score again. Bills 13-3.

B) Rams in Control: Then the Rams defense settles down, forces 2 of their 6 three-and-outs on the day. McCoy and the running game was held in check. (The Rams Offense only had 2 three-and-outs on the day, or 3 if you count the botched fake punt)

The Rams offense showed tremendous character, chipping away at the lead with a field goal, and tying the game on an impressive drive, culminating in Gurley's 1 yard plunge. Rams Tie 13-13

A) Rams out of Control: Then, it happened again. The Rams take back the momentum of the game, with under 2 minutes to play in the half, and decide to relax the defense. (How many flipping times have the Rams done this over the years??!!! It is not just a Fisher thing. I remember with Knox, Malavasi, Robinson, even Vermeil and Martz. (But not Hamp Pool...Never Hamp Pool! ) If there is 30 seconds left in the second quarter, the Rams will let teams march on down the field!!



...But I digress. Boom. McCoy 9, and 17 yds. Bills 16-13.

2nd Half

A) Rams in Control: Bills three-and-out (3), Rams drive down and tie the game 16-16. A pattern emerged- The offense was providing consistent, clutch scoring drives when they need them. Bills three-and-out (4). (But the Rams extend the drive on a bone-head :eek: running into the punter.) So what does the defense do in response? Bills three-and-out (5). (I'm using copy and paste right now, look at me. ) Two three and outs in the same drive. Yeah, that's how I choose to see it. The defense was being somewhat dominant by now. It was mid 3rd quarter and there was a sense that the Rams would pull this thing off. Then........ (the 2:04 mark) ...the pick 6. Bills 23-16.
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...but the Rams defense was still in control. After a Rams three-and-out, the Bills got 1 first down, then the Rams ran another clutch offensive drive into the Red Zone, but couldn't punch it in. With 5:55 to play in the game from the 4 yd line, Fisher elects to kick the field goal, Bills 23-19 *trusting his defense. It pays off: Bills three-and-out.

But then the Rams lose control...

B) Rams out of Control: The Rams offense stalls, playing very conservative, when they needed to drive down for a winning TD. Fourth down....(man, I bet Fisher would have given anything to be at the 4-yard line again, like he was a few minutes earlier.) 3:47 to go...What to do...fake a punt! *Not trusting his defense. Boom. didn't work. Bills ball at the Rams 25. McCoy 24 yds. Next play, TD Bills 30-19.

Keenum picked off again in desperation mode...over.

Final Tally:
B) Rams out of Control: Bills 8 carries 162 yds!!


A) Rams in control: Bills 19 carries 31 yds!!!

• First Downs: Rams 23-15
• Time of Possession: Rams 35:34-24:26
• Punts: Bills 6 Rams 2
• Total Yards Rams 345 Bills 305

Definitely some silver linings. Turnovers hurt the Rams. Early defensive adjustments due to injuries, and late coaching blunders were responsible for this loss. Take heart boys.


:cheers:

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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Giants left tackle Ereck Flowers shoved a reporter in the locker room after the Giants’ 23-16 loss to the Packers on Sunday night.

ESPN beat reporter Jordan Ranaan confirmed to Newsday on Sunday night that he was shoved by Flowers, who had been conducting an interview with two other reporters in front of his locker. Ranaan was not injured. The incident was first reported by NJ.com.

Ranaan had no comment on the incident.

According to the NJ.com report, Ranaan approached Flowers during the interview and the lineman said: “Hey, get out my face, man. Don’t come over here.”

When Ranaan didn’t move, Flowers moved closer to the reporter and said, “You hear me?”

Ranaan replied, “I’m just trying to do my job.”

“Go over there,” Flowers said. He later shoved Ranaan.

Flowers turned toward his locker and Ranaan walked away. The Giants declined comment when asked by NJ Advance Media.

Flowers, the Giants’ first-round pick in 2015, had a poor game against the Packers, surrendering a sack and several other pressures on quarterback Eli Manning. He also was called for a holding penalty.

We lost to my hometown bills, the run defense looked horrible, keenum threw a pick 6, they kicked a fg when they should of went for 6 , they missed a fake punt at a horrible time. BUT even after all of that the game was close to the e end.Gurley seem to hit the right holes , the secondary played really good side the defense put a lot of pressure on Taylor. I think it was a bad game and they will be OK! I supported keenum but it's Goff time, we need more offense!

By Vincent Bonsignore, Los Angeles Daily News

POSTED: 10/09/16, 8:26 PM PDT | UPDATED: 5 HRS AGO

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A fan holds up a “Fire fisher Sign” in the first half of a NFL football game between the Buffalo Bills ands Los Angeles Rams at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)


Maybe in some alternate universe where Bradley Marquez is the equivalent of a prime-time Reggie Bush and the Rams didn’t have three timeouts remaining and their defense wasn’t playing its guts out and there were two minutes left to play, not four, maybe then Jeff Fisher would have been right to dial up a fake punt from his own 23-yard line.

Eh, who the hell are we kidding.

No, absolutely not.

No way, no how.

It wouldn’t have been a prudent call under those circumstances and it certainly wasn’t judicious in the situation the Rams faced on Sunday with a chance to steal a win over the Buffalo Bills and take another decisive step forward in the standings.

On a blazing hot Sunday afternoon in which the Rams left far too many makable plays on the Coliseum turf Sunday than they care to remember, the one they’ll be kicking themselves over most had less to do with execution or talent than flawed thinking.

Todd Gurley put a ball on the turf that resulted in a Bills touchdown in the second quarter.

Case Keenum floated a lazy sideline pass into the waiting arms of Bills cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman for a devastating pick-6 that put Buffalo up by a touchdown in the third.

And the Rams continued to shoot themselves in the foot with sloppy penalties at the most inopportune times.

All of which contributed to a 30-19 loss that sent the Rams stumbling into a two-week road odyssey to Detroit and London with negative momentum rather than positive.

But nothing was as egregious as the fake punt Fisher ordered with 3:47 left in the game, the Bills leading 23-19, and the Rams facing a fourth-and-5 from their own 23-yard line.

Rather then give his team one more chance to get the ball back and drive the field for a game-winning score, Fisher gifted the Bills the ball at the 24-yard-line. From there, they easily delivered a final dagger when Marquise Goodwin reeled in a 6-yard touchdown pass from Tyrod Taylor to put the game out of reach.

Then Fisher clumsily pointed the finger everywhere else — including the Coliseum crowd of all things — rather than admitting he might have needlessly rolled the dice when being careful would have been the proper call.

Culminating with one final reach by going all in on what might have been or should have been had guys just done their job.

“If that thing works, it’s really good stuff,” Fisher said.

But it didn’t.

And everything Fisher said to justify or rationalize it was simply chatter to shift attention from the real issue.

He blew the call.

It didn’t cost them the game. But it denied them one final chance to win it.

And with every victory so precious to the Rams right now while playing with limited offensive weapons that leave very little margin for error, that’s nearly as bad as losing it.

Winning is tough enough as it is, let alone your head coach stepping in to sabotage things.

With the right decision staring him right in his face, Fisher fumbled it all away.

Rather than punt the ball and then lean on the strength of his team to get it right back with sufficient time to mount a comeback. Fisher put it in the hands of Marquez on a direct snap fake punt that Buffalo easily snuffed out.

Then Fisher did the most curious thing: He simultaneously threw his players under the bus while also blaming the crowd at the Coliseum for alerting Bills cornerback Ronald Darby the fake was on.

While never once admitting that, well you know, the whole part about calling a fake punt inside his own 25 in a one-score game with all his timeouts left — and the two minute warning — was brutally ill-advised.

Instead, Fisher put it squarely on the shoulders of his players by insisting the defensive look fit the call, and had the Rams merely carried out orders everything would have worked out beautifully.

“They executed it in practice,” Fisher said, sternly. “They didn’t execute it there.”

Marquez manned up and took his share of responsibility — while giving credit to the Bills — but seemed dubious that the Bills presented the ideal defensive scheme.

“We didn’t get the look that maybe we were anticipating,” he said. “But it was still a look we thought we could be successful with.”

Unfortunately the Bills didn’t bite.

And that prompted Fisher to half-jokingly — we think — put the screws on Rams fans for tipping off Darby the fake was on.

In actuality, Darby made a brilliant read by breaking off his blocking assignment to roll back and nail Marquez 2 yards shy of the first down.

But apparently an assist goes to the crowd. At least according to Fisher.

“He stopped coverage when he heard the crowd roar,” Fisher said. “So he came back and made the play.”

That’s nonsense, of course.

And even Marquez seemed a bit taken aback by his coach’s summation.

“As far as the crowd, I can’t speak to that,” said Marquez, who rightfully tipped his cap to Darby.





“He sniffed it out and was able to set the edge.” Marquez said.

At least someone was honorable enough to call it right.

Fisher certainly didn’t.

It was the wrong call at the absolutely wrong time.

It didn’t cost them the win. But it likely denied them one last legitimate shot to win it.

And that’s just as bad.

What's happening fellas. Made the trip from STL out to Vegas then to LA for the game. First off thanks to the LA guys for saving me money on parking. I parked at the metro on W 182nd street paid 5 dollars round trip dropped off right by the game. Thanks fellas.

Now the game tough loss. Fisher got outcoached and it may be time to bring in Goff. That pick six Keenum threw was a horrible off his back foot throw

Well here are the pics

Having lived in Canada the past 11 years I can sincerely say I enjoy the early Thanksgiving date celebrated here. And... it's on a Monday! The holiday season feels less compressed and hurried.

US Thanksgiving is great too. The Thursday tradition. Parades. Etc.

I try to enjoy both!! Lol.

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada!

It's close enough to the end of my self imposed 24 hour rule, anyway.

Why should we be surprised by this loss?

I posted last week that we had won 3 consecutive games largely because the D and ST were making saving plays for our raggedy O. I also posted that it couldn't continue indefinitely, much like expecting to win by drawing to an inside straight in poker.

Obviously, it caught up to us on Sunday.

I give the shorthanded D a ton of credit for playing valiantly, especially in the 2nd half.

We are a flawed team on O.

Starts at the top with the HC. A classic 7-8 winning season master of PR and NFL politics.
Boras looks suspect, although it's hard to tell whether Fisher is somewhat tying his hands behind his back.
Jury is somewhat out on Groh, too. I had expected a more dramatic passing attack, especially when teams are loading the box so much.
Weinke? Anybody impressed with Goff's quick development? Me neither.
OL blocking is falling far short of expectations for these alleged road grader "refrigerators on wheels", huh?
Keenum is a scrappy but very limited QB. Leaves plays on the field constantly and always will.
Can someone please explain to me why our TE's are not a bigger part of our passing O?
That Fisher fake punt decision was the backbreaker on Sunday. Yet another inexplicable Fisher decision.

Add to the above many bonehead penalties that have been with us for yet another season and what do you have? Another loss of a very winnable game, that's what.

I don't expect much more than 7 wins from this team, now. Not with Fisher as HC and Keenum as QB. And let's face it. Fisher and his flaws and tendencies will remain with us through the rest of this season.

Right now I've gotta say that I face the remaining 11 games with a feeling of sadness and resignation. To think what might have been...

These are only excerpts from this article. There is no mention of the Rams whatsoever and that may be a good thing. What this article is mainly about is PK's usual butt-kissing of Tom Brady and the Patriots which I will not include most of here. PK probably had tears of joy running down his face while writing this. It's his column and he can do what he wants with it but a sports writer shouldn't be a fan-boy. Maybe he should get it over with and become a columnist for the Patriots.



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Tom Brady Does His Job
The Patriots QB returned from suspension and, like a cog in a machine, picked up right where he left off. Plus more from Week 5, including reeling TV viewership, an appreciation of a tough veteran and the weekly awards
By Peter King

Three noteworthy items from Sunday

Rookie Dak Prescott has seven total touchdowns and no interceptions in leading the Cowboys to a 4-1 start this season. Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

• In the immortal letters of Aaron Rodgers, R-E-L-A-X. Cowboys fans find their heads spinning out of control after the first five games of the season because they don’t know if—when Tony Romo is healthy in two or three weeks—the starting quarterback will be Romo or wunderkind rookie Dak Prescott. The owner doesn’t know, the coach doesn’t know, Romo doesn’t know, Prescott doesn’t know. So what? Some things are not knowable right now.

Romo gets an MRI on his back today, Prescott will play a tough defense Sunday in Green Bay, and then Dallas will have the bye, and 20 days from now, when Dallas hosts Philadelphia, Romo’s back should be healed enough for him to play. Prescott’s a 69-percent passer, winner of four of five starts, and hasn’t thrown an interception in 20 quarters. To agonize over who should start when both are healthy is silly, for this reason: The Cowboys, since the end of the Aikman era in 2000, all too often haven’t had one healthy competent quarterback.

Having two should be something to celebrate, not agonize over. I would expect Romo to get his job back, but either way, Dallas will have one of the five best quarterback situations in the league for the second half of the season, assuming Romo can stay upright—never a great assumption.

• Talk about winning a trade. Last spring the Patriots traded their fourth-round pick, 127th overall, to Chicago for the Bears’ sixth-round pick, 204th overall, and tight end Martellus Bennett. The Patriots ended up flipping No. 204 with two other low picks to Miami, in order to move back up for Miami’s fifth-round pick, No. 147 overall. Then New England got an offer it couldn’t refuse from Seattle—dealing the 147th pick to Seattle in a package that netted Seattle’s fourth-round pick in 2017.

So the Pats essentially traded the 127th pick in 2016, plus some low-round filler, for a pick that will be around No. 127 in 2017. And they got the other half of the best tight-end tandem in the league in the process; no teams come close to the dangerous combo of Rob Gronkowski and Bennett. “Pick your poison,” Bennett said after catching three touchdowns from Tom Brady on Sunday. The Patriots win, again.

• Atlanta might have a defense. Three noticeable players from the 23-16 Atlanta upset of the Broncos in Denver: edge rushers Vic Beasley and Adrian Clayborn, and physical safety Keanu Neal. I certainly am spoiled by Dwight Freeney, who had three significant pressures, but those newbies (all acquired in the past 19 months) really stood out.

Paxton Lynch, in his first NFL start, was sacked six times, and the Broncos rushed for just 3.5 yards per carry. It’s true that we’re entranced by the multiplicity of the Atlanta offense, but the Falcons earned their fourth win Sunday because they can finally send rushers after the quarterback who get home.

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Frank Gore: An appreciation

Frank Gore needed 169 games to get to 12,312 career yards; Jim Brown achieved that mark in 118. Photo: Michael Hickey/Getty Images

On Sunday, 33-year-old running back Frank Gore of the Colts passed Jim Brown on the NFL’s all-time rushing list with his 14-carry, 75-yard game. And I did not want the occasion to pass without noting it, and recognizing what a special career Gore has had. He is the sporting combination of Jaromir Jagr, Tim Duncan and Dustin Pedroia, a third-round pick, a metronome, a smart grinder who will quit when he decides he’s ready.

Gore’s career might have lasted only a couple of years because of a dreadful spate of injuries—torn ACLs in each knee while at the University of Miami, reconstructed shoulders (both of them) after his rookie year with the Niners in early 2006. But since 2006, Gore has played 11 years and risen to No. 9 on the all-time rushing list. With two reconstructed shoulders and two reconstructed knees, he’s had 2,779 rushing attempts … and he has no plans to quit. It’s a truly amazing feat.

The Colts got a season-saving 29-23 win over Chicago on Sunday, but afterward there was emotion in the locker room for Gore as much as for the win. Said Andrew Luck: “You won’t find a guy that loves football more than Frank Gore. He is a beautiful teammate. He’s a great football player. He’s a great locker room guy. You get so happy when he has success because he deserves it. To pass Jim Brown, that’s so cool.”

No one will call Frank Gore a Jim Brown, because Jim Brown is the best running back who ever lived. But I find it a monument to the human spirit that Gore has passed Thurman Thomas, Franco Harris, Marcus Allen, Edgerrin James, Marshall Faulk and Brown this year … and is 372 yards from passing eighth-place Tony Dorsett.

Gore’s stream of consciousness, via phone from Indianapolis, after the game:

“It’s a blessing. It’s all a blessing. To pass Marshall and Jim Brown, it’s big. So big. Coming out of college with two ACLs, the knock on me was I’ll never stay healthy. Third-round pick. The 49ers reached. As a matter of fact, I knew when I got to San Francisco I had to get my shoulders done, but I didn’t want people to say that about me—injury-prone. So I played my rookie year, then I had the right one done, waited a couple of weeks, then had the left one done. I was ready to play the next year.

“I remember when coach [Mike] Singletary brought Jim Brown in to talk to the team one year, I knew who he was, but I didn’t know everything about him. I learned. Then he talked to us, and I was surprised he called my name. He said, ‘I love the way you play.’ He told the team, ‘You got a horse. You got a great back.’ Wow. Blessed. Just blessed. I had to learn to trust my knees again after the surgeries, but I did.

“I just attack the game. I attack every day.

(Now a little emotional)

“When I passed Jim Brown, the guys were all like, ‘Congratulations, man!’ I said, ‘Come on! Let’s play football! Let’s get this win!’ That’s the way I was raised. And it’s the way I’ll always play. After the game, they gave me the game ball, and [owner] Mr. [Jim] Irsay said to me, ‘I am so happy you’re a part of the horseshoe.’ All the guys, so good to me. Andrew Luck … Man, all the money in the world, and he’s all football. All football. I love that.

“I don’t think about how much longer I’ll play. I just play. The man up above will let me know when it’s time.”

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Quotes of the Week

“When you lose Adrian, that kind of changed things a little bit. You’ve seen more spread. You’ve seen more of the gun runs. You’ve seen more of quick-gain passes from the shotgun.”

—Minnesota quarterback Sam Bradford, on the difference in the Vikings offense, and a big factor why they’re 5-0. They’re not dedicated to making one player, the injured Adrian Peterson, the focal point of what they do.

“He’s not coming out. You can ask me a hundred times. He’s going to be in there the rest of the season.”

—Miami coach Adam Gase, on the underachieving Ryan Tannehill, the 21st-rated quarterback in the league, after a dispiriting home loss to Tennessee on Sunday.

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The Award Section

OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Tom Brady, quarterback, New England. At 39 years, 2 months and 6 days old, coming off his four-game Deflategate suspension and playing for the first time in 37 weeks, Brady had one of the best games of his 256-game (regular season and playoffs) career. He completed 70 percent of his throws (28 of 40), for 406 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. Masterful, to the surprise of no one.

David Johnson, running back, Arizona. The second-year back from Northern Iowa continued to buttress a rising-star reputation Thursday night in the 33-21 win at San Francisco on a day when the running game had to be dominant as Carson Palmer (concussion) sat. Johnson rushed 27 times for an NFL season-high 157 yards and two touchdowns, and added 28 receiving yards.

“He is the catalyst,” said Larry Fitzgerald. “When he starts getting his groove, teams start coming down to the box. It gives us opportunities to make some plays behind the defense in the passing game. Some of the cuts and some of the things he’s able to do on the field, you just don't see that too often.” That’s what I see too.

LeSean McCoy, running back, Buffalo. A different back under new coordinator Anthony Lynn (see below), McCoy continued his renaissance with an 18-carry, 150-yard performance in the 30-19 win at Los Angeles. Running with the instinct and great cutting ability that made Rex Ryan deal for him with the Eagles when he got the Bills coaching job in early 2015, McCoy was the key element in keeping the chains moving as much as Buffalo could against one of the great fronts in football. Pretty huge accomplishment, averaging 8.3 yards per attempt against the Rams.

DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Calais Campbell, defensive end, Arizona. At an age (30) many edge players are going downhill, Campbell ascended Thursday night. In the win over San Francisco, he sacked Blaine Gabbert twice, once for a safety. His biggest play was an interception of Gabbert just before halftime when San Francisco led 7-0 and could have salted away the time before half and entered the intermission with an unlikely lead. But Campbell’s pick at the Niners 21 led to the tying touchdown before the half.

Vic Beasley, outside linebacker, Atlanta. For a first-round pick—and purported pass-rush savior for the Falcons—who had just five sacks in 20 career games entering Sunday’s fray at Denver, Beasley took a huge step in the Falcons’ victory. He sacked Denver quarterback Paxton Lynch four times (he got credit for 3.5, including a shared sack with Dwight Freeney that looked an awful lot like Beasley’s alone) and had seven tackles. Rushing from Lynch’s right all day, Beasley consistently beat the Denver right tackle—Ty Sambrailo, then Michael Schofield—with speed. Great time for a breakout game.

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Jakeem Grant, punt returner/wide receiver, Miami. Bad times for the Tennessee special teams. A punt return for touchdown last week contributed to special teams coach Bobby April getting fired after four games. And on Sunday, Grant weaved through the beleaguered Titans punt unit for 74 yards, breaking or evading four players with good chances to tackle him. A terrific return by Grant, a 5'7" sixth-round rookie from Texas Tech.

Adam Vinatieri, kicker, Indianapolis. Amazing. A week after hitting a 53-yarder and a 49-yarder in a loss to the Jags, Vinatieri was five-for-five in a narrow win over the Bears, hitting from 54, 53, 26, 41 and 46, the last one his career-record 38th consecutive made field goal. The man is unreal. At nearly 44 years old, he’s made nine straight from 50 or farther.

COACHES OF THE WEEK

Bill Belichick, coach, New England. So routing the Browns by 20 in Cleveland isn’t the biggest win of his life. It’s not his biggest win of the last month. But it allowed Belichick to reach a heck of a milestone. He became the fourth coach in history to win 250 games (regular season and playoffs), and he did it in 22 years.

Belichick, even with that shaky first five years of his career in Cleveland, is averaging 11.7 wins per year (counting this year as three-tenths of a season, seeing that we’re five games into the year). The other three coaches to exceed 250 win in their career—Don Shula, George Halas and Tom Landry—reside in Canton, where Belichick surely will be five years after he retires.

Anthony Lynn, offensive coordinator, Buffalo. Since Rex Ryan fired Greg Roman as coordinator and appointed long-time aide Lynn to run the offense, Buffalo’s running game has become one of the league’s most feared. The Bills ran for just 75.5 yards a game under Roman in 2016; that number has skyrocketed to 178.3 per game under Lynn—and Lynn has reinforced the fact that Buffalo will be a strong running team first and second, then a throwing team third. Excellent job so far by the understated Lynn, who has the respect of his players.

Kyle Shanahan, offensive coordinator, Atlanta. Returning to his childhood home, where he often accompanied his father (longtime Denver head coach Mike Shanahan) to work on Saturdays, Shanahan had the best game of his 12-year NFL coaching career. With Denver one of three NFL unbeatens entering Sunday, and with the best defense in football, Shanahan used multiple weapons in a 23-13 statement win for the Falcons. Atlanta gained 372 yards and kept Matt Ryan relatively clean with a good, diversified game plan.

GOATS OF THE WEEK

C.J. Mosley, linebacker, Baltimore. With Washington leading 13-10 midway through the third quarter, Mosley stepped in front of a Kirk Cousins pass and made an interception at the Washington 13-yard line. Mosley rumbled to the 1 and tried to stretch out the ball over the goal line … and promptly fumbled the ball into the end zone, where it went out of bounds. Touchback.

Washington took the ball at the 20, drove for a field goal, and there was no more scoring. Washington won, 16-10. So instead of having the ball first-and-goal at the 1-yard line midway through the third quarter, trailing by three, Baltimore turned it over to Washington and blew the golden scoring chance that very well could have changed the outcome of the game. Terrible decision by Mosley.

Drew Kaser, holder/punter, San Diego. Another ridiculous way to lose a game for the Chargers. With two minutes left in the fourth quarter, down three, the Chargers had a makeable field goal … except that the holder, rookie Kaser, missed a snap that was right in his hands, a perfect snap, the kind of snap that in The Great Snaps of NFL History would have its own chapter.An absurd way to lose, befitting San Diego’s season.

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Factoid That May Interest Only Me

Arizona actually will have two bye weeks this year. The Cardinals are in the midst of their first one. Coach Bruce Arians gave the Cardinals five days off after the 33-21 win at San Francisco last Thursday night. The Cards don’t play until next Monday night, so giving the players Friday through Tuesday off makes sense; it still gives Arizona six days to prepare for the next game. The real bye week comes precisely in midseason—in Week 9.

The first half of the Cards’ season, in terms of fits and starts, is one of the stranger ones I’ve seen. Detailing it:

• Five games in the first 26 days.
• No games in the next 10 days.
• Three games in the next 14 days.
• No games in the next 13 days.

The weirdness culminates with five road games in the final seven weekends.

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Things I Think

1. I think these are my one-sentence truths of Week 5:

a. If I could pick one running back for the next five years to center my running game around, it’d be David Johnson of the Cardinals.

b. Blaine Gabbert (42 career games, 56.1 percent career completions) is too inaccurate to be trusted to be a starting quarterback.

c. Please, please, please, Colts: Keep that roof open. It makes a lovely tableau for football games in Indianapolis.

d. There’s no quarterback in football throwing the deep ball better than Ben Roethlisberger, and I mean no one.

e. Bill O’Brien cannot be sleeping well, with the lack of quarterback production he’s getting from Brock Osweiler (70.2 rating, 29th in the league) through a very shaky five-game start.

f. After watching a good chunk of Tennessee-Miami, I would like to announce that the reports of the demise of DeMarco Murray have been greatly exaggerated.

g. Of course you should be smitten with the Raiders at 4-1, but no team can give up four touchdowns a game (27.4 points, to be exact) and not have that come back to bite them, and soon.

h. It’s entirely possible the best element of the 2016 Packers through four games, stunningly, is the front seven.

i. The Jets are a very tough watch right now, and there may be no more shocking statistic after five weeks than this one: New York’s opposing passer rating is 118.6.

j. It is a mark of the craziness of the National Football League that Denver Broncos fans are waking up this morning muttering: “Hope Trevor Siemian’s healthy enough to play QB Thursday night against the Chargers.”

2. I think there’s no logical reason for Chip Kelly to not play Colin Kaepernick on Sunday in Buffalo, unless Kaepernick is hurt or Kelly thinks Christian Ponder has passed Kaepernick on the mental depth chart.

3. I think I will always wonder if Larry Fitzgerald, with a competent quarterback for most of his career, could have challenged Jerry Rice’s all-time record for catches (1,549) or receiving touchdowns (197). Probably not. And Fitzgerald told me last month: “His records are unattainable.” But Fitzgerald, who is 33, is 500 catches and 95 touchdowns away from Rice.

And seven of the 13 quarterbacks who he’s caught touchdowns from are: Shaun King, Richard Bartel, Max Hall, Brian St. Pierre, John Navarre, John Skelton and Matt Leinart. Six of Fitzgerald’s 13 years have been spent, mostly, with quarterbacks not named Kurt Warner or Carson Palmer. What would Fitzgerald’s numbers have been like with even, say, a middling quarterback for half of his career?

4. I think if I were an NFL owner, and I knew the Tom Brady legal fight sapped my team of $359,000, I’d be furious right now. Livid. How’d I get that number? Darren Rovell of ESPN revealed that the legal battle between the NFL and Tom Brady over his four-game suspension and subsequent court battle cost an estimate $23 million. Say that figure is true, or close. And say it got split down the middle between the league and the Players Association (though it probably cost the league more, because of the Ted Wells investigation).

That means the owners in the NFL, effectively though not directly, each had a $359,000 stake in the legal action against Brady. I’d be telling Roger Goodell right about now: Please send a strongly worded letter and a $25,000 fine the next time, unless you’ve got overwhelming evidence that the public confidence in the game has been irrevocably harmed.

5. I think this is what a mobile, confident quarterback will do for you: On the first Buffalo touchdown drive of the game at the Los Angeles Coliseum, Tyrod Taylor had 6.12 seconds, a lifetime for a quarterback, to look and look and scramble left and look some more and fire a strike to Justin Hunter in the end zone for a touchdown. Beautiful patience and execution and decision-making by Taylor.

6. I think Brian Hoyer (.714 completion rate, 108.5 rating) is a great example of a quarterback who should have a job for a long time in the NFL—just not as a starter.

7. I think what I love about Matt Ryan’s game right now is that he’s not mesmerized by the notion that he has to get the ball to Julio Jones X number of times in a game, but rather simply passes to the open guy.

Three men—Tevin Coleman, Devonta Freeman and Mohamed Sanu—each had more catches and more receiving yards than Jones in the 23-16 upset of the Broncos, and knowing Jones, he absolutely did not care. He knows his time will come next week, or the week after. Or maybe both weeks. Atlanta’s got such an egalitarian offensive society.

8. I think, not to overdo a story that has gotten far too much attention already, I have to say one thing about offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan of the Giants implying that there is something unmanly about a defensive player who will not play Odell Beckham straight up without using mental games: It’s ridiculous. “If a defender is very confident, if he has complete belief in his own abilities and if he’s a true competitor, why does he want to tip the scales?” Sullivan asked last week.

“Doesn’t he want Odell to be at his best? … Why are they trying to rattle him?” Because that’s sports! If Mike Sullivan thinks it's somehow unfair or non-sporting to take advantage of a hothead on the other side of the field, he’d be the first coach I ever heard of who felt that way.

9. I think this was Jenny Vrentas’ reaction to the new stadium in Minnesota—I’m a bit of a stadium junkie, and I have not been to U.S. Bank Stadium yet—after I asked her to write a few lines about it Sunday because she was on hand for the win over Houston:

“Sunday afternoon was the perfect showcase for the $1.1 billion U.S. Bank Stadium. The MMQB hadn’t been up here for a regular-season game yet, though Emily Kaplan got a tour in the summer, and this week happened to be the Vikings’ first afternoon game in their new building. The futuristic stadium design works exactly as intended. The sunlight poured in through the transparent ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) roof, basking down on the field and half the stands.

The five giant hydraulic doors that open toward the downtown skyline were pivoted open three hours before kickoff—probably for the last time this season, given that the Vikings aren’t home again until November, and well, the weather probably won't be so nice by then. The indoor-outdoor feel here is perfect for this city.

For those who visited the old Metrodome, it’s a little surreal to see an uber-modern structure nearly double the size on virtually the same footprint. Your ears don’t pop when you walk inside, but the new 66,000-seat stadium certainly feels just as loud as the dome was, and perhaps even louder. In a wildly unscientific sample, a decibel app on my phone recorded noise levels around 100 decibels on a couple third downs—and that’s just sitting in the press box, high up in a corner and behind the stands.

Before the game, ESPN’s Ed Werder reported that the Vikings actually have been practicing with simulated crowd noise for home games. In their first three games at U.S. Bank, the Minnesota offense has picked up seven false-start penalties, so this is something to which they’re still adjusting. Of course, any NFL owner who has opened a new stadium would agree on the best attribute of the Vikings’ new home: A 5-0 team.”

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2. 2016 Los Angeles Rams vs Seattle Seahawks Week 2 condensed 755 MB https://mega.nz/#!WAwHUD5a!Y8GeEiiSRxSfNWp6ZHKFdA5Od6B9FuSt3Uf-BmGNZLU

Los Angeles Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher

(Opening remarks)
“Alright, well that was a tough one. I think it shows, in close games against good opponents, the need for turnovers or protecting the football and we didn’t get them defensively. It took points off the board in the first fumble and then we allowed them to put points on the board. In close ball games, those are going to be the difference makers there, so it’s disappointing. That’s a good football team. They’re on a roll, but we have every reason to be okay with where we are right now. I know there’s a lot of teams that would like to be 3-2, but we still have work to do. I thought you saw flashes of some good things. You saw some improvement out of the offense against a good defensive unit. We got the ball in our playmakers’ hands, and it seemed like either (RB) Todd (Gurley), or (WR) Kenny (Britt), or (WR) Tavon (Austin) or somebody was making plays offensively, we just didn’t get in the end zone. We have quite a challenge on our hands over the next couple of weeks, and the players know that. We’re going to get them back and have a great week of practice and then go on the road for a couple of weeks.”

(On the calling the fake punt)
“I wouldn’t have called it if I didn’t think it was going to work. That’s how those things are. We practiced it all week, we had the look, and it didn’t work. I’ll take that. They executed it in practice, but they didn’t execute it there. I thought if that thing works it’s good stuff, really good stuff - but it didn’t. They don’t always work, but that type of approach in special teams has taken us a long ways.”

(On making the decision to call a fake punt because of defensive positioning and weather conditions)
“Everything went into it. I like the look. I like the play. We got the look and they made the play. I think their outside guy made the play. He stopped coverage when he heard the crowd roar, so he came back and made the play.”

(On the defensive performance compared to earlier this season)
“Well, it’s a combination. We don’t make excuses, but three of our starting four defensive linemen were watching the game today. What those guys do is they pressure the quarterback and (DE Robert Quinn) Rob’s always making a chase play from behind, and we just didn’t get that today. Still not acceptable run defense, but they’ve been doing this for the last couple of weeks against a number of teams. He’s (LeSean McCoy) an outstanding back and they’re managing the game well with (Bills QB) Tyrod (Taylor). That second series or first series, the ball was snapped past him and we had a second-and-25 and a third-and-18 and we allowed him to convert with his legs. At that point you’re in for a ball game with him, so they’ve done an outstanding coaching job with him.”

(On considerations when going for it on a fourth down)
“Yeah, there’s always that consideration. It’s a decision you need to make, but we had the ball on the eight and then we had the holding penalty. The reason for the points was I was playing to win. We had plenty of time and had three timeouts left. So take the points, get a kick off, get a drive stop on defense, go down and a touchdown wins the game for you.”

(On the fake punt call being from the sidelines or a read on the field)
“Well, now you’re going into competitive things. That particular play was called, and there are some checks, but we didn’t need to check out based on the look we had.”

(On RB Todd Gurley scoring the Rams’ first touchdown since being back in Los Angeles in 1979)
“I forgot we hadn’t scored a touchdown here, and preseason doesn’t count. Thanks for bringing it up. Yeah, it does. He’s our back of the future, so I guess it’s only appropriate that he got the ball in the end zone there. His yards were tough today. That’s an outstanding defense and his yards were tough, but he made some outstanding plays. You could see the flashes, so we’re coming there.”

(On the pick-six off QB Case Keenum)
“I’ve got to see it. Someone told me that there was a hold on the play and the receiver was restricted, so I don’t know I have to look at the play. He made some good decisions today. Quick decisions and good throws.”

(On the health of CB Trumaine Johnson)
“I don’t know. We’ll have more information for you tomorrow. From the defensive line standpoint, Rob, they couldn’t do it. Nor could (DE) Will (Hayes) or (DT Michael Brockers) ‘Brock’, he had a setback in practice. They’re all willing, but we’re looking at the long haul right now and they wouldn’t have been productive. They wouldn’t have been able to protect themselves. That’s why you have young players. That’s why we brought (DE Morgan Fox) ‘Foxy’ up. So we’ll look at the tape and see how they played.”

(On the decisions to name certain players inactive)
“They were weekend decisions, over the last 24-48 hours.”




Los Angeles Rams QB Case Keenum

(On his first interception of the game)
“Yeah, we had ‘Coop’ (WR Pharoh Cooper) on a deeper, little out route there. When I thought he crossed his face, he did a good job. When I threw it out there and the guy made a heck of a play, but it was a bad decision, I think looking back, I have to watch the film and I have to see what exactly happened. But, I can’t do that, I can’t do that— especially in this league, across the board there’s guys who will make that play. I can’t put my team in that situation, obviously. But, the game came down to one or two plays and that was one play that I want back.”

(On the last field goal of the game)
“I just didn’t know what (Head) Coach (Jeff Fisher) was going to do on that play. I was going to be ready if he wanted it to. This is a tough deal— we love to punch that in on first, second and third down. We had a penalty that killed us on that drive. I think it was a 15-play drive and to come up with a field goal was tough.”

(On WR Tavon Austin and RB Todd Gurley’s performance)
“Yeah, we did a lot of really good things today. I thought offensively, I think we had a 15-play drive, overcoming some penalties, the opening drive – we just got to punch it in, we hurt ourselves in the red zone, again. But, yeah, there were a lot of positive things from Tavon, (WR) Kenny (Britt), Todd. I think Todd had some really big plays today, just not enough.”

(On if this week’s practice focused on getting the ball to WR Tavon Austin and RB Todd Gurley)
“You want to put the ball in the playmakers’ hands. We want to do that every week. We had some guys make some plays down the field quick. You know, (WR) Brian Quick made a few big plays again. He even got behind on one of the third downs early, that I overthrew him, another play I want back. It’s just the difference in this league – people are too good. You can’t have missed opportunities and you can’t turn it over, you can’t give guys extra possessions and we did that. I think that was of the big things of the game.”

(On the margin of error of the offense)
“I wouldn’t say we focus on that, but you look at it across the league and every game has one or two plays that decide the game and obviously, turnovers are huge. Yeah, there is a small margin of error – not something we dwell on but that’s why coach and we want to be perfect, every snap because you never know what snap is going to be crucial point of the game.”

(On making big plays in fourth quarter situations)
“I feel like we are very equipped. We’ve had a few ‘have-to’ plays or drives. Before, I would say that Arizona was a ‘have-to.’ Obviously, we were put in a really good situation with our return but, we had a couple of ‘have-tos’ and it’s going to happen in this league and a couple of ‘must convert third downs’ and we didn’t on a few. You can point to a lot of different things, but we just didn’t do enough today.”

(On the missed, deep pass to WR Brian Quick)
“It hurt, it hurt a lot, but you’ve got to move on. Obviously, those are plays that you learn from. Seeing him make those plays, I’ve got to give him a chance. It was tough one.”

(On their preparedness in the upcoming games in Detroit and London)
“I think we did good things today, I think we are progressing. Crucial situations – you have to move on and have a short memory in this league because we’ve got a lot of football left ahead of us and we are in a good spot – there are a lot of teams that would love to be where we are. So, we are going to keep fighting and we are going to take it a week at a time and we’ve got another great opponent on the road this week, then going even further on the road for a home game, never done that before, so not looking to that but we’ve got tests ahead of us. I think, like our team in general, we are fighters and we are going to fight. We are going to claw and fight and for everything we can get.”



Los Angeles Rams WR Tavon Austin

(On why the team wasn’t able to capitalize on offensive possessions)
“For the most part, we had a couple turnovers that kind of hurt us, but we still could’ve won the game. It’s about all of us just pulling together as one at the end. We did it before, we did it several times. This time, we didn’t come out with the win. But next week, we’ll definitely will have to practice this week hard, and try to go to Detroit and get a win.”

(On what he needs to work on)
“Basically, the offense. We got to score in that red zone. We keep getting down there, but not scoring in the red zone. Three points is good, but three points is not going to win too many big games, and that’s what it showed today. The receivers and the offense, we got to take a big role and step it up next week. We got to help them guys out and get in the box.”

(On if he felt like he was open on the play in which QB Case Keenum threw an interception, and the Bills returned it for a touchdown)
“No, that was just a scramble play. Case was just trying to make something happen. He just threw it up, and the guy was right there at the right place at the right time, that’s all.”

(On if he was surprised the team went for it on fourth down towards the end of the game)
“No, no, I trust Coach Fisher and whatever he wants to do. If he wanted to go for it three or four times, I’m okay with it. That’s our Coach, we love him, we believe in him, and if he wants to do it again next week, we’ll do it again.”




Los Angeles Rams RB Todd Gurley

(On why he wasn’t able to get the running game going)
“I felt like we did a pretty good job. I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I felt like we did pretty good overall as an offense. We just got to not turn the ball over.”

(On scoring field goals rather than touchdowns in the red zone, and why he wasn’t able to find the end zone on red zone drives)
“It’s just a part of the game. You get field goals, you get touchdowns, sometimes you don’t get neither.”

(On if he felt like he moved well between the 20-yard lines)
“Oh yeah, for sure. Like I said, it’s just all executing. Trying to get first downs, trying to get touchdowns, check-downs, and field goals. Just trying to put point on the board.”

(On his thoughts about the failed fake punt attempt)
“It’s all apart of the game. As an offense, we had three tries to get a first down. So, that’s on us.”

(On if he felt like he played well enough to win the game)
“No, not at all. I put the ball on the ground twice, they got it back once, and they scored off of it. You can’t win games off turnovers.”

(On if he feels as if he’s improving every game)
“Oh yeah, most definitely. They really didn’t have too many in the box. O-line did a great job for me all game. Those guys played their tails off all game. Blocking, passing, touches, I got to pick it up for them.”



Los Angeles Rams LB Alec Ogletree

(On why it was so tough to contain Bills RB LeSean McCoy)
“It was especially on us, we just didn’t get in our gaps. We just kind of made up some stuff and they took advantage of our miscues. I thought we did a good job when we did get around him, we were able to stop him a little bit. He’s one of the better backs in the league, if you make a mistake, he can definitely find a hole.”

(On if he felt that the defense simply didn’t play well enough to win)
“No, we definitely didn’t play well enough to win this game. We beat ourselves on a lot of stuff, I felt like we really just lost the game ourselves.”

(On how tough it was for the defense with three injuries along the defensive line)
“It wasn’t tough at all, we just didn’t – not necessarily didn’t get aligned, we were just out of gaps sometimes and they were able to find a hole and hit us for a couple of big runs.”

(On what the defense needs to work on moving forward)
“Just being technically sound in a lot of our stuff that we’re doing. Like I said, today I felt like we beat ourselves on a lot of stuff – just not in the right gap, sometimes I might not get the call or something like that. It’s all up to us to just hone in our skills and come back next week and play technically sound football.”


Los Angeles Rams DT Aaron Donald

(On if he could sense how thin the defensive line rotation was)
“We still had a good rotation.”

(On what he thought of Bills RB LeSean McCoy)
“We let him break us, we let him run all over us. Not happy about that at all. Like I said, we’ve just got to watch the film and correct it so stuff like that won’t happen again.”

(On what it was that made McCoy so effective)
“He just made plays. We just didn’t bottle him up, we didn’t get to him, we didn’t hit him enough and it showed.”

(On if he feels pretty good about where the team is at 3-2 if he were to take a step back)
“You’re not in a good mood anytime you lose. It’s a long season, we have time to bounce back, we just have a lot of things we have to correct on defense.”



Los Angeles Rams DL Dominique Easley

(On how difficult the workload was since the defensive line was shorthanded)
“It wasn’t that much different, we just rotated, like how we always do – just take care of our rotation and play with each other.”

(On if there was anything in particular that the Bills were doing in the run game)
“No, we knew everything they were going to do, we just have to play.”

" we just kept going with our game plan. Sure enough, they still never threw the ball down field"
Nickell Roby-Coleman

Every fan, every forum, every analyst has been bemoaning Rams, or Keenums lack of down field threat. Every sane person knows this is a big reason why Todd Gurley is getting eaten alive...big reason not entire reason.

Now the opposing teams are publicly stating they don't even gameplay for any down field atuud, and we fail to take advantage of that.

Fisher has got to go. He is like a stubborn child, refusing to admit his way is no longer valid. All the offensive coordinators he has had, with all the football experience they had, I can't believe not one of them did not see this teams lack of a passing game as an issue. Not one of them said " hmmm spread the field, run the ball easier" or " hmm seems like everyone plays 8 up on us" no, it begins and ends with Fisher. He will never adapt, never evolve. For God sake, he even signed a qb to start who physically is unable to be effective down field, and passed up the more physically gifted prospect, the one who's run a offense that was run dominate and took snaps under center, and made reads, and opted for a guy with lesser physical tools, tools irrelevant to Fisher because he refuses to look past 10 yd outs.

Keenum ,in very SAFE FG range, on 3rd and 15 throws a pass 3 yds past the L.O.S. , and does so almost at the beginning g of his progressions. Did not increase our FG position relevantly at all, it was 1st HALF!! Not last 5 seconds. He did not want to throw deeper because he lacks the confidence, no ability to do this consistently. He has to put ALL he has into a throw to go anywhere near " deep" , which to is is basically 30 yd pass, and when he does reach down , and tear his soul muscling that huge 35 yd BOMB, he has no control, as he had to give up any chance of that to get the range.

Goff came across as a goofy, not confident, work. Did not show me any type of leadership qualities at HardKnocks. Just like before the draft with Marriuci at the chalkboard, I felt Wentz made Goff look like the kid in the team everyone took care of because they felt sorry for him. Personally, id live to see Mansion. Personally I think we are screwed no matter what, until Standard nuts up and cans Fisher