{"id":54775,"date":"2016-08-31T10:31:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T17:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=54775"},"modified":"2016-08-31T10:31:42","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T17:31:42","slug":"rams-training-camp-notes-08302016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=54775","title":{"rendered":"Rams Training Camp Notes: 08\/30\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rams\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher\u2013 Training Camp Post Practice \u2013 August 30, 2016<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

(Opening remarks)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAlright, it seems like it was yesterday when we got off the airplane and here we are with a short week just about behind us and getting ready to take off out of here tomorrow. We have some meetings yet to do this afternoon, but I\u2019m really proud of the way they responded, they\u2019re looking forward to finishing up. They understand what\u2019s ahead \u2013 we have a huge challenge ahead of us, not only with respect to the game, but also what\u2019s going to take place when we get back. We have to cut down the final roster, and then of course, we have to pack up and head off to our next home in Thousand Oaks. As far as camp is concerned, you can\u2019t say enough, as I said earlier, about our partner here, UC-Irvine and everybody involved. It was just a great camp, great facility, very convenient. We really appreciate them allowing us to use the facility in an effort to get ready for the season.<\/p>\n

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Play time, I think you\u2019re going to see everybody play just a little bit more, there may be a couple guys that don\u2019t play. That\u2019ll make sure you have to watch the game to see who doesn\u2019t play. We\u2019re going to go out and try to win this football game, and evaluate some players. There are still a few players that have an opportunity to show us some things as far as an opportunity to either make the 53(-man roster) or the practice squad roster.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On why he thinks the team has been able to adapt to all of the distractions with regards to moving)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe communicate to them, so they know in advance. Surprises, they make you uncomfortable, especially in professional sports. You try to eliminate the surprises and just communicate with them so they know what to expect. That\u2019s, by and large, what our meeting is comprised of this afternoon \u2013 what\u2019s going to happen when we get back off the airplane (on Thursday) and when you step off the airplane, what do you do, what time do you need to be here; then once we\u2019re done with the roster reduction, then when and where do you report and what\u2019s going to be available. As long as we\u2019re communicating with them, I think they can handle any situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On how difficult cut days are for him, personally)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re not easy. I\u2019ve been doing them for a long time and I do each and every one personally \u2013 I\u2019ve always done that. You tell them the truth and you stand behind that. Sometimes, over the years, people disagreed with our opinion, but that\u2019s okay. It\u2019s not easy and I think that, the most important thing here is, the guys that we released here over the last couple of days, in addition to those that aren\u2019t going to make the final roster, those are guys that have done nothing but one, compete for an opportunity at a roster spot, but two, also helped us to get better, they helped us to improve. So, you have to show appreciation for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if QB Jared Goff is going to start the final preseason game on Thursday)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t now yet. You\u2019ll have to wait and see. There\u2019s a chance, a 50-50 chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On what he wants to see in particular from Goff in the final preseason game)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s especially important that the ball comes out, that he\u2019s doing the right things in the run game. There\u2019s no telling what we\u2019re going to get out of that defense, it\u2019s a very talented defense. Just improve the decision-making process, which he\u2019s done each and every week.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On how he would asses where the team is right now as opposed to the first day of camp)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI think, from a health standpoint, we\u2019re in good shape right now. We\u2019ve got some guys we\u2019re counting on coming back \u2013 obviously, we lost a couple guys. But overall, coming out of camp, I think health-wise, we\u2019re good. Conditioning-wise, we\u2019re in good shape. I think mentally and emotionally we\u2019re ready to compete and we are. Everybody improves from day one through the end of camp and I think we\u2019ve done that. The guys, they understand the preseason games and they understand that there\u2019s a lot of things that go on out here from a football-scheme standpoint that we don\u2019t do in preseason games. They have that realistic picture about them. Obviously it was great, regardless of what happens tomorrow night, it was great to get the two wins here at home to start off.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if it\u2019s settling to know that Sunday and Monday the team is in a home after moving around so often since the end of last season)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, we have some work to do; we\u2019re leaving people behind (from the trip to Minnesota). It will be once the guys get in there. Their player day off is Saturday and Sunday, that\u2019s going to give us a chance to hang pictures – we just have to unload boxes and get ready. All the I.T. and the video and everything has to be set up and running so the coaches can get going. We have a lot of work to do over the next couple of days, but I\u2019d say by the middle part of the week, we should be ready to go, we shouldn\u2019t have any glitches at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if he has any reaction to the publicity his speech to the team about the national anthem in Hard Knocks<\/em> is getting)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s great, that\u2019s us. I\u2019ve made that speech for 20 years right before the first preseason game. You go back and look at any of our teams, they all paid respect to the national anthem. This wasn\u2019t a one-time deal or a first-time thing and that\u2019s just how we are. It\u2019s great that our partners with Hard Knocks<\/em> got to capture it. I was told just earlier that there\u2019s over 10 million hits (online). I think that kind of thing shows what we stand for \u2013 across the league, I\u2019m not just singling us out, but across the league people have a great deal of respect for this country.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On where his speech and respect for the national anthem came from, if he had military family)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI took it from Buddy Ryan. When Buddy was the head coach in Philadelphia the national anthem was important to him. In coaching, you take things along the way and that was one of the things I took from Buddy, was how important that moment was. Since I became a head coach, that\u2019s what we\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On he thinks he would have handled a player like 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick wanting to do non-violent protest)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m never going to get into hypotheticals. I addressed this on (Sunday), I think it\u2019s highly unlikely that I\u2019d have to deal with it \u2013 or I think it would be a surprise. If a player wanted to make a point, then I think it would be discussed. I think if that was the issue \u2013 I think what you need to do in those instances is you discuss the ramifications and what effect it\u2019s going to have from a media standpoint and all that stuff. Again, that\u2019s their deal, it\u2019s not ours. I think you all know and respect what we stand for.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On what it will be like to travel to a new stadium in Minnesota when the Rams are preparing to build a new stadium soon)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe did that a couple years ago when we went to San Francisco for the first time in their new stadium in Santa Clara. It\u2019s cool, it\u2019s neat going into a new place. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing the job that they did. I also had the experience of playing the first game at the new Cowboys stadium in the preseason when they opened that stadium (in 2009). It\u2019s not a first for me, but I\u2019m looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On what they keys are for the offense to get the most out of WR Tavon Austin)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just getting him the ball. It\u2019s funny, I\u2019m asked that from coaches and people \u2013 we only have one ball. We have (RB) Todd (Gurley) and we have (WR) Kenny (Britt) and we have Tavon and we have to spread the ball around. It\u2019s a matter of how we go ahead and deploy our system offensively and the pressure that we can put on and then the quarterback\u2019s ability to make the decision, to make the audible to understand where the ball needs to go to. We faked a couple of reverses the other night against Denver and they didn\u2019t even pay attention to the reverses. I think they thought, \u2018Well there\u2019s no way they\u2019re going to give Tavon the ball in a preseason game.\u2019 Had he gotten the ball, things would have been different.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if WR Pharoh Cooper being out with an injury gives the team the opportunity to get more of a chance to evaluate the other receivers)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, the younger guys are going to get a chance. But again, (WR) Bradley (Marquez) is coming back, so Bradley will be able to take some of those snaps inside.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rams QB Jared Goff \u2013 Post Training Camp Practice \u2013 August 30, 2016<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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(On if he has any indication of the amount of playing time he will have against Minnesota, and if he will start the opener)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t. I\u2019m just going every day and just trying to get better. They\u2019ll tell me what they want to do and when they want to do it. Every day, I\u2019m just out here trying to improve myself. I feel like I\u2019ve gotten a lot better over the course of the whole training camp, and I feel like I\u2019ve made really good strides.<\/p>\n

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(On what areas he\u2019s improved on since the start of camp)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJust having a grasp of everything, and just understanding how the NFL works as opposed to college. Having an understanding for defenses in the NFL as opposed to college, and just everything overall, just mentally, I think. There\u2019s a lot of stuff that has changed physically as well, but most of it is mental.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On the one thing that caught you by surprise regarding the training camp process)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of things. I don\u2019t think I realized how long, really, the whole training camp process is. I think it may be different for us because we\u2019re here, and we don\u2019t get to break camp. But, it\u2019s just been a really long process, and it seems like forever ago. Like I said last week, that we were showing up for training camp. It\u2019s been long. But again, I\u2019ve just tried to enjoy it all. It hasn\u2019t been too painstaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On moving into your new home in California)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI get to go home. I get to sleep in my own bed, and watch tv, and hangout, and decompress for a day or so.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if moving into his new home is a part of his mental approach)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, yeah definitely. People do it different ways, everyone is different. Part of my thing is, definitely, you need to kind of get away from it for at least a little bit. You don\u2019t want to spend too much time at home, but you need to relax and get away from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On what he does to relax)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJust hanging out in my house, chilling, watching tv. I play video games, yeah. (Play Station 4) PS4. (I play) mainly FIFA; it\u2019s soccer. Again, if I keep playing Madden, I\u2019ll just start getting back into this zone. I love Madden, it\u2019s great. I do love FIFA too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if the training camp process was as he expected it to be)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty much what I expected. It doesn\u2019t bother me much at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if he\u2019s watched Hard Knocks<\/em> Training Camp)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I saw the first episode and I\u2019ve seen bits and pieces of the second and third.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On his thoughts regarding Hard Knocks<\/em> Training Camp)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s been cool. I think it\u2019s something that will be cool for me to watch for a long time, and to show my friends and family forever. It\u2019s on video, it\u2019s documented, I think it\u2019s cool. It\u2019s been a really cool experience. At times, you\u2019re tired of…like right now I\u2019m mic\u2019d up, I\u2019m tired of it. Everything you say, you look up and there\u2019s a microphone. It kind of gets annoying at times, but they\u2019ve been great. They\u2019ve been really awesome, the crew has been awesome, it\u2019s been a good experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if starting against Minnesota will be different for him since he\u2019s never started a preseason game)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf that\u2019s the case, it would be great. It\u2019s something I\u2019m more used to, and kind of getting out there and going in right away as opposed to kind of trying to warm-up the game from the sideline. Whenever it is, I\u2019ll be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if your pregame routine from college differs with his pregame routine during the preseason)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPregame pretty much stays the same, as far as how I try to approach it. There\u2019s just that gap, obviously, when (QB) Case (Keenum) is in, to when I have to come in, where I kind of have to fill in and improvise, and kind of stay warm and ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if he listens to music before a game)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, yeah I do. I try to stay as calm as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On what is on his music playlist)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of stuff, I don\u2019t know, a variety of stuff. There\u2019s country, there\u2019s pop, there\u2019s hip-hop, there\u2019s everything. But really, just try to stay relaxed and comfortable, just mentally lock-in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On how beneficial his preparation will be this week, having faced the Denver defense the previous week)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGreat, very beneficial. Obviously, they\u2019re the defending Super Bowl champions, and their defense is a big reason why. They were really good the other night. We didn\u2019t score a touchdown. Really solid defense, so yeah, this week will definitely help.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if he saw anything from the Denver defense that left him in amazement)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey ran a lot of zero. I\u2019d seen that before in my life, but not yet in the first two games. But they did run a lot of zero, where they blitz everyone. They do a good job mixing things up; they\u2019re a really good team.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if he was nervous during the Denver game)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI get nervous before every game. But I don\u2019t think I was any more nervous for that game than I was for the first game or the second game. And really, probably felt even more settled in and more comfortable because of having experienced play time already. So, I really didn\u2019t think about defending Super Bowl champion or anything. Maybe a little bit when I was out there in pregame. Kind of saw the banners and looked around. But after that, it was really just a football game.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if there\u2019s anything he\u2019s looking to add to his r\u00e9sum\u00e9)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJust be consistent with everything. Be consistent, try not to have any mental errors, and try not to have any physical errors, obviously. But try to be as consistent as possible, and again get the ball to the guys so who can make some plays.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On how he takes care of his body postgame)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIce, sleep, eat, recover.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On his go-to postgame meal)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll eat anything after a game; I\u2019m pretty hungry. We used to get Chick-fil-A, so I used to eat that a lot. I love In-N-Out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if there\u2019s a quarterback you look forward to playing and meeting in person)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI think someone asked me this a long time ago, it\u2019s (Tom) Brady. That would be cool to play them in New England. Obviously, grew up watching him and Peyton (Manning) battle for years. Getting a chance to play him and meet him will be great.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Rams Media Release 08\/30\/2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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