St. Louis Rams: Time To Hit Reset
By Matt LaPan
Breaking news of sorts. The Rams have fired offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti and Rob Boras will assume his duties.
The St. Louis Rams have dropped five-straight games and are now 4-8 on the season. This ensures that they will finish without a winning record for the 12th consecutive season. This includes four-consecutive seasons with Jeff fisher where the team does not break the .500 mark with four games remaining.
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With the bleak outlook on the remainder of the season, it is time for the St. Louis Rams to hit to reset button.
The Rams season started with good promise, collecting wins over division foes Seattle and Arizona in the first four weeks of the season. Since then, the Rams have gone 2-6 and currently sit in last place tie in the NFC West – a place where they have finished each of the past two seasons. With their current record, the Rams are now 23-31 under Fisher, a .425 winning percentage.
During the Rams recent run of five losses they are averaging just 10.3 points per game while collecting just 275 yards per game.
The combination of Nick Foles and Case Keenum has combined to have just one game over 200 yards passing, while the Rams banged up offensive line has left Todd Gurley with little room to run – averaging just 52 yards per game after going for over 100 yards in each of his first four career starts.
The quarterback combination of Foles and Keenum have combined to throw eight touchdowns on the season while throwing 10 interceptions – all 10 coming from Foles.
While both Foles and Keenum have had to work behind a makeshift offensive following injuries to Rodger Saffold, Jamon Brown and lingering injuries to Rob Havenstein, they only have a combined completion percentage of just 57%.
They have also had problems finding any receiver not named Tavon Austin, outside of Austin’s 38 receptions, Rams receivers have combined for just 65 total receptions and two touchdowns. This shows both a failure to identify a reliable quarterback and reliable receivers. This failure extends past just Fisher, past offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti and all the way up to General Manager Les Snead.
With another sub .500 season staring them in the face, and no answer at multiple positions it is time for the Rams to hit the reset button. Both the front office and coaching staff have failed to meet expectations (hence the dismissal of Cignetti), meaning a change needs to be made in St. Louis.St