From the moment they stepped off the team bus Monday, the St. Louis Rams were serenaded by several thousand jersey-wearing, flag-waving fans celebrating a Southern California homecoming. I wasn’t expecting to see that many people.
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The Rams became the first major pro sports team in Los Angeles when owner Dan Reeves uprooted his 1945 NFL champion team after eight NFL seasons in Cleveland, coveting the growing market and postcard-perfect weather of the West Coast.
“They really showed up”, Long said. “So the St. Louis Rams fans are everywhere”.
“The players are looking forward to it”, head coach Jeff Fisher said on Saturday, adding that he’s been in contact with Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett.
Both the Rams’ and Cowboys’ No. 1 defenses seemed to get the better of the action when going against the opposing No. 1 offenses. And it just so happened that from a timing standpoint it worked out that Dallas was our best option. “A lot of stuff we did well, but there’s also a lot of stuff we need to clean up”.
While serving a 12-month tour in Afghanistan, Rodriguez was one of 60 Americans who fought in the Battle of Kamdesh on October. 3, 2009.
He was awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
Daniel Rodriguez was among the soldier’s Witten met.
Witten posed for a photo with Rodriguez and thanked him for his service.
The Rams traveled to Los Angeles after a preseason loss in Oakland last Friday, and they had the weekend off from practice. “We talked to a number of clubs”. “It put things in perspective”. “The Rams are the team that most of us as children grew up with”. There were only a couple of very brief “scuffles”, if you’d even call them that.
“Being there with those guys was pretty surreal for me”. It’s pretty special when you think big picture.
Jones watched a joint practice between the Rams and Cowboys with Rams’ owner Stan Kroenke Monday, then proclaimed his admiration for Kroenke, who purchased land with plans to build a stadium in Inglewood, where he would move his team from St. Louis.
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“I think it enhances it because it creates more excitement, more fan involvement and that will be a plus for the interest in the Cowboys being out here, too”, Jones said. He thought I’d like it. I mean that wasn’t what I was thinking when I came out to practice you know? “We have no reasons at all”.
