{"id":54211,"date":"2016-08-03T08:45:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T15:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=54211"},"modified":"2016-08-03T08:57:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T15:57:21","slug":"rams-training-camp-notes-08022016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=54211","title":{"rendered":"Rams Training Camp Notes: 08\/02\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher \u2013 Training Camp Post-Practice \u2013 August 2, 2016<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

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

\u201cFirst, really full day with the team in pads, we had about half the team yesterday working through some special teams drills in shoulder pads. But I thought, overall, today was really good, we got through it healthy and got a lot of work done. As you see, we added another phase, we moved into the red zone today and the offense made a lot of plays, a lot of good throws, a lot of good catches. So, I\u2019m expecting the defense to answer a little bit tomorrow. The offense is probably going to need to strap it up a little bit tomorrow. It was a good day overall.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On WR Pharoh Cooper\u2019s status)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, we\u2019re holding him out. He\u2019s got a little thing going in his quad. You push through it, it may be two weeks, (but) if you back him off, it might be a couple days. That\u2019s what we\u2019ve got going there, he\u2019ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if this was a typical first day in pads)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I thought it was good. Considering what we installed and the types of sessions that we had, I thought it was really good. We had a lot of good work in the special teams period and got a lot of work just throwing the ball into tight areas in the red zone, which is hard. I thought all of the quarterbacks did a nice job today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On QB Jared Goff\u2019s performance today)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he did well, he made some really good throws, a couple, the balls should have been caught. I thought he was making really good decisions. We had a little bit of noise the last period, so they had to focus in the huddle and I thought he took charge of it. He\u2019s progressing well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On DE Robert Quinn\u2019s performance coming back from injury)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, and that was not an easy thing that he went through last year. A lot of hard work during the offseason, step-by-step-by-step to where we are right now. He\u2019s 100 percent, but it doesn\u2019t make sense \u2013 when you have a racehorse like that, you have got to watch him. We\u2019re going to watch him, his reps aren\u2019t, probably aren\u2019t up, to where he normally would be, but he\u2019ll get there. It just makes sense just to protect him. He\u2019s going to play in the preseason, do all those things. But he\u2019s special.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if he had to calm the team down before today\u2019s practice like he did prior to Sunday\u2019s practice)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNo, today was just \u2018let\u2019s go play.\u2019 You\u2019ve got pads on now, so it\u2019s time to go play. What you saw, which is a little bit different, which we talked about, the defense clearly has an advantage without the pads. It\u2019s hard for the offensive guys to anchor and pass protect and all that. Then all of the sudden, today the pads went on and the quarterback has a little more time, he steps up in the pocket and makes a big throw down the field. It was real football today. (When) we\u2019ve got pads on, it\u2019ll be real football.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On what the team installed during today\u2019s practice)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I\u2019ll give you some specifics. We installed the entire system \u2013 offense, defense and pretty much special teams through the offseason program. So we\u2019re reinstalling again. So that\u2019s where we\u2019re at. Everybody, for the most part, has had an opportunity to go out and execute what we installed during the offseason program, so now we\u2019re doing it again \u2013 that\u2019s what everybody does. You start over and you just start your installation process over and you go. We\u2019re maybe 20 percent into it right now, which is good. As you\u2019ll see as we get into next week, we\u2019ll do a lot more situational-type things, where we get into the two-minute, the four-minute, the last play \u2013 just all those things so there\u2019s recall and comfortability with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if he has seen a confidence difference from OTAs to what he\u2019s seeing today)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, completely different. Again, I think a lot had to do with the pads, but it\u2019s completely different. It\u2019s a huge step that we took, specifically today. You walk off the field, everybody feels good, the defense is (saying) \u2018we gave up too many plays.\u2019 Tomorrow the defense may make the plays and the offense may not, they\u2019re competing. We\u2019re allowing both sides to call what they want and compete. As we get further into it, we\u2019ll back down getting into the situations. It\u2019s just one day at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On the rumors of Coach Fisher sleeping on an air mattress)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been coaching for 20 years and I don\u2019t go into my own personal stuff. But I\u2019ll confirm that, yeah. Yeah, I\u2019ve got an air mattress at home and a six-pack of Fiji Water.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if any of the young guys stand out to him after seeing the film from yesterday\u2019s special teams practice)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re all getting better. I like the group of receivers, the young group of receivers. (Passing Game Coordinator\/Wide Receivers) Coach (Mike) Groh\u2019s doing a really good job with them. I think I said you can change the numbers and it\u2019s true that they\u2019re all tall, can make plays, elevate and make catches. I\u2019d say, right now, it looks like the young group of receivers is going to be good for us. You\u2019re going to get to know them, especially in the preseason games.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if there\u2019s anything in particular that has stood out to him from TE Tyler Higbee and WR Duke Williams)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI just like what they\u2019re doing right now. Duke came in, knew he had a once in a lifetime opportunity based on some of the things that happened in his history. We gave him that opportunity and he took advantage of it. Went off in the summer and came back, took a lot of weight off and he\u2019s doing well. Tyler, on the other hand, is just getting better every day. He had a setback because of the knee but he pushed through that during the break. He\u2019s making a lot of plays, like he\u2019s played before.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On the kind of options DB Lamarcus Joyner gives them as they try to work around the pieces in the secondary)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s getting reps, he\u2019s taking reps outside at corner, he\u2019s in that competition there. And then he\u2019s able to go back inside, where he\u2019s really comfortable and he\u2019s productive for two years. His flexibility helps our defense. If he ends up getting the job done outside, that\u2019s only going to make us better.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if it\u2019s hard to pencil Joyner into a cornerback spot with all of the different looks and formations opposing offenses present)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWell, nothing\u2019s hard. We have to make the right decisions and make sure he\u2019s getting enough reps. A significant part of our defensive package involves more than four defensive backs \u2013 I\u2019m taking (LB) Mark Barron out of that because he\u2019s kind of in that linebacker spot. So it involves more than four, we play with five. He\u2019s going to be on the field most of the time. He\u2019s one of those guys you can trust, he\u2019s very, very serious about his job, and very, very competitive. He\u2019s learned to practice really well, he hit everything his first year here. Anything that was moving, he hit even if he didn\u2019t have pads on. Now he\u2019s learning how to settle down a little bit. The game\u2019s slowing down for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if he\u2019s noticing anything going on after the whistle during the first few days of camp since the first few days sometimes are chippy)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNo, it\u2019s clean, we\u2019ve talked about it. There\u2019s occasionally going to be a push and shove, you see it all around the league, it happens, it\u2019s part of camp. We talk about it, there\u2019s no place for it and it certainly can\u2019t carry over to games, you don\u2019t want to create a bad habit. You do want to finish and that\u2019s really important on both sides of the ball and special teams. Finish through the whistle, through the echo of the whistle. That\u2019s probably some of the things that you saw there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On evaluating QB Case Keenum coming into his first year as the starter in camp and how he\u2019s handling it)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s handled it great. He has a great feel for it. Understands the offense, great in the huddle. He does all those little, extra, subtle things that you need to do as a quarterback. He\u2019s had a great offseason. A little setback during OTAs, arm got sore, but he worked out real hard and he\u2019s doing well.”<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Rams Media Release 08\/02\/2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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