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Practice Report 9/15:
By Myles Simmons
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CHANGING THE SCHEDULE

As mentioned in yesterday’s Monday Wrap-Up, the Rams have adjusted their practice schedule to emphasize better recovery throughout the week. After Tuesday’s lighter session, the Rams will be in pads on Wednesday. Thursday will be the players’ day off, Friday will be a normal practice, and Saturday will feature a little heavier walk-through.

“I don’t ask them to get to full speed two days after, unless you have a Thursday game,” Fisher said. “We kind of recharged today and we installed. So tomorrow will be a normal Wednesday for us then Thursday’s a complete rest day for them.”

While it’s a shift for the whole team, Fisher said the players have been good with it so far.


“They loved the schedule last week,” Fisher said. “They felt fresh going into the game. Had a lot of energy at the end, so we hope it carries over.”

“Having a Thursday off, a couple days closer to the game, it allows you to ramp up twice during the week,” linebacker James Laurinaitis said. “It’s different, but that Thursday day off -- I’m sure a lot of us will get in here and watch tape together and really find out more and more and more about Washington.”

Laurinaitis added one other consequence of the change is it forces players to quickly move on from one game to the next.

“We only had to get a lift yesterday, but everybody was in the building watching tape for next week already,” Laurinaitis said. “Guys weren’t enjoying [the win], taking two days off from watching film, relaxing and waiting until Wednesday to find out about the next team because they were celebrating. Guys were really honed in, they were watching tape, and trying to figure out more about the Redskins and really put the game to rest.”

Though Fisher has decades of coaching experience in the NFL, he said that fact doesn’t prevent him from implementing beneficial changes.

“We’re always trying to do things differently,” Fisher said. “I considered it last year and it just didn’t really fit with the staff. So I gave them the heads up during the offseason -- this is probably the direction we’re going to go.”

“We’ve adjusted and everybody’s fine,” Fisher added. “You get to get caught up on Thursday. You do some things early in the week that you ordinarily would do late in the week, but you still repeatedly cover them on Saturday. So, we’re just kind of moving things around a little bit.”