Rams will need more than a “box of touchdowns” this season

Offensive game plans can take a lot of forms, and they can come from a lot of places. If Rams head coach Jeff Fisher has his way, the “box of touchdowns” he found will yield one way for Los Angeles to find the end zone.

They need to.

Through two games, the Rams are on the precipice of joining some dubious company found in the history of their Sunday opponent. Los Angeles is still in position to right the ship, and take the pressure off of a stellar defense that thus far, has done the heavy lifting.

Credit Jeff Fisher if you will, but alleviating the anxiety that the Rams offense has been feeling is admirable. Fisher is a good guy, and if the metaphorical use of a “box of touchdowns” breaks the ice, and yields some visits to the end zone, then that metaphor is good enough for me.

It just can’t end there. Los Angeles, specifically Jeff Fisher, has a Herculean task in front of him. The offense has been bad for a host of reasons. Neither the passing game nor the running game has gotten going on any level. If one of those areas can, and be consistent, the other will follow. The scary part is that will require Case Keenum to become a quarterback who can generate a passing attack. He has to get the ball to open wide receivers, and likely throw them open as well.

Hopefully that footnote was in that box of touchdown.

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One mistake I’ve made in my thinking, is that the offense will run through Todd Gurley. It won’t. It can’t. Keenum has to be the guy who loosens up the defense. Keenum has to throw the football.

In what alternative universe did anyone see that happening.

Right now next to the defense, it’s the Rams special teams that have also been working hard to bail out the L.A. offense.

Handing the ball to Gurley just isn’t working. And it might not work as well as had been hoped. The “box of touchdowns” was likely heavy with the running game. Jeff Fisher and Rob Boras need to tear that playbook up and toss it.

So in Tampa, where the Rams hope to avoid a dubious distinction, Jeff Fisher and his Los Angeles Rams will open up that “box of touchdowns”, and hope it yields more than touchbacks.

That could be a tall order. Like scoring touchdowns has been this season.

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