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| December 03, 2016 07:07PM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 26,176 Status: HOF Inductee |
Rams leave drama at home but face tough task on road
By Gary Klein
He spent the week immersed in controversy, trying to navigate through an impossible-to-win public relations battle with a popular hall of fame player.
No wonder Rams Coach Jeff Fisher was giddy to leave Southern California and the Eric Dickerson feud behind.
Fisher and his team also want to distance themselves from last week’s humiliating defeat at New Orleans.
“Just a short trip,” Fisher said, laughing, before the Rams departed on a near 3,000-mile journey to play the New England Patriots. “Hop, skip and a jump.”
Sunday’s game at Gillette Stadium marks the final long sojourn for a Rams team that returned home with victories after cross-country trips to Tampa Bay and East Rutherford, N.J., and losses at Detroit, London and New Orleans.
The matchup against the Patriots will probably be the most difficult.
The 4-7 Rams, losers of six of their last seven games, are 13 1/2-point underdogs against a Patriots team that is 9-2 and almost certainly on its way to a 14th playoff appearance in 17 seasons under Coach Bill Belichick.
Quarterback Tom Brady served a four-game suspension for the “Deflategate” scandal but the four-time Super Bowl champion is playing better than ever.
Brady faces a Rams defense that ranked among the NFL’s best for nine-plus games before melting down in the final minutes against Miami and giving up 555 yards and 49 points against the Saints.
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[www.latimes.com]
By Gary Klein
He spent the week immersed in controversy, trying to navigate through an impossible-to-win public relations battle with a popular hall of fame player.
No wonder Rams Coach Jeff Fisher was giddy to leave Southern California and the Eric Dickerson feud behind.
Fisher and his team also want to distance themselves from last week’s humiliating defeat at New Orleans.
“Just a short trip,” Fisher said, laughing, before the Rams departed on a near 3,000-mile journey to play the New England Patriots. “Hop, skip and a jump.”
Sunday’s game at Gillette Stadium marks the final long sojourn for a Rams team that returned home with victories after cross-country trips to Tampa Bay and East Rutherford, N.J., and losses at Detroit, London and New Orleans.
The matchup against the Patriots will probably be the most difficult.
The 4-7 Rams, losers of six of their last seven games, are 13 1/2-point underdogs against a Patriots team that is 9-2 and almost certainly on its way to a 14th playoff appearance in 17 seasons under Coach Bill Belichick.
Quarterback Tom Brady served a four-game suspension for the “Deflategate” scandal but the four-time Super Bowl champion is playing better than ever.
Brady faces a Rams defense that ranked among the NFL’s best for nine-plus games before melting down in the final minutes against Miami and giving up 555 yards and 49 points against the Saints.
Read Complete Article
[www.latimes.com]
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