After an embarrassing Week 12 performance, the Los Angeles Rams needed a week of recharging and regrouping so they could put their catastrophic loss to the New Orleans Saints behind them and focus on the next matchup against the New England Patriots.
Even before the game against the Saints had come to an end, the week of distractions had already begun for the Rams when head coach Jeff Fisher and defensive coordinator Gregg Williams got into a visible shouting match on the sidelines during the 49-21 loss. And if that wasn’t bad enough, Fisher’s bizarre discord with the team’s legendary Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson has the fan base even more frustrated with their head coach.