Rams have no trouble handing Bucs a 31-23 loss

Any hopes of a comeback ended when St. Louis pounced on the subsequent onside kick, and the Rams finished their 2015 home schedule with the eight-point victory.

After nine seasons in Detroit, Johnson’s future with the Lions is uncertain beyond the final three games of the regular season. It was all noise, because when the key moments came, Winston’s receivers couldn’t make plays in the first half, and the Bucs’ halftime adjustments: start with shorter passes and wait for openings deep as opposed to forcing everything in the passing game, were too little, too late.

During an invigorating 31-23 defeat of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday night, St. Louis Rams running back Todd Gurley became the first Ram to run for 1,000 yards in a season since legendary Ram (and one of Gurley’s heroes) Steven Jackson did it in 2012.

Rams players saw the signs, heard the chanting, noticed the volume was turned up.

St. Louis finishes with two road games against the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers and can shake up the postseason race with an upset of the two-time defending NFC champion Seahawks.

“It was a great atmosphere”, quarterback Case Keenum said after the Rams beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 on Thursday night. “It was a great atmosphere tonight”.

“The crowd was into it. It was a lot of fun”. The 31st-ranked offense rolled to a 21-3 halftime lead.

“I told my agent to just tell me when it’s real”, Rice said. But we still haven’t played our best ball. It’s especially impressive that he was able to pull off the feat during the Rams’ fourth game of the season, considering that he was inactive for the Rams’ first two games of the season. “Keep Our Rams!” and carried signs, one of them reading “We Don’t Need Kroenke, We Just Want our Rams”.

There were 51,295 tickets distributed for what could be the Rams’ final home game in St. Louis.

-QB Case Keenum enjoyed the best game of his brief National Football League career, completing 14 of 17 passes for 234 yards with two scores and a 158.0 passer rating, 0.3 shy of a ideal mark. I would sum it up we Just didn’t play consistent football.

“We didn’t see a whole lot to be excited about”, coach Lovie Smith said. Tight end Luke Stocker capped the possession with a three-yard score, and the Buccaneers noted on Twitter that Mike Evans went over 1,000 receiving yards on the season during the drive.

Running back Benny Cunningham added a 102-yard kickoff return to the Tampa Bay three-yard-line to set up a 19-yard field goal by Greg Zuerlein in the fourth quarter.

BIG PLAYMAKERS: Todd Gurley needed 25 yards to become the first Rams rookie to rush for 1,000 yards since Jerome Bettis. 6-8 is a big step up from the 2-14 record they posted last season, but this was a missed opportunity, and Tampa Bay’s season seems to be full of them.

The Bucs actually outgained the Rams in total yards 509-319 total yards and the Rams converted only two of 10 third downs.

Several stars from the 1999 Super Bowl championship team attended the game, including Orlando Pace, Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt, plus Kurt Warner and Marshall Faulk from the NFL Network.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – If this was the Rams’ last game in St. Louis, they did what they could to leave the fans smiling.

“Even through the worst years, we have stayed loyal”, McDonough said. Once again defensive tackle Aaron Donald and Trumaine Johnson came up big with turnovers. Keenum and Kenny Britt would connect on a 60 yard bomb early in the first quarter, and would also connect with the likes of Jared Cook and Lance Kendricks.

The Rams were also playing for Bailey, who is recovering from two gunshot wounds to the head in a Miami-area hospital.

“The one thing I can say is it was pretty awesome for the support they gave us”. “A couple of us are going to go visit our brother and show him some love”.