August 17th, 2015 
Mark Peterson 
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Friday night’s contest concluded with the score Rams 3 – Raiders 18. All night I found myself telling myself, “It’s just a preseason game… it’s just a preseason game… it’s just a preseason game…”
“It’s just a preseason game… it’s just a preseason game… it’s just a preseason game…”
And, it really is only a preseason game and Coach Fisher is notorious for not caring about the outcome of preseason games. I was in the crowd Friday night and the Raiders seemed much more energized and prepared than the Rams. But to be fair, the Rams star running back Tre Mason only saw 2 touches. Not enough action to warrant any kind of judgement. The most important things for Rams fans is to see a progressive improvement across the preseason. Other highlights of the night include 2 Rams INTs (Imoan Claiborne and Trumaine Johnson) and a solid performance from WR Chris Givens who gave us 4 receptions for 36 yards and a 16 yard run to the left.
A lot more preparation to be done before the regular season. Go Rams!!!
I hate to say it, but based on this one game, it’s the same old lousy Rams. The penalties are particularly discouraging, because they’ve been bad every preseason, Fisher had downplayed them, then we’ve gone on to a season full of drives killed by penalties, and opponents drives revived by a penalty after an apparent stop.
If Fisher can’t get the penalties cleaned up in the preseason, why should anyone expect him to get them cleaned up during the season? At least there are three more chances to see if he can clean things up!