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BenFred's Rams Rewind: Run-first Rams can't run

Jeff Fisher and Frank Cignetti have a big problem.

The Rams coach and his new offensive coordinator stress the importance of running the football, but here we are three games into the season, and a charred patch of turf is the only part of the Rams' ground game that has been on fire.

The run-first Rams can't run.

Cignetti's comments after his February promotion from quarterbacks coach are worth revisiting after the Rams (1-2) mustered 71 rushing yards in Sunday's 12-6 loss to Pittsburgh.

"You have a base identity as a play-caller," Cignetti said at the time.