Week 4 Recap Reaction: Rams Battle for 3-1

Highlights Los Angeles Rams 17 Arizona Cardinals 13

The Rams returned to the land of Tampa Bay, playing aggressive defense led by Aaron Donald and working in the attack by Brian Quick with big plays just fast enough players like Tavon Austin, Todd Gurley, Aaron Donald , Trumaine Johnson and Brian Quick. With each error, whether the coach or players, the Rams fought back to combat and inch closer and closer to legitimacy.

Jeff Fisher break another curse (this time to push the Rams two games above .500 in 157 games), the Rams continue to fight to keep their NFC West lead. While satisfied with the win, the Rams continued to make many mistakes. Cheer for this team as a longtime fan must be a challenge under Kroenke / Fisher regime, constantly littered with pieces Boneheaded (untimely holdings draft passer, etc.) and the decisions of the head-scratching (going to while 2 to 11 with 4 minutes left, not one but two challenges disastrous). The Rams are actually stored such things as they progress through the season (Rams opponents to date are a combined 6-10).

Somehow, this Rams team is the one to be 3-1 under Jeff Fisher. A team with a prime riding the bench, the star running back on pace for less than 800 yards, and a defense that changed five starters. Look for the Rams to try to continue to improve against a Rex Ryan led the team Buffalo Bills at the Coliseum next week, especially on the forehead Todd Gurley.

The Los Angeles Rams are looking forward to the return of cornerback E.J. Gaines

Arizona Cardinals receiver corps is among the deepest in the NFL.

Pro Bowl selection Nine-time Larry Fitzgerald leads a group that includes Michael Floyd and John and Jaron Brown, all of which can make games for quarterback Carson Palmer.

Rams cornerback E. J. Gaines recognizes the threat on many levels.

And the third year pro wants to play a role in neutralizing this Sunday at University of Phoenix Stadium.

"It is a complete stack," Gaines said Tuesday when asked about the receivers of Cardinals. "No better game to return to.

"I'm hoping this is the week. I'm ready if so."

The Rams have been eagerly awaiting the return from Gaines cornerback Janoris Jenkins signed with the New York Giants in March.

Gaines sitting on last season because of a foot injury, but the Rams provided that a player who started 15 games as a rookie in 2014 would return and start facing labeled franchise corner Trumaine Johnson.

What we learned from Rams' 37-32 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

What we have learned Rams 37-32 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Rams know how to deal with weather delays

For the second time in three years, the Rams won a close game at Raymond James Stadium after going in a time period.

70 minutes late Sunday eclipsed the 51 minutes of the first half wait they endured in 2014 during a 19-17 victory.

The delay due to lightning in the 37-32 victory on Sunday came at a critical time.

The Rams had a third down to their five-yard line with two minutes. They do not convert, but they hung on to win with defensive end Robert Quinn.


Case Keenum may cause touched readers

Rams Jersey quarterback came into the game 0-for-eight quarters, only points of the team to come on field goals Greg Zuerlein.

Kwon Alexander returned an interception for a touchdown in the first quarter, but remained Keenum asked and did not commit another turnover.

Offense should thrive in Rams-Bucs clash

If you're a fan of high-flying prolific offenses which lights up like a Christmas tree score, you might not want to tune the Los Angeles Rams, who visit Tampa Bay Buccaneers this Sunday. Points will be at a premium when these two NFC rivals clash in the Florida heat. The Rams have scored a touchdown all season and has a total of nine points in two games.

At least the pirates have started the year off right as they looked like Jon Gruden-coached team in Week 1, putting up 31 points in the main NFC South win over the Atlanta Falcons. Then quarterback Jameis Winston and his squad faced a buzz-saw, the Arizona Cardinals and got beat 40-7. Winston threw four interceptions.

"It's humiliating League. We got beat up all over the field. Hats off to the Cardinals on a job well done. I did a pretty good job getting these guys ready to go. We turned it over way too many times," said Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter.


Tampa Bay coach acknowledged the offense was not clicking, particularly Winston and wide receiver Vincent Jackson. In the first two weeks, Jackson only has six catches of 62 yards over the target 17 times. And now starting running back Doug Martin could be out for an extended period of time with a hamstring injury. Martin's loss puts even greater emphasis to the passing attack by pirates seeking the right chemistry.

Rams lineman: 'We're going to make it easier' on Todd Gurley

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - It's easy to say the offensive line of the Los Angeles Rams need to do a better job of creating holes for running back Todd Gurley. But it is almost impossible to block two men at once. And when defenses are stacking eight or nine players in the box to specifically guard against the race, there are only so five offensive linemen can do.

"But," Rams left guard Rodger Saffold said, "there are ways that we can do a little better to open channels for it. The most important thing is to know how to protect themselves against all the different blitzes, the nine-man fronts, to be able to open channels. Basically it will continue to see these things and he will gain experience and learn, just wise vision. Hey, this well. But there looks someone standing in that hole. I may have to press here, come out the other side. "These types of things.

"It's a group effort. Our team, we must do a better job blocking. Our receivers to dig people. And then we just have to be able to read and put us in the best situation. I think coaches are starting to do it for us. we put ourselves in certain situations better than we can open holes for Todd. "

This is the top priority. 1, 2 and 3 for the attack of the Rams at the moment, because nothing will actually happen until Gurley happens.

Heat on as Rams prepare for Los Angeles bow

Los Angeles (AFP) - Los Angeles Rams are facing a difficult opening night for the National Football League of gorgeous atmosphere of two decades of absence of Manchu Pika of to return to town Sunday here in the Seattle Seahawks .

Franchise, raising the stick, after the transfer of 22 years in St. Louis, Rams will play their first home game of the 2017 regular season from 2016 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Rams When you play the Dallas Cowboys in the pre-season game last month, nearly 90,000 of the record crowd, crammed a historic venue, and attendance of another bumper is forecast for Sunday.

This is, NFL owners, in the United States to the second largest media market Rams' only when you vote 30-2 to approve the return, it will be the latest milestone of homecoming that has been confirmed in January .

Rams is putting the final some estimates nearly $ 300 million price tag, move to the 70,000-seat arena gleaming that it ever is the most expensive sports stadium was built in Inglewood on the course you.

However, the mood of euphoria is already, in Santa Clara on Monday night, has been given a sharp reality check after a humiliating 28-0 opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

The shutout against the side is, he served as a sobering reminder that in particular does not point out that it has a terrible defense, and painful team is the last season of the 8-8 record is kept of the work in progress It was.

- This for '22 years'? -

"We, this waited 22 years for?" Was withering verdict of columnist Bill Pula Suquet of the Los Angeles Times. "As go premiere, it was a face plant on the red carpet."

Concise post-mortems were also emphasized the broad essential face Rams' head coach Jeff Fisher and general manager Les Need. Capital of the world of entertainment will put up the failed team to capture the imagination for so long.

"LA is, they are cities that want a winner. You have to win in the city," Eric Dickerson, says the Rams running back legend from 1983 from 1987.

Since we do not have that kind of their fans in Green Bay Packers fans and (Pittsburgh) Steelers only loyal hardcore fan, such as a fan, "It's about winning in all of Los Angeles.

"We've done, it does not yet wish, Rams've been doing for so long," still set in the 1984 season, 2105, in a hurry Dickerson that holds the NFL record for most yards ,Added.

To evidence of San Francisco of defeat, Rams and their fans are likely to face a long courtship. Expectations Todd Gurley be an important element of the Rams offense this season has rushed 17 times for a running back, only 47 yards.

Girly Sunday, which boasts one of the best defense in the league, is rarely given any easy ride against Seattle.