Bonsignore: Rams' victory over Jets does nothing to mask their inept offense

By VINCENT BONSIGNORE / STAFF COLUMNIST

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – After five weeks of whispers and sullen looks and sideways glances and despair inside the Rams locker room, a tiny glimmer of hope emerged Sunday from the chill of New Jersey.

It came in the form of a 9-6 win over the New York Jets that, for the moment anyway, stops the bleeding of a four-game losing streak and stabilizes the Rams a bit.

That’s the good news.

“We’ll take it,” Rams coach Jeff Fisher said.

He should, obviously.

The name of the game is to win, and the Rams stayed out of their way long enough Sunday to achieve that objective.

They deserve to enjoy it, shallow as it might be on a day the offense couldn’t score a touchdown against a really bad Jets team and only the defense and punter Johnny Hekker deserved accolades.

Which is pretty much par for the course for the Rams this season. While the defense and Hekker deliver playoff-caliber performances, the offense continues to bumble about.

Three games have passed, with two touchdowns to show for them. And one of those scores came courtesy of a prevent defense in the closing minutes.

Still, a win is a win. And that meant smiles rather than frowns Sunday.

But another day is beckoning.

And when Fisher and the Rams rise to greet it Monday it won’t matter they beat a morbidly bad team Sunday to stop a frustrating losing streak, or that 4-5 looks a hell of a lot better than 3-6, or that, technically, the playoffs still remain in reach.

None of it matters in the least.

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