The recap of the Rams' season finale 20-13 loss at Seattle will be going up at ramview.com shortly. Link
* Positives: Steven Jackson became only the sixth RB in NFL history to gain 1,000 yards in eight straight seasons. The Rams sacked Russell Wilson six times to finish tied for the league lead in sacks with 52. The offensive line did not allow a sack for the second straight week. The Rams fared admirably against a team that was undefeated* at home and had won its last three games by an average score of 50 to 10.
* Negatives: Coverage breakdowns and a couple of missed sacks probably cost the Rams the game. Greg Zuerlein missed a 50-yard FG attempt. Training camp is over 200 days away.
* Injuries: Rocky McIntosh left the game due to a concussion. Janoris Jenkins left the game late due to an injury that was never specified on TV. Michael Brockers left the game after re-aggravating his season-long ankle injury. If there's any further news on these or other injuries I'll get it up here.
* I'll have the list of pending Rams free agents in another post shortly. Steven Jackson's situation is going to get the most attention. So far, he wants to come back, Jeff Fisher wants him back, Sam Bradford wants him back, Chris Long wants him back. I hope the love holds out; the Rams need Jackson on the field at least another season.
* Jackson won the annual MVP award voted on by the team and also won the Carl Ekern Spirit of the Game award as the team's most inspirational player. Janoris Jenkins was voted Rookie of the Year. Danny Amendola won the Ed Block Courage Award for comeback player of the year. No argument with those votes here.
* Transactions: the Rams re-signed all eight practice squad players to 2013 reserve/future contracts: DL Mason Brodine, TE Cameron Graham, WR Nick Johnson, T Ty Nsekhe, WR Ray Radway, RB Chase Reynolds, G Brandon Washington, and LB Jabara Williams.
* The Rams will select 16th in the 2013 draft, and we're obviously still waiting to see what Washington does before we know where their other first-round draft pick will fall. So are we all rooting for Seattle Sunday?
* Jeff Fisher says he will resolve the Rams' defensive coordinator situation in the next couple of weeks. Hooray, we get to start the Gregg Williams merry-go-round again. RamView's already on record that Fisher stop considering him.
* Ex-Rams update:
- I found Lovie Smith's firing in Chicago to be a shocker. The Bears were 10-6, after all. With the Chiefs, Chargers, Big Dead, Bills and Eagles all firing head coaches yesterday, Lovie should be able to jump right back into a head coaching job if he wants to. Best of luck.
- Pat Shurmur's firing in Cleveland was much less of a shocker, but the Browns looked like an improving team under him this season, from here, at least. Plenty of OC jobs open out there.
- Eric Dickerson still holds the NFL's single-season rushing record. Adrian Peterson came up nine yards short Sunday.
- Dominique Curry was signed to a reserve/future contract by the Lions.
* Final ex-Ram of the Week award for 2012 goes to the great one, London Fletcher. 11 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, a pass defense (should have been a pick!) and two QB hits in Washington's 28-18 win over Dallas that gave the Redskins their first home playoff game since I believe 1999.
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