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The season opener against the Detroit Lions is less than a month away.
Veteran Jimmy Garoppolo is suspended for the first two games, so Stetson Bennett is presumably in line to back up starting quarterback Matthew Stafford.
Not so fast.
Bennett tossed a score-tying touchdown pass with four seconds left in a victory over the Dallas Cowboys, but four intercepted passes before that gave coach Sean McVay pause.
On Tuesday, McVay was asked if he felt comfortable with Bennett as the backup.
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“We’ve still got to be able to see some more body of work,” McVay said, reiterating that while he was impressed with Bennett’s resilience, the quarterback needs to take better care of the ball. “He’s got to continue to improve — and we’re still in evaluation mode.”
Bennett, who played the entire game against the Cowboys, will get his next opportunity Saturday against the Chargers at SoFi Stadium.
Dresser Winn is the other quarterback, so it remains to be seen if the Rams will make a roster move if Bennett, a fourth-round draft pick in 2023, continues to struggle with turnovers.
On Tuesday, Stafford and Garoppolo will get the majority of work when the Rams hold a joint practice with the Cowboys in Oxnard. It will mark the third time in a week that the teams will share a field.
The Rams were scheduled to practice Wednesday for a second time with the Chargers in El Segundo. Those plans were made when the Rams assumed they would be operating from their new temporary facility in Woodland Hills after training camp at Loyola Marymount.
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The Woodland Hills site was not ready, however, so the Rams remain based at Cal Lutheran in Thousand Oaks, making the commute to Oxnard much shorter than an onerous trip to El Segundo.
“Wednesday traffic, you would have been talking about having our guys in the car for over three…
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Author : LA Times
Publish date : 2024-08-14 01:25:17
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