Are Panthers, with a new mentor and quarterback, a solution for shaky Rams?

They glimpse like the best opponent for a battling Rams group making an attempt to stay away from a finish collapse.

On Monday, the Carolina Panthers fired coach Matt Rhule and defensive coordinator Phil Snow. Starting quarterback Baker Mayfield is just about certainly out mainly because of a significant-ankle sprain and backup Sam Darnold is on wounded reserve, so interim coach Steve Wilks possibly will start P.J. Walker on Sunday against the Rams at SoFi Stadium.

But Rams coach Sean McVay has his possess troubled workforce to stress about.

A 22-10 defeat to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday dropped the Rams to 2-3, the very first time under McVay that they have experienced a dropping document this late in the period.

The Rams scored only a single landing in the very last nine quarters. A 7 days following the San Francisco 49ers sacked quarterback Matthew Stafford seven periods, the Cowboys sacked him 5 occasions. Stafford dropped two fumbles and had a go intercepted.

“In a lot of the scenarios the final couple of months, some of the mental mistakes that have occurred that have never been mirrored in the final five yrs of how we have operated have reared its ugly head,” McVay explained throughout a videoconference with reporters. “And to me, that is on coaching, which is on me and which is the place I truly get irritated.”

The Rams are searching for “any and all solutions” and that “anything is on the desk,” McVay claimed.

“You want to make guaranteed that you guide your thoughts in a fashion that’s reflective of, ‘where are we getting solutions’ alternatively of currently being pissed off,” he reported.

A couple of months ago, the Rams signed veteran offensive linemen Oday Aboushi and veteran centre Matt Skura. Neither has played.

“Both of these fellas have played a whole lot of NFL soccer,” McVay said. “We’ve received to proceed to determine out, ‘All right, what is the ideal 5 primarily based on the bodies and the availability that we have,’ and these guys are the two in this article with probably the expectation and the anticipation that they’ll be enjoying at some level.”

Offensive lineman Rob Havenstein mentioned that immediately after examining film Monday, his position group held a “closed door” players-only meeting.

“It will come down to a attitude matter,” Havenstein explained of the line’s inadequate play. “Physical mistakes are going to materialize, but our way of thinking the last couple games has not been proper. That is a thing we’re likely to address in exercise.”

Multiple offensive linemen have been sidelined since of accidents. On Monday, McVay said guard David Edwards was in concussion protocol soon after absorbing a blow and leaving the game versus the Cowboys. Edwards was sidelined in opposition to the 49ers due to the fact he was in concussion protocol but was cleared to play from the Cowboys.

Havenstein and left tackle Joe Noteboom have started off each and every video game. Each have mentioned injuries and distinct lineup mixtures are not an excuse.

“We missing a little bit of our basis of the good results we have had around the a long time — irrespective of whether it is interaction, effort, procedure, and I consider some of that has been slipping,” Havenstein mentioned. “There’s a handful of performs [against the Cowboys] that just just can't materialize, that is just inexcusable things ...

“The fantastic issue is, the only very good thing, is that it is early plenty of in the season where we can get back again to operate and nevertheless type of right the ship the way we want it. But which is a state of mind thing that we gotta alter, and we gotta handle and we gotta fix.”