Kenny Britt, Johnny Hekker bring positives to Rams loss

Kenny Britt, Johnny Hekker bring positives to Rams loss

Alden Gonzalez

LOS ANGELES -- Yet another disheartening loss at least brought some noteworthy accomplishments for a couple of key Los Angeles Rams players.

Receiver Kenny Britt reached a milestone nobody in this franchise has even come close to in nine years, and punter Johnny Hekker set an NFL record in Saturday's 22-21 loss to lowly San Francisco.

With a 15-yard catch on the Rams' very first drive, Britt, in his eighth year in the NFL, surpassed 1,000 yards for the first time. He became the first Rams receiver to reach that mark since Torry Holt in 2007. The Rams amazingly went eight consecutive years without a 1,000-yard receiver, a time that saw the NFL produce 174 1,000-yard receivers.

The Rams didn't have so much as an 800-yard receiver during that time.

"It means everything to me," Britt told the Rams' public-relations department before leaving Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday. "After eight years in the NFL, I finally get my first 1,000-yard season. It's special, even though it comes from a season that we weren't expecting."

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