Sep 19th 2008 1:20PM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: Rams, NFC West Seriously, the Rams suck … and they have only handed the ball to arguably their best offensive weapon 27 times in two weeks. Obviously, you can attribute some of that to being far behind in the games and having to throw the ball in order to catch up. That doesn’t, however, tell the whole story. Offensive coordinator Al Saunders has been a bit conservative with Steven Jackson because he doesn’t think his body was ready yet, after a lengthy holdout:”Steven’s a special back,” Saunders said, “but I don’t care who you are, it takes time to get into the flow.” There are more touches coming Jackson’s way, however, in the upcoming weeks. “We have to get the ball to our best player, No. 39,” Saunders said. “He hasn’t run the ball enough, and we need to make sure that we establish our run” so that opponents can’t tee off in obvious passing situations.Well, that would be a start.Continue Reading