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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