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NFL Team Report - Los Angeles Rams
Rams want to forget loss to Bears After a rare loss, the Los Angeles Rams will try to get back on the right track against the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday at the Coliseum. The Bears exposed some flaws against the Rams - or at least some surprising weaknesses - beginning with an offensive line they were able to bully to put pressure on quarterback Jared Goff and smother running back Todd Gurley II. Goff threw four interceptions against the Bears while constantly working under major pressure. Gurley managed just 28 yards on 11 carries. The Rams inability to protect Goff or open holes for Gurley were a major wake-up call. The key now is rebounding. "Yeah, there's a lot of things to work on," said Goff. "That's pretty much weekly. Win, lose or anything that would've happened on Sunday, we would've looked at it the same way and learn from it and get better and find ways to improve and look at things that we did well and build on those. That's no different with this game. But yeah, we feel good. Had a good day today and are ready to get after the (Philadelphia) Eagles." Goff said Sunday was a combination of what the Bears did and what the Rams didn't do. "It was both. We didn't do a lot of great things and they did a lot of good things," he said. "It would take me a long time to get into a lot of the details, but there's a lot of things that we could be better at, that we will be better at and are looking forward to improving on. Looking forward to getting into a rhythm these last three weeks heading into the playoffs." And that includes the struggles of Goff as well. "I think it's a combination of some different things," Rams head coach Sean McVay said. "We try to look at things with the entire picture in mind. I think he's done a really nice job this year. I think anytime that you get some pressure, it's always a little bit more difficult to operate. When you got it clean and you got the ability to be able to progress, see the coverage, different things like that. It's always difficult to navigate when you're playing against some good defenses where they are able to apply pressure. But our production offensively is a reflection of the entire unit and then also us as coaches. The No. 1 thing is, that's where - last week was a great humbling day, certainly for me like I mentioned, and you get a chance to really look at yourself and you don't have any time to feel bad about it. "You got to look at it, you can't avoid some of the things that led to us not playing well but I think Jared's played really well. He made a couple throws too with some people in his face that were pretty impressive the other night. He'll be the first to tell you he's got to take good care of the football and we can't make some decisions. But I think I also got to stop putting our players in some spots that aren't really conducive for finding a way of having success on those given plays. If everybody executes their role to the best of their ability, we feel like more times than not good things will happen for our offense." McVay adds himself to the list of Rams who need to do better. "Yeah, I mean I look at it as it's up to me to have a better feel for the flow of the game and not put us in positions where some of those things can occur," McVay said. "And then he's got a level of responsibility as our leader of our offense and doing some different things." McVay hopes that leads to better play from Goff and the Rams. And one big area is taking care of the ball. "But, for us, we always talk about making good decisions from the quarterback spot," McVay said. "There were some times where there wasn't a whole lot of decisions we can make other than really throwing it away. The best part about Jared is he does a great job learning from it, he doesn't let it affect his ability to move forward. I thought his demeanor throughout the course of the game, as frustrating as the other night was, was exactly what we love about him. Even keeled, wasn't flustered at all, but he knows that he can play better, and everybody can do a little bit better. And we feel like if we do that as a group, it will lead to the results that we've gotten more times than not this year." SERIES HISTORY: 39th regular-season meeting. Eagles lead series, 20-17-1. They beat the Rams last year at the Coliseum 43-35.
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