November 19th, 2020 
Matt Loede 
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The Bucs and Rams are set for a week 11 matchup, as the Bucs look to get to 8-3, while the 6-3 Rams will look for their 7th win in 2020.
NFL.com has a preview of this weeks game.
Rams Not Happy About Defensive PI Call on Bills 4th Down Late in Loss
The Rams came within a whisker of completing one of the wildest comebacks in regular-season history, erasing a 25-point deficit to take a four-point lead over the Bills.
With 25 seconds left, and the Bills trailing 32-28, Josh Allen took the snap from the Rams’ 13-yard-line on fourth-and-8. He tossed a pass in the direction of ?Gabriel Davis? near the goal line. The throw was behind the wideout, but a flag sailed in. Pass interference.
New life for Buffalo. On the next play, Allen tossed the go-ahead TD to ?Tyler Kroft? for the win.
Rams players took exception to the DPI called on corner Darious Williams, Kevin Patra of NFL.com reports.
“It was the wrong call,” Rams safety John Johnson III said, via Lindsey Thiry of ESPN. “We can’t narrow it down to that one play, but I don’t think it was a PI.”
That sound you hear is all of New Orleans laughing through tears.
Receiver ?Robert Woods? was asked if it looked like Williams committed a penalty from where he stood on the sideline.
“No, obviously not,” Woods responded. “Being out there, he’s playing defensive back, he’s playing hands-on, he’s checking him, and as he gets into his route, the receiver initiates the contact and the quarterback is literally just throwing the ball in the area, and it wasn’t even a catchable ball. But, obviously, they made the call, it is what it is, you got to keep playing and finish the game.”
The call seemed ticky-tack at best. Still, no game comes down to one play. Earlier in the bout, refs ruled a simultaneous possession was an interception for L.A. Had that judgment call went the other way, the Rams’ comeback bid would likely have been snuffed out before it started.
“There’s a million calls in the game, and it’s unfortunate that one like that can go make it, essentially, if they don’t call it, the game is over,” said QB ?Jared Goff?, who passed for 321 yards and two touchdowns, with an INT. “But there’s calls that went our way that game and there’s calls that went their way that game, and unfortunately, that one was at the end of the game like that.”
Wednesday’s Injury Report for Sunday Night’s Rams Battle with the Cowboys
| DALLAS COWBOYS | ||
| Practice Report | ||
| DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE | ||
| Wednesday | CB Jourdan Lewis (ankle) | |
| LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE | ||
| Wednesday | LB Luke Gifford (hamstring) | |
| FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE | ||
| Wednesday | CB Chidobe Awuzie (knee), WR Amari Cooper (hamstring) | |
| LOS ANGELES RAMS | ||
| Practice Report | ||
| Wednesday | Practice Not Complete | |
Check Out the Preview of HBO’s “Hard Knocks” Episode Two Featuring the Rams
It’s episode two of the 2020 version of “Hard Knocks” on HBO tonight featuring the Chargers and Rams.
Veterans spend rare down time getting to know each other better and rookies push for any chance to prove themselves worthy of making the team.
Here’s a preview:
“Hard Knocks” on HBO Featuring the Rams Debuts Tonight
Tonight is the debut of the HBO series “Hard Knocks” for the 2020 season, and this year is unlike any others as the show will not just focus on one team but two – the Rams and the Chargers.
Here’s a preview of the show tonight:
Rams QB Goff Thinks the Team Will Have an Edge on Offense in 2020
The Rams offense in 2019 was stuck in the mud it seemed most weeks, but this season the team is determined to get off to a better and faster start on that side of the ball.
It goes without saying that the offense starts with quarterback Jared Goff, who this last week in a conference call with reporters said that he thinks the offense for the Rams has a distinct advantage.
The QB says that the team will have an edge due to the fact it’s overall the same system, and that the team has mostly returning players.
“It’s so fluid, it changes every week at this point,” Goff said via the Los Angeles Daily News.
“It’ll be good that the whole league will have to stick to a similar program, so there won’t be any disadvantage in that way.
“I do think we (the Rams) have an advantage offensively with the same system, the same players and everything. Our defense is obviously going to have to get on the grass and learn their new system.
“But it’s an advantage for us running into the season where you’ve got teams that are trying to install new systems on both offense and defense, which is damn near impossible.”
One player who won’t be back is Todd Gurley, who is now in Atlanta with the Falcons.
How that changes the team offense remains to be seen, but Goff seems hungry, confident, and ready for a big 2020 and for the Rams to return to dominance in the NFC.
Rams Coach Sean McVay Sends Players Into Summer Break Two Weeks Early
Sean McVay sent the Rams into their summer break Thursday without seeing most of his players in person this spring, the Associated Press reports.
The head coach also doesn’t know when he’ll see them next, since the Rams’ plan to open training camp with rookies on July 23rd could change amid the coronavirus pandemic.
McVay has spent his life in the highly regimented world of football coaching, but he has learned to roll with unprecedented developments during this offseason. He’s confident the Rams will be ready whenever they get back to work.
“It’s uncharted territory that we’re navigating through,” said McVay, who told his players and coaches to “give yourself a chance to kind of decompress, but make sure that you establish your process, your rhythm. I feel like we’ve been able to gain an edge in the midst of all the things going on, and we’ve got to maintain that edge so that we can hit the ground running when we come back.”
The Rams wrapped up their virtual offseason program two weeks earlier than required by the NFL. McVay held a final team meeting over Zoom in which he commended the players for their work in the virtual classroom and in small-group workouts in the real world.
Jared Goff has been leading workouts for his passing targets, including rookies Cam Akers and Brycen Hopkins.
“The most important thing that’s as beneficial as anything is the guys are getting together and connecting as teammates,” McVay said. “They’re getting to know one another, establishing a rapport, making sure they’re being smart with how they compete.”
The Rams weren’t among the teams whose coaches rushed back into their training complex when the NFL approved it earlier this month. McVay still hasn’t been in his Thousand Oaks office regularly, instead working from home in the San Fernando Valley.
“I don’t know how often you guys are going to see me at the facility, period,” McVay said with a grin. “I’m saving a lot of time eliminating that commute, and unless the players are there, there’s not much of a reason for me to be there. I won’t be in the facilities until I absolutely have to, because I’ve got everything I need at my home office now. Until I get the green light that the players can be up there, there’s not much urgency to get back there.”
Owners Vote to Approve an Additional $500 Million for Rams to Finish SoFi Stadium
The NFL is extending another lifeline to the Rams as the team continues construction on the nearly $5 billion SoFi Stadium in the city of Inglewood, Blake Schuster of Bleacherreport reports.
According to The Athletic’s sports business reporter, Daniel Kaplan, league owners voted Tuesday to approve lending an additional $500 million to the team to complete the facility.
Two years ago, owners had agreed to a record debt waiver of $2.25 billion for the stadium that will soon become the permanent home of the Rams and Chargers.
A lack of demand for personal seat licenses, which grant holders the ability to then purchase season tickets, has forced the Rams into asking for the increase in credit.
