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Late hit by Ogletree triggers brawl
• By Jim Thomas
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/foot...cle_6a6e62c7-4849-5ad6-b261-a5f461902c56.html
Safety T.J. McDonald said the Rams’ defense plays with an edge. In Sunday’s 37-27 loss to the New York Giants, the defense went over the edge.
Penalties for late hits by McDonald and linebacker Alec Ogletree in the first half both came for roughing up Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. out of bounds. The second one, by Ogletree, precipitated a bench-clearing fracas on the New York sideline.
“I hit him in-bounds,” Ogletree said. “Whatever happened after that, it is what it is. I don’t know.”
The problem was, Ogletree kept hitting Beckham until he was several yards out of bounds, drawing the flag. Beckham responded by throwing the football at Ogletree’s face. Ogletree tried to strike back, and the next thing you know there were a couple of dozen players from both teams going at it.
Ogletree didn’t offer up much of an explanation on his miscue.
“Like I said, it’s over with now,” he said. “I hated that it happened, but I can’t do nothing about it now.”
By the time referee Pete Morelli and his crew cleaned things up, three players were ejected: defensive end Williams Hayes of the Rams, and wide receiver Preston Parker and defensive end Damontre’ Moore of the Giants.
Hayes said he was ejected for throwing a punch in the scuffle, which occurred with 2 minutes, 10 seconds to go in the half.
“I was running to the ball,” Hayes said. “When I saw the flag go up, I started walking back to the huddle. And then I saw somebody just come in and blast ‘Tree’ in the back. So I was going over there to try to take care of the situation, to get ‘Tree’ up out of there.
“Next thing I know, somebody grabbed me. I turned around, my helmet came off, a guy threw a punch at me, then I just retaliated.”
Hayes spent the rest of the game in the Rams’ locker room.
“I just sat in here with my head down,” Hayes said. “It’s tough. I wanted to go out there and fight with my brothers, and I wasn’t able to. It’s just a bad situation.”
BECKHAM’S DAY
The Rams may have been riled up because, according to coach Jeff Fisher, “Someone said (Beckham) came out and said he was going to set an NFL record today against the defense early this morning. I was told that. I don’t know.”
Actually, Beckham did set a couple of Giants franchise records Sunday after catching eight passes for 148 yards and two TDs. He now has 11 TD catches for the season, which is a Giants rookie record. And his 79 catches also set a Giants single-season rookie mark.
It also was the eighth consecutive game for the rookie from LSU with at least 90 receiving yards.
JOYNER PLAYS
Cornerback and safety Lamarcus Joyner, who had missed the past five games — the first few because of a groin injury — was active Sunday for the Rams. Things could’ve gone better. Joyner was part of a busted coverage that led to Beckham’s second TD, an 80-yard score in the final minute of the third quarter.
With Beckham and Rueben Randle split out to the right, both Joyner and Trumaine Johnson took the underneath route (Randle). That left Beckham free to run downfield with only safety Mark Barron to beat, which he did for the TD.
SITTING IT OUT
With a largely healthy roster, there were few surprises on the team’s inactive list, which consisted of CB Marcus Roberson, TE Justice Cunningham, C/G Barrett Jones, OG Brandon Washington, TE Alex Bayer, DT Alex Carrington and DE Ethan Westbrooks.
INJURY UPDATE
Rams cornerback E.J. Gaines left in the second half with concussion symptoms and a lacerated lip.
• By Jim Thomas
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/foot...cle_6a6e62c7-4849-5ad6-b261-a5f461902c56.html
Safety T.J. McDonald said the Rams’ defense plays with an edge. In Sunday’s 37-27 loss to the New York Giants, the defense went over the edge.
Penalties for late hits by McDonald and linebacker Alec Ogletree in the first half both came for roughing up Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. out of bounds. The second one, by Ogletree, precipitated a bench-clearing fracas on the New York sideline.
“I hit him in-bounds,” Ogletree said. “Whatever happened after that, it is what it is. I don’t know.”
The problem was, Ogletree kept hitting Beckham until he was several yards out of bounds, drawing the flag. Beckham responded by throwing the football at Ogletree’s face. Ogletree tried to strike back, and the next thing you know there were a couple of dozen players from both teams going at it.
Ogletree didn’t offer up much of an explanation on his miscue.
“Like I said, it’s over with now,” he said. “I hated that it happened, but I can’t do nothing about it now.”
By the time referee Pete Morelli and his crew cleaned things up, three players were ejected: defensive end Williams Hayes of the Rams, and wide receiver Preston Parker and defensive end Damontre’ Moore of the Giants.
Hayes said he was ejected for throwing a punch in the scuffle, which occurred with 2 minutes, 10 seconds to go in the half.
“I was running to the ball,” Hayes said. “When I saw the flag go up, I started walking back to the huddle. And then I saw somebody just come in and blast ‘Tree’ in the back. So I was going over there to try to take care of the situation, to get ‘Tree’ up out of there.
“Next thing I know, somebody grabbed me. I turned around, my helmet came off, a guy threw a punch at me, then I just retaliated.”
Hayes spent the rest of the game in the Rams’ locker room.
“I just sat in here with my head down,” Hayes said. “It’s tough. I wanted to go out there and fight with my brothers, and I wasn’t able to. It’s just a bad situation.”
BECKHAM’S DAY
The Rams may have been riled up because, according to coach Jeff Fisher, “Someone said (Beckham) came out and said he was going to set an NFL record today against the defense early this morning. I was told that. I don’t know.”
Actually, Beckham did set a couple of Giants franchise records Sunday after catching eight passes for 148 yards and two TDs. He now has 11 TD catches for the season, which is a Giants rookie record. And his 79 catches also set a Giants single-season rookie mark.
It also was the eighth consecutive game for the rookie from LSU with at least 90 receiving yards.
JOYNER PLAYS
Cornerback and safety Lamarcus Joyner, who had missed the past five games — the first few because of a groin injury — was active Sunday for the Rams. Things could’ve gone better. Joyner was part of a busted coverage that led to Beckham’s second TD, an 80-yard score in the final minute of the third quarter.
With Beckham and Rueben Randle split out to the right, both Joyner and Trumaine Johnson took the underneath route (Randle). That left Beckham free to run downfield with only safety Mark Barron to beat, which he did for the TD.
SITTING IT OUT
With a largely healthy roster, there were few surprises on the team’s inactive list, which consisted of CB Marcus Roberson, TE Justice Cunningham, C/G Barrett Jones, OG Brandon Washington, TE Alex Bayer, DT Alex Carrington and DE Ethan Westbrooks.
INJURY UPDATE
Rams cornerback E.J. Gaines left in the second half with concussion symptoms and a lacerated lip.
