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             Woods heads to London looking for 1st TD catch of season




            JACKSONVILLE,  Fla.  (AP)  was nullified because of a                                                              "We've  just  got  to  keep  it
            —  Robert  Woods  has  one  penalty.                                                                               going."
            missing statistic this season:  Coach Sean McVay is con-                                                           Woods  and  the  Rams  will
            A touchdown.                 vinced Woods will get one                                                             travel  to  London  follow-
            Woods  leads  the  Los  An-  soon,  especially  consider-                                                          ing  practice  Thursday  and
            geles Rams in catches (22)  ing  the  work  he's  putting                                                          face NFC West rival Arizona
            and  receiving  yards  (322),  in  on  the  field  and  in  the                                                    on Sunday. It will be Woods'
            but  he's  still  looking  to  get  meeting room.                                                                  second  trip  to  London.
            the ball in the end zone.    "He's  going  to  continue  to                                                        He  went  with  the  Bills  two
            "It's  just  a  matter  of  time,"  make  the  most  of  his  op-                                                  years ago when they lost to
            Woods  said  Wednesday  portunities,"  McVay  said.                                                                Jacksonville  34-31.  Woods
            in  Jacksonville,  where  the  "We'd  like  to  get  him  into                                                     scored that day, one of his
            Rams (4-2) are spending a  the  end  zone,  but  it's  a                                                           12  TD  receptions  with  Buf-
            few  days  before  traveling  matter of us scoring points                                                          falo.
            to London.                   as an offense.                                                                        He'd  like  to  get  back  to
            "We've  been  in  the  red  "Robert  has  been  produc-                                                            the  end  zone  again.  Goff
            zone a lot, and as long as  tive week-in and week-out                                                              is  confident  it  will  happen
            we  get  there  and  end  up  and  has  been  one  of  the                                                         soon  —  maybe  even  in
            scoring, I don't mind at all.  examples  in  the  receiving   Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Robert Woods, top, is tackled   London.
            Our passing game is work-    room.  It's  only  a  matter  of   by Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman during the   "I think he leads us in catch-
                                                                      second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in
            ing  well  right  now.  We're  time until he does get into   Los Angeles.                                          es  yet  doesn't  have  any
            getting the ball downfield,  the end zone and continu-                                             Associated Press  touchdowns,"  Goff  said.
            and  that's  what's  impor-  ing to produce there."                                                                "Sometimes  that's  the  way
            tant."                       Woods  is  in  his  first  season  $15 million guaranteed.  were high on Woods' prior-  the game works. Obviously
            Woods  has  been  close  to  with the Rams after spend-   The  opportunity  to  play  in  ity list.                you want to get him in the
            scoring.  He  actually  did  ing four years in Buffalo. He  McVay's   receiver-friendly  "Jared  and  I  have  been  end zone and reward guys
            against  Dallas  two  weeks  signed a five-year deal with  offense  and  teaming  with  connecting on point down-  like  that,  but  I  don't  think
            ago,  but  the  touchdown  Los  Angeles  that  included  quarterback  Jared  Goff  field  so  far,"  Woods  said.  he's too upset about it. q
                                                                      Cardinals'


                                                                      Continued from Page 18      10  catches  for  138  yards  to  tire  out  that  tenacious
                                                                                                  and  a  touchdown.  And  defense.”  The  Rams  have
                                                                      While many were surprised  the veteran wide receiver  their own running threat in
                                                                      to see Peterson shrug off his  credited Peterson with giv-  Todd  Gurley,  though,  and
                                                                      short and unsuccessful stint  ing the entire team a mas-  Cardinals  safety  Tyrann
                                                                      with the New Orleans Saints  sive  lift.  “That  kind  of  ex-  Mathieu  knows  both  de-
                                                                      by  putting  up  134  yards  citement the offensive line  fenses will have their hands
                                                                      and two touchdowns in his  shows  when  they’re  out  full  at  Twickenham.  “He’s
                                                                      Cardinals debut, Fitzgerald  there blocking for him, it’s  running with a lot of confi-
                                                                      had  expected  it  from  his  different,”  Fitzgerald  said.  dence and a lot of aggres-
                                                                      old friend.                 “When  you  have  a  run-    sion,” Mathieu said of Gur-
                                                                      “AD’s always had a chip on  ning back who’s going to  ley.  “The  plan  is  to  tackle
                                                                      his shoulder, that’s just part  the Hall of Fame ... it gets  him,  if  I  get  a  chance  to.
                                                                      of nature,” Fitzgerald said.  everybody excited, it gets  But it has to be a group ef-
                                                                      “He feeds off any negativ-  everybody  energized.  He  fort. He’s playing extreme-
                                                                      ity,  anything  people  say,  really  set  the  tone  early,  ly well right now.”
                                                                      this or that. He just feeds off  and  was  a  catalyst  for  us  Mathieu’s  form  has  been
                                                                      of  it.  I  think  him  and  I  are  being  able  to  start  fast  questioned  at  times  this
                                                                      very similar in that regard.”  and  being  able  to  fin-  season,  especially  after
              Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals listens   Fitzgerald  also  put  up  his  ish  the  game.  The  more  the  Cardinals’  loss  to  the
              at a press conference ahead of an NFL training session at the
              London Irish rugby team training ground in the Sunbury-on-  best  game  of  the  season  involved  he  is  early,  the  Dallas   Cowboys   when
              Thames suburb of south west London, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017.   in the win over Tampa Bay  more  we  can  keep  their  they  gave  up  21  points  in
                                                     Associated Press  last  Sunday,  finishing  with  offense off the field and try  the second half. q
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