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http://www.chiefslockerroom.com/authentic-joe-montana-jersey , Colo. (AP) — This was a respite for the Los Angeles Rams but certainly no
vacation.The team kept its plans to train at the Air Force Academy and stay at
the posh Broadmoor Hotel in the Rocky Mountain foothills even after the NFL
moved their Monday night showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs to the Los Angeles
Coliseum because of a frayed football field at Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium.The
primary benefit shifted from altitude acclimation to getting away from the
wildfires back home and doing some midseason team bonding.“It’s been a little
bit wild for sure, but with that being said, there’s a lot more people dealing
with a lot worse than what we’re dealing with right now,” quarterback Jared Goff
said. “We’re the lucky ones and we’re having a good time out here in
Colorado.”The deadly wildfires that are surrounding the Rams’ training complex
back home affected some players and coaches directly and some indirectly.“I
personally wasn’t affected, but I look at my teammates as family,” Ndamukong Suh
said. “So, we all have to deal with it in some form or fashion.”The trip to
Colorado also allowed the Rams (9-1) to do some midseason bonding, something
tight end Rob Gronkowski said helped the Patriots refocus down the stretch last
season after they spent a week at the academy ahead of their game against the
Raiders in Mexico City.Rams coach Sean McVay said he reached out to Patriots
coach Bill Belichick for some tips about how they handled the week away in the
Rocky Mountains.“Anybody like a Bill Belichick, if they’re able to give you a
perspective, it’d be silly not to listen and try to apply it,” McVay said.The
Rams will fly home Saturday after what was actually a business trip.“The
Broadmoor’s great. I haven’t played any golf,” defensive coordinator Wade
Phillips said. “I’ve got a lot of friends here, but I haven’t really seen
anybody because we’ve been working. It’s a work trip … we’re getting ready to
play a game.”McVay said training in Colorado won’t be a waste even though the
game now will be played at sea level.“With all the things going on right
now
Womens Larry Johnson Jersey , I think there’s some guys that, at the time, wouldn’t have been able to get back into their houses,” McVay said. “There’s a
lot of things that we were doing here. One of them was, obviously, to get ready
for playing in the elevation and different things like that. It does still serve
you well to train in these environments.“So, it’ll help us out. Then really, we
looked at it as another chance to kind of get away before the bye week, continue
to connect as a team where there’s not any real distractions.”That bonding may
be the ultimate benefit of their brief trip.“If anything, the last week has
really made you appreciate the perspective that this gives you,” McVay said.
“What’s so special about football is the brotherhood that you share with the
teammates, the coaches, the rapport and just the camaraderie. There’s nothing
like it.“To be able to go through some of these things
Len Dawson Jersey , to also know that when you’re going through real life adversity outside of football, that you have a support system, you have people
that care about you unconditionally — that’s what’s real.”McVay said he took in
the picturesque mountains, the fresh air and the amenities of the Broadmoor, but
“I really haven’t had a chance to get out and explore. We’re in the midst of
game planning and things like that, but I know our players have enjoyed it.“They
got a chance to go to the Nuggets-Rockets game the other night. I think it’s
been a great getaway for the team to be together and kind of bond.”Notes: WR
Cooper Kupp underwent knee surgery this week. “It went really well,” McVay said.
“He called right afterward and he was in great spirits and I know if anybody’s
going to attack the rehab process the right way it’s going to be Cooper Kupp.”
When then-rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson got a chance to turn cameo
appearances into full-time starting, the Ravens threw the NFL a curveball,
turning the offense into a run-heavy attack.Jackson’s first start included a
whopping 26 rushing attempts. (In contrast, Joe Flacco had 19 total rushing
attempts in his nine 2018 starts.) Through seven 2019 starts, six of which the
Ravens won, Jackson ran the ball 119 times — an average of 17 per game. He also
gained 556 yards on the ground in those seven starts.The success of both Jackson
and the team has created the impression that the Ravens will do more of the same
in 2019. But the Ravens have done a nice job of clouding the issue, from
swapping out Marty Mornhinweg for Greg Roman at offensive coordinator to adding
a pair of fleet-footed receivers in the draft (after being unable to attract any
quality wideouts in free agency) to making it clear via owner Steve Bisciotti
that Jackson won’t run the ball 20 times per game to strongly hinting via G.M.
Eric DeCosta that a far more diverse attack will be used to
http://www.chiefslockerroom.com/authentic-marcus-allen-jersey , most recently, the vow from backup quarterback Robert Griffin III that the new
offense will “shock some people.”It’s still not clear what the Ravens will do,
and that’s good news for the Ravens. Whether it’s the Dolphins in Week One or
the Cardinals in Week Two or come Week Three a rematch of an epic 2018
regular-season battle in Kansas City with the Chiefs, those early-season foes
may be on their heels as they try to figure out whether the pre-snap looks are
hinting at a run or a pass.Until the Ravens tip their hands by generating
several games of film, opposing defenses would be wise to look at 49ers games
played with Roman as the offensive coordinator. The Ravens in turn would be wise
to use some of those 49ers games as the basis for making what once was a pass
into a run, and vice versa.However it turns out, the fact that no one quite
knows what the Ravens precisely will be doing on offense is a bonus for
Baltimore. It becomes a bigger bonus if Jackson, who ran the ball last year
nearly as well as he did at Louisville, can begin throwing the ball like he did
in college.Through it all, the overriding goal should be ensuring that Jackson
doesn’t run the ball so much that he gets injured. In the NFL, that’s the
biggest reason why teams choose to avoid putting their quarterbacks at risk by
repeatedly subjecting him to the kinds of hits that usually only running backs
absorb.
