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Defense and domination are hallmarks of a championship team. The Los Angeles Rams put the rest of the league on early notice as they thoroughly dismantled the Arizona Cardinals, 34-0, before a crowd of 66,515 at the L.A. Coliseum for the 2018 home opener on Sunday. “Great team win today. Thought the defense was outstanding to be able to hold them to five first downs, they brought it from the start,” said Rams Head Coach Sean McVay. The Rams now are readying for a showdown against the Cha...
For the second straight season, the Buffalo Bills decided to play a rookie quarterback in his first NFL start against the Chargers and for the second straight season, the result was the same: An easy Charger victory, this time by a 31-20 margin. The Chargers took an early 28-3 lead and cruised to victory from that point. Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers had an almost perfect first half, completing 15 of 16 passes for 178 yards and three touchdowns in leading the Chargers to four first-half...
By Bill Seals Sports Reporter Are the Chargers Super Bowl contenders? The Los Angeles Chargers have gone through the preseason as if the goal is to avoid injuries to their starters. Winning has been secondary to being ready for the regular season, which starts Sept. 9 against the Kansas City Chiefs at the StubHub Center in Carson. The Chargers lost to the New Orleans Saints 36-7 at the StubHub Center last week, yet there seemed to be little concern about the beatdown. Head Coach Anthony Lynn...
Dateline: Friday, August 31, 2018 Aaron Donald is now the standard. The Los Angeles Rams announced today that they have agreed to a six-year, $137 million contract extension. It's the richest contract ever offered to a defensive player in NFL history. $87 million is guaranteed to the 2017 NFL Defensive Player of the Year and should keep Donald with the Rams through the 2024 season. Donald, who held out of training camp the past two seasons as leverage to signing a contract extension, finally...
Home sweet home counts, even in the preseason. The virtual battle for the most fans in the seats at the L.A. Coliseum may have been won by the Oakland Raider fans. But the real battle on the football field was won by the Los Angeles Rams. Among the 69,037 in attendance the Rams fans took it all in stride, knowing that they will be the ultimate fanbase in Los Angeles for years to come. The Rams played their second consecutive 2018 preseason without the benefit of their starters but still managed...
Los Angeles Chargers Head Coach Anthony Lynn has been preaching for a more balanced offense since he was hired for the job in 2017. Last season, the Chargers struggled to consistently run the ball, but led the NFL in passing so it was difficult to achieve the balance on offense. With Charger quarterback Philip Rivers and a talented group of receivers, the choice was easy. As offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt said, “You can't ignore the fact that we have guys like Travis (Benjamin) and T...
On Saturday, the Los Angeles Chargers held their first Blue-White scrimmage at the Jack Hammett Sports Complex in Costa Mesa. The offense seemed to be in mid-season form. Below is an early evaluation on the following position groups: Quarterbacks: Charger starting quarterback Philip Rivers has 192 consecutive regular season starts and watching him on Saturday, he looked like he could play another five years. Watching Rivers in drills, his footwork in the pocket was very good. His passing...
The Los Angeles Rams took another big step in becoming an NFL championship threat on Tuesday as they agreed to a four-year extension contract with running back Todd Gurley. The reported $60-million deal secures Gurley with the team through the 2023 season. Rams General Manager Les Snead and Head Coach Sean McVay addressed the signing, other developments and the start of the team’s training camp that has just opened in Irvine. “Like Les mentioned, we were able to agree to an extension with Tod...
Training and drilling like a pro became a reality for a number of lucky Los Angeles Rams fans. The Rams teamed up with 24 Hour Fitness to host the 'Sideline Challenge' on Saturday morning, June 9, at the NFC West Division defending Champions' practice facility in Thousand Oaks. Ram personnel, players, members of the team's training staff, and 24 Hour Fitness personal trainers tested the fans' athletic skills and agility with fitness stations including a few NFL Combine drills. Rams team...
The Los Angeles Chargers signed wide receiver Nelson Spruce, the organization announced on Monday. Spruce was an undrafted free agent signing by the Los Angeles Rams in 2016. He spent the majority of 2017 on the Chicago Bears practice squad and was most recently with the Kansas City Chiefs. Spruce set 41 University of Colorado records (37 outright, four tied) and two Pac-12 Conference records as he exited his career as the most prolific receiver in school history. Among the top records he set were career marks for receptions (294), receiving...
After concluding the 2018 NFL Draft, the LA Chargers agreed to terms with 21 undrafted free agents: Tony Brown | Alabama | DB | 6-0 | 198 | Beaumont, Texas A two-year starter in football and a track All-American … provided leadership on defense and special teams for the Crimson Tide enroute to a National Championship in 2017 … as a senior, the defensive back provided 31 tackles, a tackle for loss, two passes defensed and a quarterback hurry before picking off his first pass of the season in the...
For the first time in many years UCLA and USC will have two players taken in the top two or three spots in the National Football League draft today (Thursday). USC’s Sam Darnold and UCLA’s Josh Rosen are two of the top quarterbacks in the draft. No one can predict what the teams will do, but if the draft experts are correct, Darnold will be the No. 1 pick, and will go to the Cleveland Browns. The Browns need a franchise quarterback who is smart, durable, and can lead them out of cellar. The Bro...
The 2018 NFL draft is less than a week away, on April 26th through the April 28th and it is time to put our best effort forward to predict whom the Los Angeles Chargers might add to their roster through the draft. The Chargers have seven draft picks, one for each round. Below is the prediction for the Chargers for the 2018 NFL Draft: Round 1 – Pick 17 Leighton Vander Esch, Linebacker, Boise State This is a pick that should be on the board at #17 and a player with a lot of upside. Vander Esch wou...
The 2018 NFL Draft is less than two weeks away (April 26th through the 28th). The Los Angeles Chargers have a very good roster and really need to use this draft to build depth and to find replacements for players that they could lose in free agency in the future. The Chargers have addressed the offense with the addition of free agent Center Mike Pouncey. Forrest Lamp, the Chargers 2nd round pick from 2017, will be back after missing his entire rookie season with an ACL injury. He will start at...
The Los Angeles Chargers are coming off a successful first season in Los Angeles feeling pretty good about themselves. The Chargers ended up with their first winning season since 2014 with a 9-7 record. The Chargers won 9 of their last 12 games and in the process looked like a team that no one would want to face in the playoffs. Unfortunately, the Chargers just missed making the playoffs due to their 0-4 start. The Chargers met many of their 2017 pre-season goals: stay healthy, win close games...
The Los Angeles Rams sent an early seismic wave across the 2018 NFL landscape on Monday, March 26 when they signed free-agent defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh to a one-year $14 million contract for the 2018 season. The Rams instantly became a title contender and solidified their quest to repeat as NFC West Division Champions. The Rams' third major acquisition this off-season gives them one of the NFL's most formidable defensive lines in recent memory. Placing Suh on the same line with 2017 NFL...
There was once a Quarterback from Westlake High School in Austin, Texas that led his team to a magical Super Bowl Championship. In 2010, Austin Westlake graduate Dree Brees led his New Orleans Saints to an upset win in Super Bowl 44 over the Indianapolis Colts and in the process was named the Super Bowl MVP. The Philadelphia Eagles came to Minnesota as underdogs, looking for their own Super Bowl magic. They were led by a backup quarterback, Nick Foles, who was starting due to an injury to the...
The 2017 Los Angeles Charger season is going to be remembered for a lot of positive developments, including winning nine of their last 12 games. But it will be the missed opportunities that will haunt this team. It was those missed opportunities that will keep the Chargers at home for the playoffs. The Chargers started the season going 0-4, losing the opener by 24-21 to the Denver Broncos on a blocked field goal attempt, losing at home to the Miami Dolphins 19-17 on a missed field goal and...
It was a heck of a run. The 2017 Los Angeles Rams surprising and captivating season came to an abrupt end at the Coliseum last Saturday night. The Rams were taken to task by the reigning NFC Champion Atlanta Falcons, 26-13, in the NFL Wild Card round matchup before a large and highly partisan home crowd that finally showed up. Behind quarterback Matt Ryan the Falcons jumped out to a13-0 lead, survived a second-quarter Ram response, ate up the clock for much of the third quarter and polished the...
The last game of the 2017 NFL regular season, a 34-13 loss to the visiting San Francisco 49ers was inconsequential to the Los Angeles Rams. What mattered was the team being able to rest most of its starters in preparation for Saturday night's NFC Wild Card Playoff matchup. The third-seeded Rams will host the wild card Atlanta Falcons starting at 5:15 PST in the Coliseum. Six roster moves and 17 lineup changes by the Rams (11-5) were no match for the 49ers (6-10) and quarterback Jimmy Garappolo,...
In 1965 the Chicago Bears opened their season 0-3. They won nine of their next ten games to get back into the conference race, but fell short in their bid to win the conference. The Green Bay Packers and the Baltimore Colts were conference co-champions that year. Despite beating the eventual champion Packers by 21 points and shutting out the Colts on the road, the Bears could not overcome their 0-3 start. The Bears fate of 1965 is the similar to the fate of the Los Angeles Chargers of 2017. The...
By Steve Finley For the past three years two local college quarterbacks have dominated the talk about who is the best NFL ready signal caller. UCLA’s Josh Rosen and USC’s Sam Darnold climbed to the top of the list. Now Oklahoma’s Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield has joined the club. All three players have strong points and weak points. Darnold and Mayfield combine great athletic ability with good quarterback skills and tremendous leader skills and a will to win. Rosen is the best pure passe...
The Los Angeles Chargers' 2017 season has been like a roller coaster ride. Up and down, never dull and never ending. The season started with a four-game losing streak, followed by a three-game winning streak, followed by a two-game losing streak, followed by a four-game winning streak. Then came the meltdown loss at Kansas City, which some feared might have ended the roller coaster ride and the Chargers' playoff hopes. But hope is still alive for the Chargers. On Sunday, the Chargers went on...
Christmas 2017 came a day early for the City of Los Angeles. Completing one of the more memorable turn-arounds in NFL history the Los Angeles Rams won the NFC West division title for the first time since 2003. Also significant was the Rams finishing their season road record at 7-1, outlasting a stubborn but struggling Tennessee Titan squad, 27-23. The game became the Todd Gurley Show. The Titan defense had very few answers for the third-year Ram running back including an explosive full-stride...
There's a new sheriff in the NFC West... wearing a blue helmet with white horns. The reign of the Seahawks came crashing down at CenturyLink Field as the Los Angeles Rams pillaged Seattle, 42-7. The win gave the 10-4 Rams a two-game lead over the Seahawks with two games remaining in the 2017 regular season. It was the worst beating suffered by Seattle since Pete Carroll started coaching there in 2010. The Seahawks finished first in the NFC West four times in the past seven years including a...