Turf Show Times - 2015 Week 13: St. Louis Rams Vs. Arizona Cardinalshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/51333/tst-fav.png2015-12-09T12:01:40-06:00http://www.turfshowtimes.com/rss/stream/96057292015-12-09T12:01:40-06:002015-12-09T12:01:40-06:00Fisher Approval Poll: Rams Drop 5 Straight
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<p>The St. Louis Rams keep tanking. Does it reflect on the fans' view of Jeff Fisher? Does a rhetorical question need an answer?</p> <p>Well. I mean. Where should I begin? <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">Rams</a> have lost…uhhh…how many games in a row? I can only count to four, so I lost track. Perhaps I'm just slowly blacking-out this season in my mind.</p>
<p>I’m assuming as I’m writing this that Jeff Fisher is getting in touch with 3k to see about firing me from Turf Show Times. In his mind, everyone and everything is responsible for the Rams total collapse in 2015, except himself (even in the smallest way). I would be much more inclined to the idea of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.turfshowtimes.com/2015/12/7/9866864/st-louis-rams-coaches-jeff-fisher-offensive-coordinator-frank-cignetti-rob-boras">firing Offensive Coordinator Frank Cignetti, Jr., mid-season</a> if the replacement had a sweet name (see: Jim Bob Cooter), because that gives us a fun name to mention every time someone brings up how awful my team is.</p>
<p>I suppose we should mention the last game at least briefly. The Rams got smoked at home by the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.revengeofthebirds.com/">Arizona Cardinals</a> 27-3. The same Cardinals that were in a similar mess the Rams were four years ago and are now the favorite team to the win the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfc-championship-game">NFC championship</a> and get back to <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/super-bowl">the Super Bowl</a>.</p>
<p>So let’s get back to the point of this thing. In your mind, how would you rank Jeff Fisher’s job in 2015 (with a slight emphasis on the previous game). Please vote in the poll below, same scale as all season:</p>
<p><b>1 – Puke.</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p><b>10 – Yay!</b></p>
<p>This weekend the Rams get to host Jim Bob Cooter(!!) and the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.prideofdetroit.com/">Detroit Lions</a>.</p>
<p>#HornsUp?</p>
https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2015/12/9/9880278/st-louis-rams-jeff-fisher-hot-seat-fan-approval-poll-frank-cignetti-oc-firedSergey6062015-12-08T07:55:47-06:002015-12-08T07:55:47-06:00Rams-Cardinals: Snap Counts, Playing Time
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<p>The Rams re-tooled some personnel looks in the 3-27 loss to the Cardinals. Here's how the playing time worked out.</p> <h4>Offense</h4>
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<td><span>Garrett Reynolds</span></td>
<td>G</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>100.00%</td>
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<td><span>Greg Robinson</span></td>
<td>T</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>100.00%</td>
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<td><span>Rob Havenstein</span></td>
<td>T</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>100.00%</td>
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<td><span>Cody Wichmann</span></td>
<td>G</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>100.00%</td>
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<td><span>Tim Barnes</span></td>
<td>C</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>100.00%</td>
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<td><span>Nick Foles</span></td>
<td>QB</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>100.00%</td>
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<td><span>Tavon Austin</span></td>
<td>WR</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>90.00%</td>
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<td><span>Jared Cook</span></td>
<td>TE</td>
<td>40</td>
<td>80.00%</td>
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<td><span>Brian Quick</span></td>
<td>WR</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>56.00%</td>
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<td><span>Todd Gurley</span></td>
<td>RB</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>52.00%</td>
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<td><span>Kenny Britt</span></td>
<td>WR</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>50.00%</td>
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<td><span>Bradley Marquez</span></td>
<td>WR</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>36.00%</td>
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<td><span>Lance Kendricks</span></td>
<td>TE</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>34.00%</td>
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<td><span>Wes Welker</span></td>
<td>WR</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>28.00%</td>
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<td><span>Cory Harkey</span></td>
<td>TE</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>24.00%</td>
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<td><span>Benny Cunningham</span></td>
<td>RB</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>24.00%</td>
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<td><span>Tre Mason</span></td>
<td>RB</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>24.00%</td>
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<td><span>Chase Reynolds</span></td>
<td>RB</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>2.00%</td>
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<p>While it seemed like Kenny Britt was a focal point of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">Rams</a>' inept offense, he was actually on the field for half of the offensive snaps. (insert Shruggie here)</p>
<p>What is Brian Quick even for? (insert Shruggie here)</p>
<p>Just Todd Gurley has played just 53% of the snaps the last four weeks with just nine carries in each of the last two games. (insert that damn Shruggie here)</p>
<p>Chase Reynolds offensive contribution alert...¯\_(ツ)_/¯</p>
<h4>Defense</h4>
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<td><span>Marcus Roberson</span></td>
<td>CB</td>
<td>84</td>
<td>100.00%</td>
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<td><span>Rodney McLeod</span></td>
<td>FS</td>
<td>84</td>
<td>100.00%</td>
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<td><span>Mark Barron</span></td>
<td>SS</td>
<td>84</td>
<td>100.00%</td>
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<td><span>James Laurinaitis</span></td>
<td>LB</td>
<td>84</td>
<td>100.00%</td>
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<td><span>T.J. McDonald</span></td>
<td>SS</td>
<td>80</td>
<td>95.24%</td>
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<td><span>Lamarcus Joyner</span></td>
<td>CB</td>
<td>70</td>
<td>83.33%</td>
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<td><span>Aaron Donald</span></td>
<td>DT</td>
<td>64</td>
<td>76.19%</td>
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<td><span>Janoris Jenkins</span></td>
<td>CB</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>59.52%</td>
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<td><span>Chris Long</span></td>
<td>DE</td>
<td>48</td>
<td>57.14%</td>
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<td><span>Eugene Sims</span></td>
<td>DE</td>
<td>46</td>
<td>54.76%</td>
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<td><span>Michael Brockers</span></td>
<td>DT</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>53.57%</td>
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<td><span>Akeem Ayers</span></td>
<td>LB</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>51.19%</td>
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<td><span>Nick Fairley</span></td>
<td>DT</td>
<td>41</td>
<td>48.81%</td>
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<td><span>Matt Longacre</span></td>
<td>DE</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>45.24%</td>
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<td><span>William Hayes</span></td>
<td>DE</td>
<td>36</td>
<td>42.86%</td>
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<td><span>Maurice Alexander</span></td>
<td>SS</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>30.95%</td>
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<td><span>Cody Davis</span></td>
<td>FS</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1.19%</td>
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<p>The Rams' offense is averaging just more than 60 snaps per game. By that rate, the Rams' defense has actually played two more games than the offense.</p>
<p>The two starting defensive ends, Robert Quinn and Chris Long, have both played less than 40% of the defensive snaps this season. This comes as Matt Longacre's participation hit a season-high on Sunday.</p>
<p>Cody Davis defensive contribution alert...¯\_(ツ)_/¯</p>
<h4>Special Teams<br>
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<td>Cody Davis</td>
<td>FS</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>96.43%</td>
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<td><span>Daren Bates</span></td>
<td>LB</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>96.43%</td>
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<td>Bradley Marquez</td>
<td>WR</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>71.43%</td>
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<td>Chase Reynolds</td>
<td>RB</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>71.43%</td>
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<td><span>Cameron Lynch</span></td>
<td>LB</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>71.43%</td>
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<td><span>Bryce Hager</span></td>
<td>LB</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>71.43%</td>
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<td>Cory Harkey</td>
<td>TE</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>67.86%</td>
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<td>Benny Cunningham</td>
<td>RB</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>64.29%</td>
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<td>Maurice Alexander</td>
<td>SS</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>60.71%</td>
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<td>Marcus Roberson</td>
<td>CB</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>39.29%</td>
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<td><span>Johnny Hekker</span></td>
<td>P</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>39.29%</td>
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<td><span>Jake McQuaide</span></td>
<td>LS</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>32.14%</td>
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<td><span>Christian Bryant</span></td>
<td>S</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>28.57%</td>
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<td>Tavon Austin</td>
<td>WR</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>25.00%</td>
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<td>Rodney McLeod</td>
<td>FS</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>25.00%</td>
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<td>T.J. McDonald</td>
<td>SS</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>25.00%</td>
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<td>Aaron Donald</td>
<td>DT</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>25.00%</td>
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<td>Eugene Sims</td>
<td>DE</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>25.00%</td>
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<td>Michael Brockers</td>
<td>DT</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>21.43%</td>
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<td>Matt Longacre</td>
<td>DE</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>21.43%</td>
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<td><span>Demetrius Rhaney</span></td>
<td>C</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>21.43%</td>
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<td><span>Eric Kush</span></td>
<td>G</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>21.43%</td>
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<td>William Hayes</td>
<td>DE</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>17.86%</td>
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<td>Janoris Jenkins</td>
<td>CB</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>10.71%</td>
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<td>Mark Barron</td>
<td>SS</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>7.14%</td>
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<td>Akeem Ayers</td>
<td>LB</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>7.14%</td>
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<td>Nick Fairley</td>
<td>DT</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>7.14%</td>
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<td>Garrett Reynolds</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>3.57%</td>
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<td>Greg Robinson</td>
<td>T</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>3.57%</td>
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<td>Rob Havenstein</td>
<td>T</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>3.57%</td>
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<td>Cody Wichmann</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>3.57%</td>
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<td>Jared Cook</td>
<td>TE</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>3.57%</td>
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<td>Wes Welker</td>
<td>WR</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>3.57%</td>
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<td>Chris Long</td>
<td>DE</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>3.57%</td>
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<td><span>Zach Hocker</span></td>
<td>K</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>3.57%</td>
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<p>The Rams' kicker on Sunday participated in a single play. The Rams aren't just bad. They're bad in weird and unconventional ways.</p>
https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2015/12/8/9867484/st-louis-rams-arizona-cardinals-recap-snap-counts-playing-time-summary3k2015-12-07T15:04:22-06:002015-12-07T15:04:22-06:00Rank the Rams: (Hint - They Are Terrible)
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<p>I don't blame you if you only see red.</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.turfshowtimes.com/2015/12/6/9858252/st-louis-rams-arizona-cardinals-summary-recap">Sunday</a> was...sad. Beyond ugly. Just sad.</p>
<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">Rams</a> offense has crossed over into legendary status after their inept showing (again). Something had to happen, and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.turfshowtimes.com/2015/12/7/9866864/st-louis-rams-coaches-jeff-fisher-offensive-coordinator-frank-cignetti-rob-boras">it did with the firing of Frank Cignetti, Jr.</a> You know, the only guy Fisher could get to take the job. Fisher's handpicked guy. Until he wasn't.</p>
<p>His replacement is TE Coach Not-Scott Boras. That's a great idea, considering the tight ends have continuously played at an exceptional level. Oh well. This is Fisherball. Breathe it, live it, repeat it. Just don't ask questions, or you'll have to listen to silence. Or kiss Jeff Fisher's ass.</p>
<p>Time to rank:</p>
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https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2015/12/7/9866978/st-louis-rams-arizona-cardinals-no-answers-for-you-just-rankingsEric Nagel2015-12-07T12:52:39-06:002015-12-07T12:52:39-06:00Rams-Cardinals: Recap Perspectives
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<p>Four weeks. Four useless, pointless weeks remain.</p> <p>December <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">Rams</a> football is just so, so, so, so, so very stupid.</p>
<h4>Injuries</h4>
<p>This, more than anything, is what worries me. Human beings will get injured over the next month, and for what? How futile is this upcoming month of football? From a compassion standpoint, it's sickening. <span>Janoris Jenkins</span> got lit up yesterday by his own teammate in what turned out to be a humiliating, depressing embarrassment in front of the home crowd.</p>
<p>That's sad.</p>
<h4>Performance Issues</h4>
<p>We passed the part of the season where this section of the perspective recaps was useful.</p>
<h4>Standings</h4>
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<p>The Rams are now in the bottom five of the NFC with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/">Cowboys</a> the only three-win team along with the four-win compatriots: the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.prideofdetroit.com/">Lions</a>, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.canalstreetchronicles.com/">Saints</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.ninersnation.com/">Niners</a>.</p>
<h4>Schedule</h4>
<p>The Rams have two more home games coming up against the Lions and the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bucsnation.com/">Buccaneers</a>, a nationally televised Thursday Night Football game that's sure to highlight the positive qualities of the Rams and not focus on yet another failed season and a possible move to Los Angeles. And of course, the Rams finish the season on the road in Seattle and San Francisco to wrap things up.</p>
<p>It's all pointing to the offseason. Four games isn't changing the focus now.</p>
https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2015/12/7/9865180/st-louis-rams-arizona-cardinals-recap-summary3k2015-12-06T19:07:35-06:002015-12-06T19:07:35-06:00Out of Answers
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<p>The <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams" class="sbn-auto-link">St. Louis Rams</a> lost - at home - today to the <a href="https://www.revengeofthebirds.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Arizona Cardinals</a>. And that’s not all that big of a deal. The Cardinals are the best team in the NFC West. They own the second best record in the NFC.<br> <br> The Cardinals are going to the playoffs. They may make it all the way to <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/super-bowl" class="sbn-auto-link">the Super Bowl</a> with a head coach like Bruce Arians. And that’s because he has a grasp on reality. He has a grip on his team and where they’re headed.<br> <br> Jeff Fisher does not. Here’s what Fisher had to say this evening after his team lost embarrassingly, for the fifth straight time, by a final score of 27-3...at home.</p>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">Coach is almost out of answers. My responsibility is to say, ‘Hey, I’m going to get this thing fixed.’ I mean we’re not efficient on offense. We have too many good players. We’ve got guys that can produce. We have an outstanding running back and we have a dynamic receiver. We’re starting to get a little bit better on the offensive line and so we’ll keep working. But it has to get better. It’s not good.</blockquote>
<p><br> It’s ok if you’re confused about what the Rams are doing. It’s also ok if you’re not sure where they’re headed -- in the 2015 football season, or geographically in 2016.</p>
<div>It’s ok because the head coach of the football team doesn’t know. He’s almost out of answers. Quite frankly, I think we - collectively - are almost out of questions.</div>
https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2015/12/6/9859264/st-louis-rams-jeff-fisher-is-almost-out-of-answersBrandon Bate2015-12-06T18:26:14-06:002015-12-06T18:26:14-06:00Rams HC Jeff Fisher: "I'm Out Of Answers"
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<p>We have reached the end of the road.</p> <blockquote lang="en" class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jeff Fisher tells the media he's run out of answers. Kind of fitting the way the team has been going.</p>
— Jim Thomas (@jthom1) <a href="https://twitter.com/jthom1/status/673627073081032705">December 6, 2015</a>
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<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">St. Louis Rams</a> Head Coach Jeff Fisher isn't done with football answers. He's done with media answers.</p>
<p>Jim Thomas gets to ask Jeff Fisher questions after every game. Most of them are benign. On purpose. They're not meant to explain anything about the game. They're meant to provide Jim Thomas with a filler quote to finish his post-game story.</p>
<p>"We'll fix it."</p>
<p>"Yeah, I didn't see that at the time."</p>
<p>"That wasn't part of the gameplan."</p>
<p>"They have a good team and a good coaching staff."</p>
<p>"We just have to execute better."</p>
<p>You've seen Bull Durham. Fisher knows what he's doing. Thomas knows what he's doing. It's not anything new or anything special.</p>
<p>His being out of answers today means he's just out of tolerance. He's done playing the game with the media. He's at the end of his line. The football solutions haven't come. The media solutions don't have to.</p>
<p>Fisher's not interested in doing half of Thomas' job when he can't do most of his own at this point.</p>
https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2015/12/6/9859042/st-louis-rams-head-coach-jeff-fisher-answers-solutions-fixes3k2015-12-06T15:25:01-06:002015-12-06T15:25:01-06:00Rams 3, Cardinals 27: Instant Recap
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<p>The past is no refuge for Rams. The present is too painful. We need only only get to the threshold between the present and the future. It's the only reprieve.</p> <p>At the end of the 2011 season, the last under Head Coach Steve Spagnuolo, the horrid <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">Rams</a> offense flopped without a full season from their franchise QB having to rely on <span>Kellen Clemens</span> and <span>A.J. Feeley</span> for six starts finishing 32nd in points and 31st in offensive yards.</p>
<p>Before today's twelfth game of the 2015 season, the fourth under Head Coach Jeff Fisher, the Rams' offense has flopped despite having their presumptive starting QB healthy all season buttressed by a "once in a generation" running back and enough draft picks to choke a small mammal. Heading into today, the Rams' offense ranked 31st in points and 31st in offensive yards.</p>
<p>That's what Fisher has taken four years to build.</p>
<p>With it came today. Today's performance against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.revengeofthebirds.com/">Cardinals</a> who gained 524 yards to the Rams' 212. Today's performance which saw the Rams convert just one of 12 third down opportunity, bringing their league worst rate even lower. Today's performance in which the Rams, billed as a run-first team, relied on that "once in a generation" running back on nine carries for 41 yards. One of those runs went for 34 yards, meaning the other 8 carries averaged less than a yard per.</p>
<p>This is nothing.</p>
<p>This is time moving slower than itself.</p>
<p>This is hope burnished by bullshit.</p>
<p>Yesterday is gone. Today is horrible. Tomorrow is everything and it's always, always, always too far away.</p>
https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2015/12/6/9858252/st-louis-rams-arizona-cardinals-summary-recap3k2015-12-06T13:37:37-06:002015-12-06T13:37:37-06:00Rams 0, Cardinals 10: Second Half Live Thread
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<p>Here we are.</p> <p><i>At the violet hour, when the eyes and back<br> Turn upward from the desk, when the human engine waits<br> Like a taxi throbbing waiting,<br> I Tiresias, though blind, throbbing between two lives,<br> Old man with wrinkled female breasts, can see<br> At the violet hour, the evening hour that strives<br> Homeward, and brings the sailor home from sea,<br> The typist home at tea-time, clears her breakfast, lights<br> Her stove, and lays out food in tins.<br> Out of the window perilously spread<br> Her drying combinations touched by the sun’s last rays,<br> On the divan are piled (at night her bed)<br> Stockings, slippers, camisoles, and stays.<br> I Tiresias, old man with wrinkled dugs<br> Perceived the scene, and foretold the rest—<br> I too awaited the expected guest.<br> He, the young man carbuncular, arrives,<br> A small house-agent’s clerk, with one bold stare,<br> One of the low on whom assurance sits<br> As a silk hat on a Bradford millionaire.<br> The time is now propitious, as he guesses,<br> The meal is ended, she is bored and tired,<br> Endeavours to engage her in caresses<br> Which still are unreproved, if undesired.<br> Flushed and decided, he assaults at once;<br> Exploring hands encounter no defence;<br> His vanity requires no response,<br> And makes a welcome of indifference.<br> (And I Tiresias have foresuffered all<br> Enacted on this same divan or bed;<br> I who have sat by Thebes below the wall<br> And walked among the lowest of the dead.)<br> Bestows one final patronizing kiss,<br> And gropes his way, finding the stairs unlit…</i></p>
<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">St. Louis Rams</a> are losing to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.revengeofthebirds.com/">Arizona Cardinals</a> in Week 13 at halftime, 0-10.</p>
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