“Certainly what the way he and Showers played, I wouldn’t consider a backup quarterback situation at all”.
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That interception came on a play in which he was hit as he threw, and three of his five incomplete passes were dropped passes on catchable balls.
Don’t worry: Tight end Geoff Swaim didn’t help himself with two drops and a penalty in the first half. For the most part, we will see young guys and back-end of the roster players who are fighting for spots on the team in this game.
Almost 90,000 fans flocked to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to see the Rams take on the Dallas Cowboys.
The preseason opener for both teams got off to an inauspicious start for the Rams as Dallas’ Lucky Whitehead returned Greg Zuerlein’s opening kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown.
“I think the best thing about Dak is that he is extremely calm”, Bryant said, via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Goff was hit by linebacker Derek Akunne while he threw, disrupting the flight of the ball, and the turnover led to a field goal that gave the Cowboys their big halftime lead.
Quarterback Jared Goff, the first player chosen in the National Football League draft, entered the game 9:45 before halftime. Goff aired it out only once – an incomplete pass – but was constantly under siege by the Cowboys’ front seven.
Sean Mannion who is now the third string quarterback on the Rams’ depth chart, played arguably the best game of all three quarterbacks.
“At halftime we talked to him, he was getting a little stiff, so we chose to go with Sean”, Fisher said.
With quarterback Tony Romo on the sideline, rookie quarterback Dak Prescott upstaged heralded first overall pick Jared Goff.
In reviewing the tape, Rams coaches spotted two blocks in the back and two holds that weren’t flagged on the Cowboys. He didn’t play like a rookie.
Mannion, a third-round pick past year, completed 18 of 25 passes for 147 yards and three touchdowns, including two in the fourth quarter in the victory. Murray, seeking a new start in Tennessee after struggling with Chip Kelly’s offense in Philadelphia last season, had six carries for 93 yards. An interception was the result of Goff’s second pass, but he did rebound nicely going 4-7 for 38 yards after his pick. The fourth rounder out of Mississippi State torched the Rams secondary for 139 yards on 10/12 completions, two touchdowns, and zero interceptions in the first half. And Showers was capable, finishing 8 of 16 for 99 yards and showing good mobility. He suffered a back injury last season and had surgery. Benny Cunningham scored on a 14-yard run with 1:33 left in the first quarter for the Rams’ first points in the stadium where they first played after arriving from Cleveland in 1946 until moving to Anaheim at the end of the 1979 season.
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“The thing that jumped out more than anything else are his poise and composure, how he handled the game, how he managed the huddle, the line of scrimmage, how he managed game situations, did a really good job”, Garrett said.
