{"id":55228,"date":"2016-09-15T08:20:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T15:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=55228"},"modified":"2016-09-15T08:20:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T15:20:32","slug":"los-angeles-rams-notes-09142016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=55228","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Rams Notes: 09\/14\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image003.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54379\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image003.png\" alt=\"Rams\" width=\"226\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image003.png 226w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image003-70x49.png 70w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image003-150x105.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><u>Head Coach Jeff Fisher \u2013 Post Practice \u2013 September 14, 2016<\/u><\/b><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Opening remarks)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re on to the next opponent. We had a really good day. The week is a little different than a normal preparation week, particularly because we have short, short week. So we adjusted today. We didn\u2019t get to full-speed, but we\u2019ll be full-speed tomorrow and Friday. I was really pleased with the way they responded. They came in anxious and eager to get into the game plan. We\u2019re rolling; we\u2019re playing a really good opponent. We know them well, and we\u2019re real excited about having the opportunity to open the Coliseum for our home opener.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On what is special about this particular game)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, there is. But, I guess that\u2019s something to reflect back on when the season is over. We\u2019re concerned about kickoff right now, and winning this game. We played them in Seattle, we played them in St. Louis, now we\u2019re playing them in LA. It\u2019s going to take our best shot, because they\u2019re playing well. I was impressed the way they hung in there against the (Miami) Dolphins. The Dolphins really played well up there in a tough place to play, and (QB) Russell (Wilson), with a sore ankle, finds a way to put together a winning drive at the end is really impress. That\u2019s what they\u2019re about; play good defense, and hang in there. They win a lot of games at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On his thoughts regarding QB Case Keenum\u2019s performance last game)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that the entire team\u2026remember, we came out ready to play, we thought we had a good game plan, and we didn\u2019t execute in all three areas. Case, he made some plays, and then missed some opportunities. But every game you watch, quarterbacks are missing opportunities. We have to just make sure we take advantage of those opportunities when they\u2019re there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On if he felt the 49ers game planned well against WR Tavon Austin)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey did some things. They caught us off guard on one of the reverses where they brought the corner, and we thought we\u2019d had a chance for a more significant gain. The issue with the targets and all those things is, unless you\u2019re converting third downs\u202660 snaps is not ample to target and get the ball spread around to your playmakers. We just have to continue to work on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On RB Todd Gurley\u2019s not practicing today)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a coaches\u2019 decision. He\u2019s inside; he\u2019ll be fine. He\u2019ll be out there tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On if the loss will affect the team\u2019s preparation for Seattle)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, it\u2019s over. That\u2019s the key thing, is that it\u2019s over, and you move on. That\u2019s the great thing about the National Football League; for a long time, there\u2019s always going to be a next week. We put it in perspective like we talked about, and we were disappointed. We\u2019re better than that. I think the motivating factor for us to prove that we\u2019re better than that, is the fact that we\u2019re playing the Seahawks this weekend at home. They\u2019re going to bring the best out of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On what he\u2019s been experiencing in regards to the excitement that football is back in Los Angeles)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a great transition since the day we arrived. Through the draft, through the OTAs, and through the first day of training camp, the fan appreciation, both preseason games, it\u2019s been great. We\u2019re hoping they come out, and hoping they give the Seattle fans a run for their money. Expect it to be loud, expect them to contribute. They have a chance to contribute to this win. We need to take advantage of the home field advantage, and things that are associated with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On if he\u2019s addressed WR Kenny Britt and DE Robert Quinn regarding the national anthem)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I\u2019ve not addressed it with them, no. Look, I said yesterday, they have every right. I support their issue, I support the premise, and all that, and they have every right. But, we also have to respect the anthem, and I thought our team has been respecting the anthem for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On what impresses him most about Seattle\u2019s defense)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeattle\u2019s defense\u2026they\u2019re very, very talented. They\u2019re well coached. They don\u2019t do an awful lot, they just do what they do really, really well, and they do it in a difficult environment. When you take into consideration when they\u2019re playing at home, they can\u2019t hear. The defense cannot hear, they can\u2019t communicate. So, you see (LB) Bobby Wagner slapping defensive linemen over and moving them, getting them lined up, because you really can\u2019t communicate there. So, they\u2019ve adjusted to that, and they\u2019re just really solid across the board. The corners are playing well. (CB) Richard (Sherman) is always tough to attack. They fill, they don\u2019t miss tackles, they put pressure on the passer, and they give up very few explosive plays, and that\u2019s just how they\u2019ve always been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On if he thinks the Coliseum can be a similar environment than Seattle\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we needed a little bit of help there in the last preseason game. There were a few people left, it got loud. I can only imagine what it\u2019s going to be like when it\u2019s full. We\u2019re looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On if there\u2019s more pressure in the home opener in comparison to last game)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the next game, next game on the schedule. We never entered a game worried about those things. We go in the game with the expectation to win. You obviously don\u2019t want to get off to an 0-2 start, but we\u2019re expecting to win this game, as is Seattle. That\u2019s how you get through the week. That\u2019s what gets you up in the morning. That\u2019s the motivating factor, is to do everything you possibly can to give yourself a chance to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On when people will know if QB Jared Goff is active or inactive this weekend)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLater in the week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Rams Quarterback Case Keenum \u2013 Post-Practice \u2013 September 14, 2016<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(On positivity of first practice after Monday\u2019s loss)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah it always feels good to get back on the field. We had a bad taste in our mouth, and we\u2019re ready to get out of it. I think today was a good day, getting back\u00a0 out, getting some good reps. Not a long practice, but we got some good work in and I think it was good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(On whether he will play with a chip on his shoulder come Sunday) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019ve got a chip on my shoulder \u2013 I\u2019ve had it for a while. So, it\u2019ll still be there, the same one\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(On what went wrong against the 49ers on Monday night)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI over-thought a lot of things. You know, if the word over-prepare is, you know, something I think that I was seeing ghosts; I was seeing things that weren\u2019t there. I wasn\u2019t trusting myself and my abilities. I tried too hard. Just have to let the game come to me, take what the defense gives me, trust my teammates \u2013\u00a0 they do a great job, and get the ball out of my hands to the right place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(On if he saw looks that he didn\u2019t expect in the loss on Monday night)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey gave us some different looks. For us, we\u2019ve always said, we trust our rules. That\u2019s why our coaches do a great job preparing us to have rules that can fix anything in a game. So yeah, they mixed up some looks, did some good things. Their defense did a good job, but that\u2019s the past, we\u2019re moving on. Coach Fisher, talks about 22-hour, 24-hour rule, we\u2019re moving on, it\u2019s on to the Seahawks defense and getting ready for those guys and they\u2019ve got a pretty good defense too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(On the challenges facing the Seattle Seahawks)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey do what they do, and they do it well. They\u2019re going to line up how they\u2019re going to line up. We played them a bunch of times; we\u2019ve got a lot of film on them. They just do it well, they\u2019ve got great guys. Their secondary is one of the best, obviously, and their front seven or eight even if you\u2019ll call it, you know, with (SS Kam) Chancellor coming down to the box too, it\u2019s a great run stopping box too \u2013 we\u2019ve got our work cut out for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(On the takeaway from last year\u2019s victory against the Seahawk and what they can apply this year)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was that game, it was that team too. This is a new team, they\u2019re a new team, and we\u2019re a new team. We\u2019ve got to go, and obviously we can learn some stuff, from those games, but we\u2019ve got a new challenge ahead of us, and a new opportunity really. All these adversity challenges, it\u2019s really opportunities \u2013 that\u2019s the way I\u2019m looking at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(On if receivers were out of position or if he was over-thinking things against the 49ers) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was me over-thinking it, like I said. You know, maybe thinking that they were going to do this, because of this, and this and this \u2013 just trust what you see and let it fly. That\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do. I\u2019m going to trust \u2013 that\u2019s a word I\u2019m going to use this whole week, trust. That\u2019s trust my protection, that\u2019s trust my mechanics, my rules, my footwork, and trust what I see, trust the guys out there, get the ball into the hands of those guys that can make plays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll \u2013 Conference Call \u2013 September 14, 2016<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(On if there is any sense of nostalgia for returning to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with the Seahawks)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be fun. I\u2019ve looked forward to it ever since the switch took place \u2013 we kind of all looked forward to playing those guys down there. It\u2019ll be fun to be back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On how he thinks he\u2019ll be received)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know. No idea. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s going to be an actual reception, I think we\u2019re just going to start the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On if there are any particular moments or games that stand out to him about his time at USC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, there\u2019s a lot of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On which games stand out in particular)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a bunch of them. The first UCLA game that we played at night was the first time that the Coliseum really filled up and everybody was there. It was a big night \u2013 I think we won like 23-0 or something like that. It was being in the midst of the crowd, the atmosphere that I kind of hoped it would be. It took a while, during that season, to get people coming. But obviously, the UCLA-SC game drew a great crowd. That was kind of the start of the big enthusiasm, the big excitement about being at the Coliseum, I thought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On if he ever thought he\u2019d be coaching an NFL game at the Coliseum after his college career)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat never really came to my mind, I\u2019ll tell you that. I didn\u2019t think about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On if he followed the process of the NFL coming back to Los Angeles)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe conversation, I thought throughout the time we were there, was kind of ongoing. I mentioned today that there was a time when I remember Paul Tagliabue came through and visited with us when Roger Goodell was of the sidekicks and the whole crop of guys and they were talking about the league and talking about what could happen. I think they were just doing some advance work. That was pretty early on \u2013 the conversation was always kind of kicked around. The league always wanted to come back, you knew that, but it was just such a hard process. It was just kind of an ongoing conversation that it took them years and years and years to finally get it done. I was always aware of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On if he\u2019s ever been in the visitor\u2019s locker room at the Coliseum)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a matter of fact, the first time I was there \u2013 some of you may not remember when UCLA used to play their home games there \u2013 but I was at Ohio State and we played there. I don\u2019t think the locker room was as bad as it turned out to be after Al Davis was there. That was the first time and then there was another time when I was with the Jets and we came out and played the Raiders. That was one of the scariest football days we ever had because nobody wanted to get off the bus at the time because of all the guys on the motorcycles and stuff waiting outside our bus, nobody wanted to go in the stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On if they won that game)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. You didn\u2019t ask me if we beat UCLA, yeah we beat UCLA that day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On if any of the losses stick out to him while he was at USC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On what he remembers about coaching current Rams S T.J. McDonald at USC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell we didn\u2019t have him very long. But because I coached his dad and knew the family throughout, I kind of watched him grow up a little bit in his high school days. I saw him more then than \u2013 I think we were just together a year \u2013 but he was a great kid, he was a perfect competitor, he did everything right, worked really hard, loved the game, respectful, loyal. He was a great kid. I love seeing him whenever we play him just because I see his dad, Tim, in him. And I\u2019ve just always loved the family \u2013 it was a good story, I always liked following him, I always follow him, and watch him every time I get a chance to see him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On his thoughts and what he says to the people in the Los Angeles market who blame him for the sanctions at USC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI regret that anybody had to go through all of that and I\u2019m as remorseful as I can be about that. I think it was really off-base and out of line the way they handled it and I felt like it was a miserable thing to do to a great university. I\u2019ve always felt really kind of upset about that. I wish I could have done something once we realized that it was a problem, but I was already gone by the time all of that stuff came out and I felt bad about that. Had I known what was going on, and what was going to come around, I never would have been able to leave and I just wouldn\u2019t have. But that\u2019s not the way this thing came down and I know there\u2019s a lot of people who have different opinions about that because they don\u2019t know. It\u2019s a terrible, unfortunate thing that happened and I\u2019m just glad that the university is through it and behind them and they\u2019re ongoing and fired up and winning football games and everybody is having fun again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On what kind of difference he thinks he could have made had he stayed at USC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know, I don\u2019t know about all that, that\u2019s not the point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On how he thinks it will be like to walk down the Coliseum tunnel as an opponent)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a good point. I don\u2019t know about that, I\u2019m going to share a story with you. One time we were playing early on \u2013 it might have been the first year \u2013 and I was walking down the tunnel, as the team was going to the field, with Ronnie Lott. As we were walking down the tunnel, we were behind the team and I said \u2018Is this special to you?\u2019 And he looked at me like he thought I was crazy, he said \u2018Are you kidding? Special? There\u2019s nothing like this.\u2019 After all those years in the league, he said \u2018There\u2019s nothing like playing at USC, there\u2019s nothing like walking down this tunnel, there\u2019s nothing like playing at this Coliseum.\u2019 I was so moved because that was years after \u2013 he had played 12, 13 years, whatever the heck it was, in the league \u2013 and he still recalled the great sense of connection and his love in his heart for the university and playing there and representing the Trojans. I never forgot that he said that and it really impacted me from that point on, being able to coach there. He\u2019s always been one of my favorite guys, but, to me, he said it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On why he thinks the Rams have had so much success against the Seahawks recently)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re a good team. They\u2019ve had a lot of opportunities to draw players in, they have really good talent, they\u2019re athletic and fast and strong and tough, they coach tough. They have just had a little difficulty finding the consistency, but look at how they played in our division last year \u2013 they were 4-2 in the division last year. They\u2019ve just been a problem for us, we\u2019re hoping to put that behind us. What happened in the past doesn\u2019t mean anything to me, it\u2019s what we\u2019re going to do now. And that\u2019s how we\u2019re dealing with it. They have had good success and we respect them for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On what it will be like for him walking down the Coliseum tunnel)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t, I haven\u2019t done it yet. I don\u2019t know. I\u2019ll let you know afterwards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On how the ambiance of CenturyLink Field in Seattle compares to the Coliseum)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an amazing place to play any sport, whether you\u2019re us or the (Seattle) Sounders, this is an incredible place. We have 60-or-something-thousand people there and maybe there\u2019s going to be 90,000 or something (at the Coliseum). The fans here and the construction of this stadium and the heart they bring has just been extraordinary. Obviously, it\u2019s world-class. It\u2019s a different vibe playing here than it was in the college stadiums. I know that that may be hard to imagine, but it is. It was extraordinary to play before so many people in such a vast setup there, as it is in the Coliseum, and I loved it. It\u2019s just different, it\u2019s a different feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On if throws out how the Rams played in their first game, considering this is their home opener or if there is anything he can take away from that)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, we take everything into account. We\u2019re looking at how the 49ers got that job done and all and we\u2019re trying to evaluate that to help us, as well as all the stuff in the past. It\u2019s the first game, so you have to kind of dig back into the history a little bit. We\u2019re using this information as well as all the stuff that\u2019s occurred. It just seems like the Niners were really on it, they were on it in all three phases and did a really good job and just didn\u2019t give an inch in any direction. I guess we would be so fortunate to be able to play anywhere near like that. It\u2019s a statement of the Niners, I think right now, they came out of the chutes firing. (49ers Head Coach) Chip (Kelly) did a great job getting his guys ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On what being part of another historic game at the Coliseum means to him)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve looked forward to this. I have looked forward to it, just because I know that it\u2019ll be so much fun for so many people. They\u2019ve been waiting for the league to come back and the excitement of the NFL and all the great matchups that will happen in here during the coming years. I\u2019m proud that we get to be the first ones that start this thing. For no other reason but I just love Southern California and love the fans and love who they are and what they\u2019re all about. I feel fortunate that we have a chance to add to, kind of the kickoff event to this. That doesn\u2019t amount to a whole lot, it\u2019s just kind of a personal feeling about it. We\u2019re hoping we\u2019re going to play a good football game and the rest of that stuff will take care of itself later on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On if he\u2019s a fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh I am. I listen to them, yeah. I can play a couple for you, if you want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On what he\u2019s seen Seahawks QB Russell Wilson do in the offseason and in Week 1 that shows how he\u2019s progressed)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a constant progression. He\u2019s a very gifted guy, an athlete and all that \u2013 a leader and all that stuff. He played really well his first year and he\u2019s played well every year. What we\u2019ve seen, it\u2019s just the natural progression of growing and understanding the game to the point where it becomes he\u2019s in greater command of it. The second half of last season, he was just remarkably on it, so he goes in to the offseason with the thought that he wants to pick up where he left off and add to that. And that\u2019s what he\u2019s done, he\u2019s been working like crazy to get that done, he had a great offseason, he came in in great shape. His extraordinary work ethic, the time he puts in is just beyond what you can imagine and he\u2019s a fantastic NFL quarterback, an elite athlete in our country and I\u2019m thrilled to be coaching him. It\u2019s just this constant progression because he\u2019s so competitive, he cares so much, he keeps working to learn. He\u2019s got a lot more to learn and he\u2019ll get better. In the second half (of 2015), he was like 25 touchdowns and one pick in the last eight or nine games or whatever the heck it was. You can\u2019t do that unless you\u2019re just lights out. Hopefully he can pick up where he left off \u2013 he did a great job finishing the game last week to get us a win, when he was kind of hobbling around and still got it done kind of in dramatic fashion. Hopefully we\u2019ll be able to pick-up and play well again this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On what goes in to making the decision when to play a young quarterback like Matt Barkley at USC or Russell Wilson in Seattle and what went into his decisions to play young or rookie quarterbacks in college and the NFL)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe choice wasn\u2019t as obvious as you may have thought when Matt came up, it was just his deal to take over. Here, again, with another Matt, it was thought out right in front of us. Russell, he split time in the games in preseason and everything that he did just screamed that he\u2019s ready to go. Even with that, I was really kind of restrictive in how we started the season, just to kind of protect him and get him going and all that. He just took the job over. So we made it a competition that the rook could win it and he did. You know how we do it, it\u2019s all about the competition and we laid it out very carefully. We did the same thing with Barkley, if you remember. I don\u2019t know how somebody else \u2013 I don\u2019t even want to comment on how they do it. Ours was really about proving it and our guy did. It really wasn\u2019t a hard decision, it was only a hard decision because of the scrutiny and what other people would think of it and all that \u2013 which I didn\u2019t care about. It was quite easy on this end. And, really, I felt both decisions fell into that category with Matt Barkley and here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(On comparing the mindset of Seattle WR Doug Baldwin to Russell Wilson)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese guys are so connected and have been for a number of years. Doug has been playing great football for us for years, just not everybody recognized it for a while. They have just kind of grown up together and they\u2019re so connected right now. But our whole group is \u2013 (Seattle WR) Jermaine Kearse and (Seattle WR) Tyler Lockett \u2013 those guys are all on the same page with their quarterback. They communicate nonverbally in a lot of situations. It can surprise you that they can understand, that they can anticipate what\u2019s going on. It\u2019s really the kind of chemistry that you hope can develop. And these guys are all still young guys \u2013 they\u2019ve only been playing five years right now. To compare those guys, I don\u2019t know, but I see them very similar and their thoughts and their ways have kind of convened over the course of the years in a way that makes them really a great duo.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head Coach Jeff Fisher \u2013 Post Practice \u2013 September 14, 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories-news-notes-around-professional-football"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55229,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55228\/revisions\/55229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}