While Drew Brees and Tom Brady continue making history, the rookie quarterbacks are making their mark.Brees broke Peyton Manning’s record for career passing yards on Monday night and Brady became the third quarterback to throw 500 touchdown passes last Thursday night. Brady is 40 TD passes away from passing Manning for first on the career […]

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Although the Los Angeles Rams have few areas of major concern after their impressive 5-0 start, Aaron Donald thinks their rushing defense is something that needs fixing on this smoothly running machine.The All-Pro defensive tackle intends to make sure they repair it.The Rams are a modest 18th in the league […]

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Bradley Roby’s poor play against the Jets and failure to promptly call in sick the next day didn’t cost the struggling Denver Broncos cornerback his starting job.”Right now, he is the starter, yes,” coach Vance Joseph said Wednesday.Joseph also said he won’t be taking away Joe Woods’ play-calling duties, either, when […]

ESPN’s Desmond Howard insists he did not know his comments about No. 4 Clemson would offend an assistant coach and upset its fan base.The “College GameDay” analyst, though, stands by his analysis, saying the Tigers run the ball with finesse in the in the latest episode of “PodcastOne Sports Now” with guest host Larry Lage. […]

SEATTLE (AP) — Andrew Whitworth was sitting on the bench with his helmet on the ground. Jared Goff was busy in conversation with referee Clete Blakeman about a previous play. Initially, the Los Angeles Rams believed coach Sean McVay would take the safe play and punt rather than the risk of going for it on […]

The Rams’ high-powered offense took a couple of big hits.Los Angeles’ leading receivers, Brandin Cooks and Cooper Kupp, were both lost to concussions late in the first half as the Rams turned to Robert Woods and a cast of lesser-known characters to beat the Seattle Seahawks 33-31 on Sunday.Cooks was hit hard by Tedric Thompson […]

The Latest on the NFL’s Week 5 (all times EDT):___Cairo Santos got to redeem himself and keep the Los Angeles Rams undefeated on an ugly day for kickers around the NFL.Santos had the fourth missed extra point of Sunday with a chance to tie it up at 31 for the Rams early in the fourth […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rams have turned the opening quarter of the NFL’s regular season into their own version of “La La Land.”The Rams have gotten off to a dominant start. They are 4-0 and have outscored their opponents by a league-leading combined 73 points so far this season and have the NFL’s most […]

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams moved Dominique Easley to outside linebacker during training camp partly with the hope of minimizing the risks to his frequently injured knees.It didn’t work.Easley underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee Monday, his fourth major knee surgery since 2011.Rams coach Sean McVay […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams had a short week to prepare for Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals.It didn’t look as if they needed extra time.The Rams dominated the Cardinals 34-0. Los Angeles has won its first two games for the first time since 2001, when it started 6-0 en route to […]

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams looked like a team that could be playing for a long time based on how they put away the Oakland Raiders in the second half of the teams’ season opener.With an eye toward possibly playing into February, coach Sean McVay is willing to play the game […]

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Donald is his own worst critic. Nothing is going to change that, not even a contract extension that briefly made the Los Angeles Rams’ All-Pro lineman the highest-paid defender in NFL history.Donald was not pleased with his performance in the Rams’ opener, recording one tackle in the 33-13 victory […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — ARIZONA (0-1) at LOS ANGELES RAMS (1-0)Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ET, FoxOPENING LINE — Rams by 8 1/2RECORD VS. SPREAD — Arizona 0-1-0, Los Angeles 1-0-0SERIES RECORD — Rams lead 39-38-2LAST MEETING — Rams beat Cardinals 32-16, Dec. 3, 2017LAST WEEK — Cardinals lost to Redskins 24-6; Rams beat Raiders 33-13AP PRO32 […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Once Jared Goff and the Los Angeles Rams offense got started after sitting out the entire preseason, they couldn’t be stopped.Goff threw two touchdown passes, newcomer Marcus Peters returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown and the Rams used a dominant second half to spoil coach Jon Gruden’s much-anticipated return […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six years before the Rams chose Jared Goff with the No. 1 overall pick to be the savior of a struggling franchise, they tried the same thing with Sam Bradford.And if Bradford had been running an offense created by the likes of Sean McVay, he might still have that job instead […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Rams linebacker Mark Barron is inactive for the season opener against the Oakland Raiders with an Achilles tendon injury.Ramik Wilson is expected to start in Barron’s place Monday night.The other inactive players for the Rams are quarterback Brandon Allen, running backs Justin Davis and John Kelly, linebacker Trevon Young, […]

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — All-Pro kick returner Pharoh Cooper will be placed on the Los Angeles Rams’ injured reserve list after he severely sprained his ankle in the season opener at Oakland.Cooper will need surgery to repair his ankle, coach Sean McVay said Wednesday.The injury throws an early obstacle into the path of the […]