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USA TODAY Sports Since Jared Goff started his first game in Week 11 of his rookie season, the starting quarterback job has belonged to him. Last week, for the first time since early in his rookie season, Goff dressed for a game he didn’t start. He admits he was disappointed in Sean McVay’s...

Getty Images Jared Goff is back in the Rams starting lineup. Goff did not start either of the team’s last two games after injuring his right thumb in Week 16, but he replaced John Wolford last Saturday after Wolford injured his neck on a hit by Seahawks safety Jamal Adams. Wolford did not...

USA Today Sports The Lions have made it official, announcing they’ve hired Rams director of college scouting Brad Holmes to be their General Manager on Thursday afternoon. “On behalf of the entire Lions organization, I am thrilled to welcome Brad Holmes to Detroit,” Lions owner Sheila Ford...

USA Today Sports So much for gamesmanship. Rams head coach Sean McVay kept mum all week as to who would be his starting quarterback against the Packers on Saturday. That is, until he announced Thursday morning that Jared Goff will start with John Wolford out due to a neck injury suffered last...

Getty Images The Packers had last week off and their injury report for Saturday’s game against the Rams reflects the time they had to heal up aches and pains. Defensive lineman Kingsley Keke is the only player on the team with an injury designation. He missed practice all week with a...

USA TODAY Sports Rams receiver Cooper Kupp escaped major injury in the fourth quarter of the Rams’ wild-card playoff victory over the Seahawks. But Kupp does have a knee contusion, and the team lists him as questionable for Saturday’s game at Green Bay. Kupp caught four passes for 78 yards...

Getty Images The Texans have requested another interview with a head coaching candidate. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that they have requested an interview with Rams defensive coordinator Brandon Staley. Staley will be free to interview once the Rams are out of the playoffs, which could...

Getty Images Last week, MDS and I agreed on all six games. We got four of them right. Agains the spread, MDS went 3-3. I was a pathetic 2-2. This week, we disagree on one of the four games. For the only three, we have the same winner, both straight up and against the spread. Check out all...

Getty Images The Rams and Packers haven’t played since 2018, but Los Angeles’ Aaron Donald is plenty familiar with his upcoming opposing quarterback. The defensive tackle, who head coach Sean McVay is now referring to as “The Terminator,” has faced Aaron Rodgers twice. In that 2018 matchup...

Getty Images Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald said on Wednesday that he feels “no pain” from the rib injury that knocked him out of last Saturday’s win over he Seahawks, but he was an observer at practice later in the day. Donald was listed as a non-participant on Tuesday’s estimated injury...

USA TODAY Sports Although some Rams players (like quarterback Jared Goff) would prefer not to play in the snow at Lambeau Field, one Rams player would have no problem with it. “I wouldn’t mind it as long as it’s not too much snow,” Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald told reporters on...

Getty Images If Jared Goff returns to the starting lineup for the Los Angeles Rams this week against the Green Bay Packers, it will mark just the seventh time two quarterbacks from the same college have started against each other in the playoffs. Both Goff and Green Bay Packers quarterback...

Getty Images After letting Greg Zuerlein walk in free agency, the Rams experienced significant kicker issues through the first half of 2020. But heading into the divisional round, those days seem to be in the past. Los Angeles started the season with seventh-round pick Sam Sloman, but waived...

Getty Images The Terminator is ready. Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald echoed what coach Sean McVay said a day earlier (without calling himself The Terminator as McVay referred to the All-Pro). “No pain,” Donald said, via Stacey Dales of NFL Media. “I feel healthy. Donald played only 30...

Getty Images The Packers only had one player out of practice on Tuesday, but they added a couple of players to that category on Wednesday. Tight end Marcedes Lewis and tackle Jared Veldheer did not take part in the session. Veldheer was officially signed off of the Colts’ practice squad on...

Getty Images Tim Lester, a fullback who spent eight seasons in the NFL in the 1990s, has died of COVID-19. He was 52. In college at Eastern Kentucky, Lester was a star running back, gaining 3,640 yards in his college career. But when he was drafted by the Rams in 1992, he became a blocking...

Getty Images Packers head coach Matt LaFleur will see a familiar face across the field from him on Saturday. LaFleur was the offensive coordinator for the Rams during Sean McVay’s first season as the team’s head coach and the two men were on the Washington staff together earlier in their...

USA Today Sports Though he played only 14 games this season, Davante Adams firmly established himself as being among the league’s elite wide receivers. He finished tied for second with 115 receptions, registering 1,374 yards with a league-leading 18 touchdowns. So if there’s any matchup worth...

Getty Images The Lions are beginning to narrow their search for a new General Manager. Detroit is flying in Rams director of college scouting Brad Holmes on Tuesday night for his second interview on Wednesday, according to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Holmes, who lives in Atlanta...

Getty Images The Packers placed offensive guard Simon Stepaniak on injured reserve, the team announced Tuesday. The Packers needed the roster spot after agreeing to terms with offensive tackle Jared Veldheer. Green Bay activated Stepaniak from the non-football injury list Dec. 2. The...