NFL head coach, his Arizona Cardinals have been outscored 58-6.In Sunday’s 34-0
drubbing by the Rams in Los Angeles, the Cardinals offense didn’t manage to
cross midfield until the next-to-last play of the
Deacon Jones Color Rush Jersey game.Arizona had five first
downs and 137 total yards. That follows 213 yards the previous week against the
Redskins.The Cardinals (0-2) are averaging 175 yards per game, dead last in the
NFL and it’s not even close.“There’s a lot of self-inflicted stuff going on,”
Wilks said Monday.The problems on offense are pretty much everywhere, he said.
The offensive playbook will be scaled back and simplified for next Sunday’s home
game against Chicago and the Cardinals must get David Johnson in open space to
be his dynamic self.“Talking to (offensive coordinator) Mike (McCoy) this
morning, talking to the staff, it’s some of the things that we’re going to try
to do,” Wilks said, “Again, early on in the season, to me, guys are making
mistakes, and this is throughout the league in the history because they’re
overthinking. They’re trying to think too much and not execute, and I want the
guys to go out there and play fast. So, we’re going to scale back, and we’re
going to make sure we get these guys in the best position to be successful.”Sam
Bradford remains the quarterback. Rookie Josh Rosen’s time has not yet come,
Wilks said.“If I thought it was just that one position, I would be more than
willing to say, `You know what? We need to make a change. We need a spark. We
need something to happen,'” Wilks said. “But it’s just not Sam. There are
numerous things, as I just mentioned, that collectively, we’ve got to get better
and try to find a way to rectify these problems and be a little bit more
productive on the offensive side of the ball and still try to get off the field
on the defensive side of the ball to give these guys more opportunities.“So,
it’s just not that one position.”Bradford, who is coming off another significant
knee injury, completed 17 of 27 passes against Los Angeles but for only 90
yards. The team’s longest play was a 15-yard pass to Larry Fitzgerald. Arizona
had just three plays of 10 yards or more. Bradford has 243 yards passing
combined in two games.“Frustrating
Sean Mannion Jersey Black Friday , to say the least,” Bradford said after the game. “I think to put so much work and so much effort into getting back on to the field
and then to play the way we have in the past two weeks, I think it’s just really
disappointing.”Wilks called Bradford’s play “inconsistent.”“Does he need to be a
little more accurate? Yes,” Wilks said. “But that’s just not Sam. We need to get
a little bit more protection. He needs to have a little bit more time to go
through his progression.”Fitzgerald aggravated a sore hamstring in the Rams game
and watched from the sidelines through much of the second half. He has missed
just six games in his 15-year career.“Larry, we all know — you guys have been
around here for a while — it’s going to be tough to keep Larry off the field,”
Wilks said. “I’ve got to help Larry help himself, and that’s what I did
yesterday. We’re going to do everything we can to make sure that he is ready to
go on Sunday with the treatment and amount of reps that he gets in
practice.”David Johnson, the talented running back who is supposed to be at the
center of the offensive attack, has been limited mostly to runs up the middle.
He carried 13 times for 48 yards against Los Angeles and caught one pass for
three yards.“You look at some of his runs, and a lot of it is just David
himself, just second effort kind of things,” Wilks said. “We’ve got to do a
better job sustaining blocks, allowing David to get to that second level to
where he’s so effective and making the guy miss. It starts upfront with the
offensive line and again, with us just being more creative with the things that
we’re doing with him.”Notes: Wilks was optimistic that the team would have DE
Markus Golden (knee) and TE Jermaine Gresham (Achilles) back for the Bears game.
Both are coming off surgery and neither has played this season. No cold feet for
the?Los Angeles Rams?in the frigid conditions.Just cool running.Todd
Gurley?heated up the offense with a career afternoon to power the Rams through
the bitter cold for a 23-20 victory over the Denver Broncos on Sunday.It was
nothing but smooth sledding for the team from the land of sunshine.The 25
degrees at kickoff marked the second-coldest at home for the Broncos during a
contest held in September or October. The coldest for this time of year was 22
degrees on Oct. 12, 1969, against Oakland.“It’s kind of cold,” said Gurley, who
rushed for a career-best 208 yards and two TDs. “It don’t really matter. At the
end of the day, just got to go out there.”No surprise, the Rams relied on a
steady dose of Gurley as they improved to 6-0 in sending the Broncos (2-4) to
their fourth straight loss. Gurley carried the ball 28 times and averaged 7.4
yards per carry.On a day when players could see their breath, Gurley and many
others didn’t bundle up. No long sleeves for him. He did wear a ski mask under
his helmet.His job complete, Gurley layered up to greet the conditions by
putting on a hooded sweat shirt, heavy jacket and a stocking cap.“Weather is
weather,” receiver Brandin Cooks said. “We knew we had to come and do our job
the best that we can.”One slight brain freeze: Coach Sean McVay regretted some
of his decisions.“I thought I put us in some horrible spots throughout the game,
really getting impatient, forcing things that weren’t there,” McVay lamented.
“The players bailed me out
https://www.ramsfanstore.com/Aaron-Donald-Jersey , finding a way to win.”The Rams don’t normally take the field in these kinds of
conditions. To prepare, quarterback Jared Goff tried out gloves on both hands in
pregame and went with them during the contest.“It’s kind of a give-and-take and
I felt more comfortable with them,” explained Goff, who was 14 of 28 for 201
yards and one interception. “We are from Los Angeles, where it is hot and it’s
cold here. Having to go through that, feeling the cold, getting through that
with a win is great. Once we got out there and were moving around, it wasn’t
much of a factor.”Just another day at the office.“A new experience,” Rams
defensive lineman Michael Brockers said. “I think we kind of showed the world,
that just because you’re from L.A., you can play in any kind of weather as long
as you mentally prepare for it.”Offensive lineman Rob Havenstein played at
Wisconsin, where cold-weather games happen with frequency. But that was a few
seasons ago. He’s grown accustomed to the California sun since being selected by
the Rams in the second round of the 2015 draft.“I’m not as hardened as I once
was in Wisconsin,” cracked Havenstein, whose work up front with his fellow
linemen allowed the Rams to finish with 270 yards on the ground. “This wasn’t
too cold. The wind wasn’t breezy or anything like that. It wasn’t snow flying
down. It was cool getting in a little snow game.”About that, tailback Malcolm
Brown doesn’t consider this a snow game even if there were a few flurries. Being
from Texas, he wants his first snow game to be filled with plenty of
accumulation.“It was fun anyway,” said Brown, who finished with 24 yards on five
carries. “I’ll play in any weather, as long as I’m playing ball.”The cooler
conditions didn’t bother defensive tackle Aaron Donald. Then again, he’s from
Pittsburgh.
“Good football weather,” Donald said. “It just reminded me of home. That’s all it did.”After the game, Gurley was asked how it felt to pick up
chunks of yardage on virtually every carry.“It’s cool,” Gurley said.A fitting
response.
