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HBO ‘Hard Knocks’ 2016: Best Rams Storylines, Moments, Reaction for Episode 1
- Updated: August 10, 2016
Football is back in Los Angeles this year, and HBO was there to chronicle it Tuesday in the season’s first episode of Hard Knocks.
The Los Angeles Rams haven’t been to the playoffs since the 2004 season, but they will be one of the marquee storylines throughout the 2016 NFL campaign after leaving St. Louis—where they played from 1995-2015—for their old home. Fans received an early glimpse at the team’s training camp in Irvine, California during Tuesday’s Hard Knocks, and there was plenty of football and amusement along the way.
It is a staple of Hard Knocks to provide comic relief in the midst of the physically and mentally grueling process of NFL training camp, and Tuesday’s episode started with No. 1 draft pick Jared Goff riding a Goodyear blimp and coach Jeff Fisher fishing out in the wilderness. It represented some of the final activities for the two headlining names before the hectic start of a unique process.
Right on cue, the show highlighted the trek from St. Louis with equipment trucks, the players moving into new houses and the almost obligatory shots of Los Angeles. Guards Roger Saffold and Jamon Brown were even shown working out at Muscle Beach in Venice, while others took in the ocean.
Center Eric Kush discussed the various tank tops he will use to beat the California heat, and the team wasted little time responding on Twitter:
YES! @EricKush64! Bringing #FatArmFriday to Hard Knocks! pic.twitter.com/QsspZpGZoO
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) August 10, 2016
It was quickly back to football business, though, as Hard Knocks showed Fisher informing quarterback Nick Foles that the team released him after selecting Goff No. 1 in the draft. The quarterback situation figures to be one of the defining themes of training camp for the Rams as Goff and Case Keenum compete for the starting job.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport even reported on Tuesday that “it’s clear there is a real chance [Keenum] enters the season as the starter. …
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