2016 Los Angeles Rams season

2016 Los Angeles Rams season
Head coach	Jeff Fisher
General manager	Les Snead
Owner	Stan Kroenke
Home field	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Uniform

The 2016 Los Angeles Rams season will be the franchise's upcoming 79th season in the National Football League and the fifth under head coach Jeff Fisher. It will be the franchise's 50th season in the Greater Los Angeles Area and the first since 1994. The team will try to improve on their 7–9 record in 2015. The Rams will also appear in HBO's Hard Knocks for the first time.

Return to Los Angeles

After receiving permission to void its lease on the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri during the 2015 season, the team officially filed an application to relocate to Los Angeles on January 4, 2016, where it would play at the City of Champions Stadium once that stadium is complete; the stadium, which began construction in December 2015, is scheduled to open in 2019. In the interim, the Rams will play seven of their home games in Los Angeles, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and the eighth game at Twickenham Stadium in London as part of the NFL International Series^[1] until the City of Champions Stadium is complete. The Rams competed against the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders, both of whom also filed relocation requests for a joint stadium in Carson, California, for the rights to the Los Angeles market; each will have one-year options to decide if they want to share the Inglewood stadium with the Rams. The league made their decision in a special meeting on January 12; after two ballots, the Rams' proposal was accepted on a 30–2 vote.^[2][3]

Draft

2016 Los Angeles Rams Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	1	Jared Goff	QB	California
4	110	Tyler Higbee	TE	Western Kentucky
4	117	Pharoh Cooper	WR	South Carolina
6	190	Temarrick Hemingway	TE	South Carolina State
6	193	Josh Forrest	MLB	Kentucky
6	206	Mike Thomas	WR	Southern Miss

Notes

• The Rams acquired the No. 1 overall pick from the Tennessee Titans along with a 4th and 6th round selections in exchange for the Rams No. 15 overall pick, two second-round picks, and a third-round pick in the 2016 draft. The Titans will also get the Rams first and third-round picks in 2017.
• The Rams acquired an additional second-round selection as part of a trade that sent quarterback Sam Bradford to the Philadelphia Eagles. This selection along with their original second-round pick were traded for the number one overall selection of the 2017 draft.
• The Rams will forfeit their fifth-round selection after selecting offensive tackle Isaiah Battle in the 2015 Supplemental draft.
• The Rams traded their seventh-round selection to the Houston Texans in exchange for quarterback Case Keenum.

Staff

Los Angeles Rams staff
	Front Office Owner/Chairman – Stan Kroenke Executive Vice President of Football Operations/COO – Kevin Demoff General Manager – Les Snead Director of College Scouting – Brad Holmes Director of Player Personnel – Taylor Morton Director of Pro Personnel – Ran Carthon Head Coaches Executive Vice President/Head Coach – Jeff Fisher Assistant Head Coach – Dave McGinnis Assistant Head Coach/Offense – Rob Boras Offensive Coaches Passing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers – Mike Groh Quarterbacks – Chris Weinke Running Backs – Skip Peete Tight Ends – John Lilly Offensive Line – Paul Boudreau Assistant Offensive Line – Andy Dickerson Offensive Quality Control – Andy Sugarman Offensive Assistant – Kenan Smith Offensive Assistant – Barrett Trotter			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator – Gregg Williams Senior Defensive Assistant – Chuck Cecil Defensive Line – Mike Waufle Assistant Defensive Line – Clyde Simmons Linebackers – Frank Bush Defensive Backs – Dennard Wilson Defensive Backs – Brandon Fisher Defensive Quality Control – Jeff Imamura Special Teams Coaches Special Teams Coordinator – John Fassel Assistant Special Teams Coordinator – Vacant Strength and Conditioning Head Strength and Conditioning – Rock Gullickson Assistant Strength and Conditioning – J. Aggabao → Coaching Staff → Management → More NFL staffs
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Current roster

Los Angeles Rams roster
Quarterbacks  5 Nick Foles 16 Jared Goff 17 Case Keenum 14 Sean Mannion Running backs 39 Malcolm Brown 23 Benny Cunningham 36 Aaron Green 30 Todd Gurley 45 Zach Laskey FB 27 Tre Mason 34 Chase Reynolds Wide receivers 11 Tavon Austin 12 Stedman Bailey 18 Kenny Britt 82 Kain Colter 10 Pharoh Cooper  2 Isiah Ferguson 87 Deon Long 15 Bradley Marquez  8 Paul McRoberts  3 Marquez North 83 Brian Quick 86 Nelson Spruce 13 Mike Thomas 81 Nick Toon Tight ends 48 Justice Cunningham 46 Cory Harkey 84 Temarrick Hemingway 89 Tyler Higbee 88 Lance Kendricks		Offensive linemen 66 David Arkin G 61 Tim Barnes C 77 Isaiah Battle T 68 Jamon Brown G 64 Andrew Donnal T 67 Brian Folkerts C 79 Rob Havenstein T 60 Eric Kush C 72 Pace Murphy T 71 Garrett Reynolds G 65 Demetrius Rhaney C 73 Greg Robinson T 76 Rodger Saffold G 70 Jordan Swindle T 69 Cody Wichmann G 63 Darrell Williams T Defensive linemen 90 Michael Brockers DT 98 Quinton Coples DE 99 Aaron Donald DT 42 Morgan Fox DE 95 William Hayes DE 96 Matt Longacre DE 94 Robert Quinn DE 72 Ian Seau DE 97 Eugene Sims DE 62 Louis Trinca-Pasat DT 93 Ethan Westbrooks DT 92 Doug Worthington DT		Linebackers 56 Akeem Ayers OLB 26 Mark Barron OLB 53 Brandon Chubb MLB 59 Josh Forrest MLB 55 Nicholas Grigsby OLB 54 Bryce Hager MLB 49 Darreon Herring OLB 57 Zack Hodges OLB 58 Cory Littleton OLB 50 Cameron Lynch OLB 52 Alec Ogletree MLB 70 Kache Palacio OLB 51 Matthew Wells OLB Defensive backs 31 Maurice Alexander SS 24 Christian Bryant FS 38 Cody Davis FS 33 E.J. Gaines CB 36 Rohan Gaines SS 32 Troy Hill CB 22 Trumaine Johnson CB 35 Michael Jordan CB 20 Lamarcus Joyner CB 37 Jordan Lomax FS 25 T.J. McDonald SS 43 Brian Randolph SS 47 Marcus Roberson CB 41 Winston Rose CB 21 Coty Sensabaugh CB Special teams  1 Taylor Bertolet K  6 Johnny Hekker P 44 Jacob McQuaide LS  4 Greg Zuerlein K				Reserve lists Unrestricted FAs Rookies in italics Roster updated May 5, 2016 Depth Chart • Transactions 84 Active, 0 Inactive, 6 Unsigned → AFC rosters → NFC rosters
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Schedule

Preseason

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	TV	NFL.com recap
1	August 13	5:00 p.m. PDT	Dallas Cowboys			Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	ESPN
2	August 20	7:00 p.m. PDT	Kansas City Chiefs			Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
3	August 27	6:00 p.m. PDT	at Denver Broncos			Sports Authority Field at Mile High
4	September 1	5:00 p.m. PDT	at Minnesota Vikings			U.S. Bank Stadium

Regular season

On November 25, 2015, the NFL announced that the Rams will play host to a then-undetermined NFC East opponent in the International Series, in the first-ever game at Twickenham Stadium in London, England. On January 3, 2016, the New York Giants were confirmed as the Rams' opponent for this game, based on each teams' respective third-place divisional finishes at the end of the 2015 season. The game will occur during Week 7 on Sunday, October 23, and will be aired by the NFL Network in the United States. The kickoff time was announced on April 14, and both teams will both have their bye the following week.^[4] The University of Southern California, as a condition of the Rams' use of the Coliseum, requested that the NFL not schedule any Monday night home games at the stadium, nor home games on days after USC football games. While the team's final schedule does not contain Monday night games at home, two games, however, will be played on days following an USC home game.^[5]

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	TV	NFL.com recap
1	September 12	7:20 p.m. PDT	at San Francisco 49ers			Levi's Stadium	ESPN
2	September 18	1:05 p.m. PDT	Seattle Seahawks			Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Fox
3	September 25	1:05 p.m. PDT	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers			Raymond James Stadium	Fox
4	October 2	1:25 p.m. PDT	at Arizona Cardinals			University of Phoenix Stadium	Fox
5	October 9	1:25 p.m. PDT	Buffalo Bills			Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	CBS
6	October 16	10:00 a.m. PDT	at Detroit Lions			Ford Field	Fox
7	October 23	6:30 a.m. PDT	New York Giants			Twickenham Stadium (London, England)	NFLN
8	Bye
9	November 6	1:05 p.m. PST	Carolina Panthers			Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Fox
10	November 13	10:00 a.m. PST	at New York Jets			MetLife Stadium	Fox
11	November 20	1:05 p.m. PST	Miami Dolphins			Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Fox
12	November 27	10:00 a.m. PST	at New Orleans Saints			Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Fox
13	December 4	10:00 a.m. PST	at New England Patriots			Gillette Stadium	Fox
14	December 11	1:25 p.m. PST	Atlanta Falcons			Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Fox
15	December 15	5:25 p.m. PST	at Seattle Seahawks			CenturyLink Field	NBC
16	December 24	1:25 p.m. PST	San Francisco 49ers			Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Fox
17	January 1	1:25 p.m. PST	Arizona Cardinals			Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Fox

Notes

• Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
• Networks and times for Sunday games from Weeks 5–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.

References

1. "Rams, owner Stan Kroenke assert St. Louis better off as 2-sport city in Los Angeles relocation application". Retrieved 6 January 2016.
2. Breer, Albert (January 12, 2016). "Rams approved to relocate to Los Angeles". National Football League. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
3. "Rams headed back to Los Angeles; Chargers have option to join". ESPN. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
4. "2016 UK International Series schedule announced". NFL.com. November 25, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
5. "USC Requests No Monday Night Football Home Games For Rams". SBNation. Vox Media. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

External links

• Official website