“I can’t really determine what’s going to happen, what’s not going to happen”, defensive end William Hayes said after the Rams started fast and beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 in their home finale on Thursday night.
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Both West Virginia products should be factors Thursday night as both teams hope to keep their slim playoffs hopes alive.
Tampa Bay should have a winning record based on stats.
Marshall also leans to under the total of 41. “We’d prefer it not to get to three, but it wouldn’t be a problem”. Additionally, Cooper only has four touchdowns this season and none since November 8. But I have to pick one, and I think the Bucs are the better all-around team. “We’ve seen plenty of support for Tampa Bay, especially at the 2.5 so this number isn’t going to get to three, which I believe sharps are waiting for”. But he had just 125 yards passing the first three quarters.
Mike Evans had nine receptions for 157 yards and topped 1,000 yards.
To find out how to watch the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Vs. St. Louis Rams NFL Thursday Night Football game live online, see the streaming information in the final paragraph of this article. San Francisco linebacker Ken Norton Jr. punctuated a 44-10 rout at Busch Stadium in 1995 by punching aim posts, then criticized his opponents because the “standard, sorry (expletive) Rams”. Also helping out Winston as he acclimates himself to the speed of the NFL is the return of the explosive Doug Martin, who looks like the Muscle Hamster we saw thrash the league as a rookie in 2012. He added to his total with a 21-yard TD on a jet sweep to give the Rams a 28-6. Quarterback Andrew Luck is not expected to be back and veteran backup Matt Hasselbeck was knocked out of last week’s blowout loss to the Jaguars.
Todd Gurley led the way for the Rams, running for 140 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries to climb within 25 of joining Eric Dickerson (1983) and Jerome Bettis (1993) as the only rookies in franchise history to rush for 1,000 yards.
Although he avoided sacks, Winston was bothered by the Rams’ pass rush most of the evening, and was off-target on several attempts. The penalty gave the Rams a first down at the Bucs 12, setting up their third touchdown.
BIG RETURNS: Benny Cunningham had a 102-yard kickoff return to the 3 in the fourth quarter, setting up a field goal. PROBABLE: WR Kenny Britt (shoulder), RB Todd Gurley (not injury related), T Rob Havenstein (calf), CB Janoris Jenkins (concussion).
That could have been the start of a turnaround, had the Bucs defense not chose to continue its collapse, allowing the Rams to get down the field on short passes, finished off by a 21-yard Tavon Austin touchdown run where he made probably every single Bucs defender miss. “There’s a good chance they’re moving but there doesn’t seem to be any rallying to keep the team in St. Louis”.
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The Rams rolled in what might have been their final home game before a possible move to Los Angeles. The Rams haven’t had many happy times in their 20-plus years in St. Louis, but the ones they did have were often offense-centric in the heyday of the Greatest Show on Turf.
