Said Looker, "When I was little, yeah, (I played soccer). I just try to do a little bit of everything. We were so good in high school that we didn't kick many long field goals and we had an aggressive coach. I think I made one that was in the long 40s."

Looker is close to a scratch golfer, and has also been the holder for the Rams on kicks. Said coach Jim Haslett, "Dane is a good athlete, good golfer, you saw him kick the field goals. He can punt. He really is an exceptional athlete."

As for Brown, he is expected to be able to kick Friday in practice, and then be ready Sunday against the Seahawks, his previous team.

--CB Quincy Butler, added on waivers from the Cowboys Monday, practiced for the first time Wednesday. The Rams see him as someone who could compete down the road, and he has already been signed to a contract for 2009.

Said Butler, "Considering what they've got here it's a good opportunity for me to come here and contribute to the team and add on to the building process they are going through right now. I am just here to learn and hopefully I can help the team."

--QB Marc Bulger showed some frustration with rookie WR Donnie Avery during Sunday's game against Arizona. Wednesday, Bulger was asked about the team's young receivers struggling to run routes correctly.

"We are a little young in some spots and those growing pains are going to happen," Bulger said. "You get frustrated but I don't know anyone who walks on the football field and doesn't get frustrated at some point. I would not look too far into it. It is something that happens when you are young and we are going to be better for it in the future."

BY THE NUMBERS: 4-18 -- The Rams' record in divisional games since the start of the 2005 season. In addition, the Rams are 1-9 at home against NFC West teams in that same time period.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "It is a big play. Every play is a big play. I go out with the mindset that I'm never going to miss. From looking at the film, that kick looks completely different than the 51-yarder as far as my body language. Just how I'm kicking the ball, it seemed a little lackadaisical. It's an unfortunate thing and it sets the team back and the energy of the team at that time. Does it win or lose the game? No, I don't think so. There's still 45 minutes left in the game. Every play is important and every point that we get is just more and more energy and more and more momentum for this team. I don't really take a whole lot of account into it, because I am my biggest critic. I don't point fingers because then there's always three fingers pointing back at me." -- PK Josh Brown on comments by coach Jim Haslett, saying that Brown's missed 42-yard field goal against Arizona was one of the biggest disappointments in the game.