{"id":54195,"date":"2016-08-01T09:36:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T16:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=54195"},"modified":"2016-08-03T08:55:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T15:55:32","slug":"rams-training-camp-notes-july-31-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=54195","title":{"rendered":"Rams Training Camp Notes: July 31, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher \u2013 Training Camp Post-Practice \u2013 July 31, 2016<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

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

\u201cAlright, day two, day two with everybody. Update on (WR) Tavon (Austin), he\u2019s fine, he got a little dehydrated. He was cramping a little bit, so he\u2019ll be fine. He\u2019s not going to miss any practice, won\u2019t miss any time. Great lesson to be learned there, I heard that, for some reason he didn\u2019t eat lunch. Go figure. So anyway, a good message for the rest of the team. He\u2019s doing fine, he\u2019s having a great camp, he\u2019s in great shape. No worries there. We released (WR) Deon Long this morning. We\u2019ll probably bring some receivers in; we\u2019re just trying to upgrade the bottom part of our roster. (WR) Kenny Britt was excused from practice today; he\u2019ll be back in the swing of things tonight in meetings and tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBeyond that, we had a good day, a good second day. We\u2019re installing, getting a lot more in and I thought (QB) Jared (Goff) had a good day, made some really good throws. We\u2019re eagerly awaiting that opportunity to put the shoulder pads on so the offense can show what they\u2019ve got, because it\u2019s obviously a practice scenario situation where the defense typically gets the advantage before the pads go on. So the offense is looking forward to it. Tomorrow, we\u2019re having a special teams practice; it\u2019ll be our first practice with the shoulder pads. Then we\u2019ll come back the next day with shoulder pads and we\u2019ll be rolling. Questions?\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if this seemed more like a typical practice after all the excitement from yesterday\u2019s first day)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, it was great. It\u2019s kind of what we\u2019re hoping to get out of training camp throughout the way. It\u2019s been great. And unfortunately, we don\u2019t have time to get every autograph signed because players have responsibilities inside and then meal and meetings. But they\u2019re doing the best they can. I think the offensive line is up tonight (for autographs) and some of the defensive line stayed out. But it\u2019s a good situation for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On Alec Ogletree\u2019s transition to middle linebacker)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been seamless. He really has a great understanding of the defense \u2013 making all the calls; he\u2019s taking that leadership role over. He\u2019s off to a great start. I think one of the things that\u2019s indicative of that is what a guy does during the time off \u2013 like we talked about yesterday. He went out and he worked and he came back and had the best overall time, from a defensive standpoint, in the conditioning test. What a difference a couple years makes. I\u2019m just really proud of him. He\u2019s our guy in the middle.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if he saw the same qualities last year that made him think Ogletree could handle the move)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, we did. Unfortunately, the season didn\u2019t work out the way he, and all of us hoped, because of the injury. He stayed focused throughout the rehab. He held onto the hope that he could come back, perhaps for the last game, but it just didn\u2019t work out. I think the fact that he was around, he was rehabbing, he was studying, he was a teammate \u2013 I think it really helped him to prepare.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(QB Jared Goff saying that QB Case Keenum is one of the best teammates he\u2019s ever had and if camp is about team bonding)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWell I\u2019d like to think that it\u2019s top-to-bottom and that\u2019s important. And it\u2019s important around the league, but especially important here. They have grown closer together, they\u2019re patient but focused. So I\u2019d like to think that they all would talk about each other like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On how CB E.J. Gaines looks coming off an injury and what he could mean to the secondary going forward)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWell he\u2019s done fine. He got involved towards the end of the OTAs and was coming on, making progress, worked hard, came back and he hasn\u2019t missed a snap. We\u2019re not giving him the number of reps, for a week or so, that he ordinarily would get, but he gives us the opportunity to have him be in a position to win that job back and compete there. In addition to that, we know that he can come inside and play in the slot, because he proved that his rookie year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On integrating young guys like WR Pharoh Cooper and TE Tyler Higbee into what the team does offensively)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe just plug them in and go. If you watch practice, they\u2019re lining up with the 1s. That should tell you something \u2013 they\u2019re lining up and going. They have a good feel. We\u2019re not going to put them in to fail, but they know what to do, they\u2019re going to get their reps.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Rams Media Release 07\/31\/2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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