The Rams, who moved back to Los Angeles in the offseason after being based in St. Louis for 21 years, needed only 13 seconds to fall behind Saturday in their first exhibition game since heading back to Southern California. The Rams selected quarterback Jared Goff with the No. 1 pick of the 2016 National Football League draft and he’s the team quarterback of the future.
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Even an opening kickoff return for a touchdown by the Dallas Cowboys’ Lucky Whitehead in last night’s preseason opener for both teams couldn’t kill the mood, and many late-arriving LA fans missed that anyway.
Fowler, the Broncos’ No. 3 receiver and a key special-teams player, was injured while covering a punt during the third quarter of Denver’s 22-0 preseason win at Chicago on Thursday. Lamarcus Joyner surrendered a 32-yard touchdown to Terrance Williams in the second quarter.
The Rams beat the Cowboys, 28-24. Goff completed four out of his nine pass attempts and threw one interception in the process per nfl.com. The Rams chose to play it safe – after entering the game with 9:45 in the second quarter, Goff remained on the sidelines at the start of the second half. The Rams offensive line had a hard time stopping anyone in the first half, failing both Goff and starting quarterback Case Keenum, while the wide receivers, who had major problems separating from coverage previous year, found some space Saturday but used stone hands to catch passes.
Jones, who led Ohio State to the 2015 national championship, threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Jarrett Boykin as time expired.
Mannion, a third-round pick a year ago, completed 18 of 25 passes for 147 yards and three touchdowns, including two in the fourth quarter. We will be switching to a new platform early in September.
I think after Week 1 we can basically say that all three of them have gotten better.
The Rams’ first team offense had its share of struggles against the Cowboys initially.
It’s just one preseason game, but Prescott looked like a good, young signal-caller behind Tony Romo on the quarterback depth chart.
Dallas’ Dez Bryant caught a 10-yard touchdown pass, but the Los Angeles Rams earned a win in their homecoming when Sean Mannion threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Green with 1:54 remaining for a 28-24 comeback over the Cowboys at the Coliseum on Saturday.
“I’ve played through much worse”, Goff said after the game.
After showing some interest in former Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles passer Nick Foles, Dallas made a decision to stay the course with their stable of young players behind Romo.
Spruce had six receptions for 51 yards and one touchdown per nfl.com. He’s not playing like a rookie.
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Watching the team’s most important player go down during a meaningless preseason game would cause a great deal of consternation for Garrett, Romo, owner Jerry Jones and the Cowboys fan base. “He’s going to be in the right place at the right time and he made some really good plays tonight”.
