Todd Gurley didn’t know what to think when he found out that his agent, rap mogul Jay-Z, would be in the house.
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After another first down run by Todd Gurley, the Rams were able to run out the clock sending the Lions to their ninth loss of the season.
Whatever it was, it worked.
On Sunday, it was in reference to Calvin Johnson getting only one catch on five targets in a 21-14 loss against the St. Louis Rams (5-8). Besides scoring on runs on 15 and 5 yards, he had carries of 49 and 21 yards after the break.
Rob Boras will be calling plays for the first time in a dozen years for St. Louis after replacing Frank Cignetti on Monday.
“They bounced back, like we’ve been talking about”, Rams coach Jeff Fisher said. “I had a good read on the play and just busted my butt to get there to make a play”. The Vikings hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over St. Louis, so the Rams would be banking on the parity of the NFC East helping them out, with both the New York Giants and Washington Redskins finishing at 8-8. “He ran through a lot of tackles and made some nice runs”. He did not, as he shut down one of the best wide receivers in the game in Calvin Johnson all game long, primarily in man-to-man coverage. But the Rams took a 7-0 halftime lead on a 58-yard interception return by cornerback Trumaine Johnson. HC Jim Caldwell said, “Some of you will ask me questions about last Thursday, I’m not going back there, the fact is that you have to get focused on St. Louis in a hurry”. Aaron Donald recorded three sacks. Keenum took a sack late in the fourth quarter of that game and banged his head onto the turf, but inexplicably didn’t leave the field.
“When you play here (for the Lions) it’s always more than 11 on 11”, tight end Eric Ebron said. “The Lions” defense is playing at a level similar to the Cardinals right now and I see no reason that they should not be the favorite in this game.
Stafford, who completed 30 of 46 passes for 245 yards, two touchdowns, one interception and a QB rating of 84.1, connected with Tate again for a 2-yard touchdown pass with 2:05 remaining to cut the deficit to 21-14.
The Lions and the Rams kick off at noon CST Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis. “They’ve got a great front four, especially 99 (Donald); 98 (Rams DT and former Lion Nick Fairley) played good today, so they’re good up front”.
The signature moment came in the third quarter with the score tied at 7-7. Stafford also became the fastest player in National Football League history to reach 25,000 passing yards. Welker is No. 6 among active players for most career receptions.
“We’ve had every call called against us”, Ebron said after the game today. At the moment the Lions defense had controlled the Rams all day and it appeared as though the Lions were finally going to get something going and work towards a win that they really should have had. “It’s only one catch, I felt it helped us win the game and that’s all I can do”.
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“It was Johnson vs. Johnson the whole week, even in practice”, he said after the Rams snapped a five-game losing streak.
