Rams News Recap: Nov. 27

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Rodger Saffold Faces his ‘Former’ Team –PD
Rodger Saffold would love to say this is his Super Bowl. That he’d like nothing better than to show the Oakland Raiders that his shoulder is healthy enough to deliver 60 minutes worth of punishing blocks Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome.

Raiders Are Making Strides –PD
The Oakland Raiders were in the final minute of their first win of the season when second-year linebacker Sio Moore came up with a third-down sack of Kansas City quarterback Alex Smith.

Rams’ Defense Expects Chris Long Back This Week –AP
Chris Long lobbied heavily for playing time last week. This week, the St. Louis Rams are likely to grant the defensive end’s wish.

Rams Help Feed 2,000 Families in Need –Wagoner
For the 20th consecutive year, the St. Louis Rams provided Thanksgiving meals to families in need in the St. Louis area this week. It’s a Turkey Day tradition that has existed since the Rams arrived here in 1995.

Rams Get Many Back for Thursday Practice –Wagoner
It’s become a Wednesday custom for St. Louis Rams coach Jeff Fisher to give some of his key veteran players a day off. In turn, it’s become a Thursday tradition for many of those players to get back to work Thursday.

Morning Ram-blings: RG3 a Ram? –Wagoner
The future of quarterback Robert Griffin III in Washington has come into focus this week after he was benched in favor of Colt McCoy for this week’s game against the Indianapolis Colts.

Best of Rams Thanksgiving –Video

ESPN NFL Live Prediction: Raiders vs. Rams –Video

 

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Morning Ram-blings: Prediction time
By Nick Wagoner

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EARTH CITY, Mo. -- It's prediction time again but this week, there's a little different outlook on what the St. Louis Rams can do this week.

The 4-7 Rams are set to host the 1-10 Oakland Raiders at the Edward Jones Dome on Sunday and they are, wait for it, favorites in most corners of cyberspace to take care of business and get their fifth victory.

That's certainly the case here at ESPN.com. Here's our weekly rundown of the picks for this week:

Our expert panel shows more love to the Rams than usual though one abstention comes from one of their biggest supporters in recent weeks, Mike Ditka.

The NFL Live crew makes its selections with Tedy Bruschi and Herm Edwards doing the picking.

I.C.Y.M.I.

A roundup of the Rams stories appearing on ESPN.com on Thursday. ... The Ram-blings offered a look at Grantland's Bill Barnwell's thoughts on Robert Griffin III landing in St. Louis. ... We then offered a look at the Rams' efforts to help in a community in need of it right now. ... Finally, we provided an injury report on Thursday's practice.

Elsewhere:

Mel Kiper Jr. ranks the rookies every week and continues to offer plenty of props for Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald (Insider).
John Clayton's weekly mailbag examines the struggles of the NFC South.
At 101sports.com, the Stats Doctor breaks down last week's loss through the prism of the numbers.
At stltoday.com, Joe Lyons writes that Thanksgiving has been good to tight end Justice Cunningham.
Columnist Bernie Miklasz asks if Jeff Fisher is to blame for the Rams' penalty issues.