PHOENIX -- Throughout the week, reporters peppered veteran running back C.J. Anderson with questions.
Could he learn the offense? How was his conditioning? Did Todd Gurley offer any advice?
Anderson handled each inquiry with unabashed confidence, then on Sunday started in place of Gurley and rushed for 167 yards and a touchdown in a 31-9 victory over the Arizona Cardinals.
Not bad for a sixth-year pro who was released this season from the Carolina Panthers and Oakland Raiders, and who the Rams signed just five days earlier as uncertainty loomed over the status of Gurley and inflammation in his left knee.