Fisher: Rams’ offense can’t just rely on Gurley
Jeff Fisher coached Chris Johnson when he ran for 2,006 yards in 2009, and rode powerful Eddie George to a Super Bowl.
Catch the Cleveland Browns vs St. Louis Rams (live stream & scores here) match-up: Browns vs. Rams in a jam-packed Week 7 match-up of the 2015 National Football League season, which takes place on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 PM ET and gets underway at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri. If Gurley isn’t seeing red every time he stares at the Browns defense from the backfield, I would be very shocked. The Cleveland Browns are unbeaten against the spread in their last three games, but still continue to get no respect from bettors.
The rest of the way, he was a handful.
A fumble by Benjamin on the Browns next possession was turned into the Rams’ third touchdown of the game.
“It’s the offensive line, it’s the offensive coordinator, coach [Frank Cignetti]”, Gurley said. But he got a pair of 3-yard scores in the third quarter, sandwiched around an onside kick, to make things interesting.
As you can see, there was nothing about today’s game fans could fall back on as a positive.
McCown’s two fumbles Sunday were different in appearance but produced the same frustrating result.
New York (4-3) snapped a five-game slide against Dallas (2-4) thanks to big plays by its defense and special teams.
The Rams totaled 158 yards rushing with a 6.1-yard average against the NFL’s worst run defense, which had been permitting 149.8 yards. He was battered and bruised all afternoon, leaving the game late with a shoulder injury.
The Rams are 3-3 with a stretch of schedule that includes games against the 49ers, Bears and Ravens in the next four weeks. He threw no touchdowns or interceptions, but he did have the two fumbles lost and took four sacks.
McCown is the starting quarterback, and has completed 64.4 percent of his passes for 1,416 yards and eight touchdowns on the season entering the game on Sunday.
McCown was injured with 5:17 left on a strip sack when he was hit on the elbow by Rams defensive end William Hayes.
“We were in a loud environment against a team that knew we had to throw at times”, he said.
Manziel is a 22-year-old who is No. 2 on the depth chart behind a damaged veteran who is in the twilight of his career and who has won a single start this season. The running back was quick to give credit to all the good play on the offense to pick up those yards. Defensively, the Rams yield 235.4 yards in passing and 113.4 yards in rushing. He was with Chicago in 2013 and Tampa Bay past year. Just disappointed in how we played. “We’ re listing him as day to day”.
McCown also was left holding his head after he got hit on another play, but stayed in the game.
“Jordan Poyer is going to miss a few time with a shoulder injury”, Pettine said. It has not been done since Marshall Faulk did in 2002, and Gurley is high on his prospects: “It’s definitely coming along pretty well; like I said, just the repetition, getting the reps, getting used to it…seeing how other teams are going to play the outside zone”. It’ s an ongoing situation and I don’ t really want to speak on it much more than that.