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23	August 2019

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ks emerge in their star-studded defense the past two weeks.The fourth quarter has not been one of those problems.Despite allowing 31 points in wins over Minnesota and Seattle Los Angeles Rams Jerseys 2019 , just three of those 62 points were conceded in the fourth quarter, which gives defensive coordinator Wade Phillips confidence to address the Rams' issues in stopping the run and pass."I've been on a lot of teams and I just think, like I've told you before, this team plays really well under pressure," Phillips said Thursday. "We don't want to be pressured to play that well all the time, but I feel good about where we're going. We're not there yet, but that's where we are going."The decline in play through the first three quarters coincides with injuries to cornerbacks Aqib Talib and Marcus Peters, who each sustained injuries in the Rams' 35-23 win over the Chargers in Week 3.Talib will not be eligible to return until December after undergoing ankle surgery and being placed on injured reserve. Peters sustained a calf injury that forced him out against the Chargers, but has not missed a game since.However, Peters' effectiveness has dropped off noticeably since coming back on a short week to face the Vikings. According to Sportradar, Peters has allowed 12 receptions on 17 targets in the past two games. Prior to the injury, Peters had allowed four completions on 11 attempts as the primary defender in coverage.Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson went after Peters on all three of his touchdown passes, but Phillips took the blame for not putting Peters in the right positions given the injury, he said. Phillips also noted that retraining the aggressive Peters to play in his system will take time, likening it to asking a mobile quarterback to be more cautious when a play breaks down."When you take the scrambling away from him, they're not as good From China Bobby Evans Jersey ," Phillips said. "Same thing with him if you take what he sees away from him. Now you got to limit it a little more, and that's what we have him doing."But he's getting there, and he's a great competitor. He keeps fighting, and that's what happens in the fourth quarter. If bad things happen to really good players, they keep playing."And it is the success in the fourth quarter, where the Rams have allowed a total of six points in five games, that Phillips is citing as evidence the Rams defense is anything but broken.The Rams had four sacks in the fourth quarter against the Vikings, with Ndamukong Suh getting one in the red zone to force a field goal. John Franklin-Myers had a strip-sack of quarterback Kirk Cousins on Minnesota's final possession to seal the 38-31 win.The defense was just as effective late against the Seahawks, when the Rams scored the final nine points in a 33-31 win.Despite allowing 190 yards rushing for the game, a total Suh called "terrible," the Rams gave up 16 yards rushing on six carries in the final quarter, including five net yards on the final five attempts. Suh also sacked Wilson to end one drive and drew a holding penalty to help snuff out another."Going in the fourth quarter when it's crunch time, when we need to get off the field and need to stop the run and need to stop the pass, we do all of it," Suh said. "We just got to be consistent. When we get consistent and we're all on the same page at all times, we'll be a dangerous defense."While Suh struck a disappointed tone for letting the past two games come down to the wire Long Sleeve Bobby Evans Jersey , safety Lamarcus Joyner believes the poise the Rams showed in those critical moments bodes well for the future."We definitely want to try not to make it a habit, but it's good to face that adversity early," Joyner said. "Playing in the postseason or whatever it is, when you are going to have that competition and that adversity, we already experienced the feelings and the emotions and we know how to handle ourselves."NOTES: Wide receivers Brandin Cooks and Cooper Kupp (concussion protocol) each participated in individual drills during practice Thursday. Coach Sean McVay said Cooks and Kupp are on track to play against Denver barring any setbacks. ... Defensive lineman Michael Brockers (ankle) did not practice. Andrew Whitworth and most of his Los Angeles Rams teammates live within a few miles of their team's training complex in Thousand Oaks. The Borderline Bar and Grill is only five miles south of their weekday headquarters in this placid suburban city.The Rams all reacted with horror and sadness Thursday after a late-night mass shooting occurred about five miles north of their fields and training rooms."It's gut-wrenching, and it's emotional," said Whitworth, who lives in Thousand Oaks with his wife and four children. "I was up at 3:30, 4 o'clock reading about it, and ended up waking up my wife and talking about it. It's a hard reality. ... The truth is that tragedy is everywhere, and you can't escape tragedy. All you can prepare is how you'll handle it and how you can approach adversity."Marine combat veteran Ian David Long opened fire Wednesday night at the country music bar a 10-minute drive from the Rams' complex. He killed 12 people before apparently killing himself.The Rams believe no one connected to their organization was at the bar, but coach Sean McVay and defensive coordinator Wade Phillips both described a somber mood in the Rams' locker room before practice. Whitworth addressed the players and began the process of coming up with a way to honor the victims.The team will hold a moment of silence before its home game against Seattle on Sunday, and the Rams may organize additional tributes to the victims, McVay said."It was very heartfelt throughout the entire team," offensive guard Rodger Saffold said. "We work here, and we spend most of our time out here. When we heard about it Bobby Evans Jersey nfl draft , it was very shocking. ... It just hurt a lot. There's way too many mass shootings, and this one hit really close to home."Phillips described the shooting as a "horrible tragedy.""It's a sad, sad deal, and we feel for the people it happened to," Phillips added. "But it doesn't just affect those people. It affects everybody, and our players are genuinely and greatly concerned about it, as we all are."The Rams built their training complex 2 1/2 years ago on a corner of the campus of Cal Lutheran University, which had students at the bar during the shooting. Recent graduate Justin Meek was killed, according to the school.Classes were canceled at CLU on Thursday.Quarterback Jared Goff , punter Johnny Hekker , receiver Cooper Kupp and others tweeted about the tragedy before practice. After McVay and Whitworth spoke to the team, Saffold said the players discussed putting together a relief fund or other mechanisms of help for the victims."It's something that makes you step back and gives you a perspective," McVay said. "I know me personally, I'm very guilty of losing perspective, because you're just in your own little world and it's all football, all the time Bobby Evans Los Angeles Rams Jerseys , and then you have things like this that occur and re-gather your priorities and your perspective on what's really important, and (serve as a reminder to) not to get bent out of shape on some of the things that maybe I tend to do, just being in the role that I'm in."Although the Rams are playing their games downtown in the Coliseum before their new stadium opens in Inglewood in 2020, the team chose the western Los Angeles suburbs for its semi-permanent weekday home when it returned to Southern California from St. Louis in 2016.The Rams' separate corporate offices also are in nearby Agoura Hills, a short drive from Thousand Oaks. Most of the team's employees also live in the suburban Ventura County suburbs one hour northwest of downtown Los Angeles."To wake up to something like that, it was just sad to hear it," cornerback Marcus Peters said. "We talked about it as a team, because it's right down the street from us. Stuff like that can affect us. You never know. The first thing, you've got to make sure your teammates (aren't) hurt, anybody else on staff or part of the organization. When things like that happen, you've got to rely on each other. It's going to make us come together eventually."