ST. LOUIS -- Observed and heard in the locker room after the St. Louis Rams' 12-6 loss against the Arizona Cardinals:
Taking the points: With 6:10 to go in the game, the Rams found themselves facing a fourth-and-goal at Arizona's 1. It was the first real sign of life for the offense since its opening drive and the Rams trailed 12-3 at the time. Rams coach Jeff Fisher had a choice to make: take the field goal, make it a one-possession game and try to get a stop on defense or go for it knowing that you might not get so close to pay dirt again.
Fisher chose the former, and given a little time to think about it, he had no regrets about doing so.
"We needed points," Fisher said. "If I go for it on fourth-and-goal at the 1 1/2 and don't get it, we're in trouble. We needed points, so we elected to get the points there and use the timeouts and the two-minute warning and you get a solid field position change down by six."
Britt's encouragement: As you'd imagine, the Rams' locker room was a somber place but for anyone wondering receiver Kenny Britt's place on the team, you need only to see what he was doing after the game. With downtrodden teammates hanging their heads, Britt walked one by one to each locker and offered a hug and some words of encouragement to every teammate.
Getting it right: Fisher has been known to direct his ire at officials after some brutal calls have gone against his team this year but he didn't have any beef with the late Janoris Jenkins interception that was overturned after a replay review. Jenkins said he thought he had it and that the ground can't cause a fumble, but Fisher said from his perspective it's a call the officials got right.
