Rams News Recap: Sept. 22

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Burwell: Penalties are Killing the Rams
At the absolute height of their down-and-dirty championship existence, Detroit Pistons players and coaches understood a thing or two about the high cost of doing business when you strut around the basketball globe with “Bad Boys” as your calling card and mayhem as your perceived mode of operation.

Fisher Frustrated by Calls in Dallas Game –PD
The 448 yards produced by the Rams against the Dallas Cowboys was the highest offensive output for the team in a regulation contest in 30 games.

Rams Notes: Communication Problems Costly on Both Sides of Ball –PD
Of the handful of game-changing plays Sunday in the Cowboys’ 34-31 comeback win over the Rams at the Edward Jones Dome, perhaps the most glaring was the 68-yard touchdown pass from Tony Romo to a wide-open Dez Bryant on the fourth play from scrimmage at the start of the second half.

After Stunning Loss, Fisher Accentuates Positives –Fallstrom
The St. Louis Rams enter their bye at 1-2, and seemingly with a lengthy to-do list.

The Jeff Fisher Show: Sept. 22 –Radio Interview

Plenty for Rams to Ponder as They Hit Bye Week
The Rams will get get next weekend off – but they’re unlikely to enjoy it. They have plenty to think about after Sunday’s stinging 34-31 home loss to Dallas.

Jeff Fisher: “I’m Not Happy With the Penalties” –Video

Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher Press Conference Transcript: Sept. 21

One-On-One with Rams TE Lance Kendricks –Video

Morning Ram-blings: Monday Game Balls –Wagoner
Per our emerging Monday tradition, here’s a look at the chart of game balls handed out by our NFL Nation reporters with live looks at every game in the league from Sunday.

Bernie: Has Jeff Fisher Lost his Marbles?
I don’t play footsie with Jeff Fisher out at Rams Park, so I have no idea about the proper way of decoding his comments and secret messages.

Turning Point Play: Wells Botches Snap –Wagoner
Here’s this week’s look back at the turning point play from the St. Louis Rams’ 34-31 loss to the Dallas Cowboys:

Late Holding Penalty Frustrates Rams –Wagoner
For all the things that happened to cause the St. Louis Rams’ 21-0 lead to dissipate into a 34-31 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, they still had a chance to win the game in the closing minutes.

Burwell: The Future of the Rams in St. Louis –Video

What To Watch For Revisited: Rams vs. Cowboys –Wagoner
Looking back at three things to watch in the St. Louis Rams’ 34-31 loss Sunday afternoon to the Dallas Cowboys:

Bryan Burwell: Good News, Bad News for Rams –Video

CBS Sports’ Cowboys at Rams Recap –Video

Coach Fisher after Rams Loss to Cowboys –Fox 2 Video

Cowboys Overcome 21-Point Deficit, Shock Rams –Video
 

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Morning Ram-blings: An improbable result
By Nick Wagoner

http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/12005/morning-ram-blings-an-improbable-comeback

EARTH CITY, Mo. -- The Dallas Cowboys made a bit of history in their come from behind victory over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday.

In surmounting a 21-point deficit, the Cowboys tied the record for largest comeback in franchise history. The lost lead was the second-worst in Rams franchise history but no less devastating than any other loss of recent vintage.

For a better glimpse of just how big of an advantage a 21-point second quarter lead is, we now have plenty of advanced statistical formulas. The fine folks of ESPN's Stats & Information offered a breakdown of how Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo led the charge but the more interesting piece here is the win probability chart which shows how far Dallas had to go to overcome the Rams.

After cornerback Janoris Jenkins' interception return for a touchdown and a stop of running back DeMarco Murray for a loss of 2 yards on the ensuing drive, Dallas had just a 3 percent chance to win.

We all know what happened next.

I.C.Y.M.I.

A roundup of Monday's Rams stories appearing on ESPN.com. ... In the Ram-blings, we kicked off the week with NFL Nation's game balls for the week. ... We then got some words from coach Jeff Fisher on the passing of kicker Rob Bironas. ... In W2W4 revisited, we took a look back at three things the Rams needed to do to beat the Cowboys. ... We then reviewed a late defensive holding call that went against Rams defensive end Eugene Sims. ... This week's turning point play was the botched snap from Rams center Scott Wells which helped begin an avalanche that the Rams could not overcome.

Elsewhere:

Non-Rams news but interesting nonetheless as Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti blames the OTL report about Ray Rice on Rice's camp.

And for frame of reference, here's the original story from Outside the Lines.

At 101sports.com, Randy Karraker offers his 10 weekly takeaways from the Rams' loss to Dallas.

At stltoday.com, Bernie Miklasz argues the case for Austin Davis at quarterback.

Bryan Burwell does the same.

Burwell also asks if St. Louis is doing what it can to keep the Rams in St. Louis in this video.