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“That’s part of the game. Backups Nate Davis Jersey , hey, you gots to go at ’em,” Shields said Tuesday night.With Aqib Talib set to undergo surgery and the availability of Marcus Peters uncertain, Shields, Troy Hill and Nickell Robey-Coleman are preparing for an expected challenge from Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins.The three cornerbacks looked to be up to the task based on how they performed in the Rams’ 35-23 win over the Chargers on Sunday after Peters and Talib were hurt. It wasn’t a surprise considering the experience of Shields, Hill and Robey-Coleman.Robey-Coleman has played 65 percent of the defensive snaps this season as the Rams’ slot corner. Hill started the final three games of the regular season and the Rams’ playoff loss last season. Shields made more than 60 starts during his seven seasons in Green Bay.“We can call the same calls with those guys. In fact, we did in the (last) ballgame,” defensive coordinator Wade Phillips said. “I feel confident in those guys.”The trio will be called upon for an extended period of time as Talib will have surgery on his injured ankle Thursday. The Rams will get a better sense of the timetable for when the five-time Pro Bowl defensive back might be able to return after the procedure, Rams coach Sean McVay said.Peters is day to day, and McVay expects it will be a game-day decision to determine his status.“It’s a great representation of his toughness to even still have it be a chance that he’s going to play when you look at what occurred and you talk about what that position requires and entails in terms of the movements. He’s taking steps in the right direction,” McVay said.But Shields spoke as if he already knew he would be making his first start since Week 14 in 2015.“Me, Troy Hill, you know, Robey, all us, we got to take care of the back end because two explosive guys out,” Shields said.Shields missed all of 2017 because of concussions, but has been effective in spot duty for the Rams, including making an interception against Arizona. Still, the 30-year-old feels as if he has something to prove and is relishing the opportunity to show it against his former NFC North rivals.“For me, it’s just kind of (a chance) to show the people that I still got it. I can still do it Tytus Howard Jersey ,” Shields said.Shields wasn’t the only one expressing the notion the backups would be on a mission. Starting safety Lamarcus Joyner does not expect a secondary that has allowed 199 yards per game and two touchdown passes to miss a beat just because the two high-profile offseason acquisitions in Talib and Peters might be absent.“I don’t know if you all heard, but we know we got two corners behind those guys that can start anywhere else in this league, including for this team,” Joyner said. “When you lose elite cornerbacks like that you still feel confident because you got another pair of great corners coming in.”Joyner believes the biggest challenge is getting familiar with how Hill and Shields express themselves on the field together in such a short amount of time. The Rams held two walkthroughs Tuesday, with Phillips likening the early session to a typical Wednesday practice and the afternoon stretch to the Thursday of a normal game week.Even with truncated preparations, the Rams defense is confident Shields, Hill and Robey-Coleman will be ready.“But if they test them, they are going to get intercepted just like Talib and Peters can do,” defensive lineman Aaron Donald said. “If one guy goes down, the other guys step up. They got big shoes to fill, but they’ll do it.”NOTES: OLB Dominique Easley (knee) would not have participated if the Rams had held a full practice Tuesday and is questionable. McVay said it was hard to gauge whether Easley would play because of the limited physical work leading up to Thursday night. NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Rodgers vs. Tom Brady. Green Bay vs. New England. Talk about one spicy prime-time matchup.Sure, the Packers are hovering around the .500 mark and the Patriots don’t appear as invincible as they sometimes — well, often — are. But the matchup between these two quarterbacks features lots of wins, even more touchdown tosses — and plenty of mutual admiration.“I love watching him play,” Brady said of Rodgers. “To see him up close is great. I watch him play whenever he’s out there. I study a lot of the Packers’ offense, I study Aaron as a player and he just does an incredible job.”The two will meet for just the second time when the Packers (3-3-1) and Patriots (6-2) square off Sunday night.Rodgers and the Packers won the only other showdown, 26-21 at Green Bay in 2014.“I loved going to Lambeau Field and playing him four years ago,” Brady said. “It’ll be great to play him at home this time. I’m really looking forward to it.”The weekend began Thursday night with the San Francisco 49ers‘ 34-3 victory over the Oakland Raiders in a lopsided Battle of the Bay. Nick Mullens threw for 262 yards and three touchdowns for the most productive NFL debut since the merger for the 49ers (2-7). The Raiders are 1-7.Off are: Indianapolis (3-5), Arizona (2-6), New York Giants (1-7), Jacksonville (3-5) Gary Jennings Jr. Jersey , Philadelphia (4-4), Cincinnati (5-3).Football fans will have to wait until Sunday night for the Packers and Patriots to kick off, but they could be treated to plenty of passing.Rodgers (24 of 38 for 368 yards, two touchdowns) and Brady (22 of 35 for 245 yards, two TDs) combined for 613 yards passing the last time they faced each other. Rodgers (103.6) and Brady (97.6) also rank first and third, respectively, in NFL history in career passer rating.“I enjoy competing against great players,” Rodgers said, “and obviously Tom is right at the top.”LOS ANGELES RAMS (8-0) at NEW ORLEANS (6-1)The Rams put their undefeated mark — the only team in the NFL yet to lose — on the line in a game that features the squads with the NFC’s best records.Los Angeles boasts the No. 2 overall offense with the top-ranked running game in the league, led by the versatile and electric Todd Gurley. But the Saints have the No. 1 run defense in the NFL, so something’s got to give, right?One thing the Rams have working in their favor: quarterback Jared Goff has won his past seven starts on the road with 13 touchdowns and five interceptions in that span.Meanwhile, Drew Brees has been sensational at home lately, with 1,045 yards passing with eight TDs and no INTs in his last three games at the Superdome.PITTSBURGH (4-2-1) at BALTIMORE (4-4)Joe Flacco and the Ravens won the first meeting this season, 26-14 on Sept. 30, and Baltimore will try to complete its first series sweep since 2015.That game, by the way, was the last Ben Roethlisberger and the surging Steelers have lost.Big Ben & Co. are looking for their fourth straight victory, and that’s despite all the drama — will he show up or not? — surrounding the still absent Le’Veon Bell. James Conner has done just fine in his place, though Ugo Amadi Jersey , rushing for 599 yards and nine touchdowns this season.It might be tougher sledding this week, though, as the Steelers face a Ravens defense that ranks No. 1 overall in the NFL and is allowing a league-low 17.1 points and 293.8 yards per game.KANSAS CITY (7-1) at CLEVELAND (2-5-1)Just what the struggling Browns need: a matchup against the team that has the best record in the AFC as well as the NFL’s most potent offense.The Chiefs average a league-high 36.3 points per game and Patrick Mahomes has been putting up eye-popping numbers. He has a league-leading 26 TD passes, just four shy of the franchise record set by Len Dawson in 1964, and has thrown for 300 yards or more in a Chiefs-record seven straight games. Mahomes also leads the NFL in yards passing (2,526) and TD-to-INT rate (plus-20).The Browns are coming off another turbulent week following the firings of coach Hue Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams will make his debut as the Browns’ interim coach against Kansas City’s Andy Reid, who is 6-0 in his career against Cleveland.LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (5-2) at SEATTLE (4-3)Philip Rivers and the Chargers are well-rested after their bye-week break, looking to keep things going after a solid start to the season.Rivers will start in his 200th straight game, becoming just the 10th player since the merger in 1970 with such a streak. And he has shown little signs of slowing. Rivers is tied for third in the NFL with 17 touchdown passes.He’ll face a Seahawks team that has won four of five and begins a stretch of six of nine games at home to close the regular season. Russell Wilson has 11 TD throws and no interceptions in his last five home games, and will look to build off last week’s performance when he became the first player in franchise history to post a perfect quarterback rating.HOUSTON (5-3) at DENVER (3-5)Hey, that guy looks familiar, huh?Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas will face the team with which he spent his first eight-plus NFL seasons before being traded to the Texans on Tuesday. He’ll be counted on by Houston right away to replace the injured Will Fuller and keep the DeShaun Watson-led offense humming.Houston is the fifth team since the 1970 merger to win five consecutive games following an 0-3 start.TAMPA BAY (3-4) at CAROLINA (5-2)Fitzmagic is back. Again.Ryan Fitzpatrick will start at quarterback for the Buccaneers — who rank No. 1 in the NFL in total offense — in place of the benched Jameis Winston. He’ll look to recapture some of the success he had during his four-game stint as the starter at the beginning of the season. The 35-year-old Fitzpatrick threw for over 400 yards in each of the first three games, and had 11 touchdowns in that span with four interceptions before giving way to Winston.While the Buccaneers have instability at the quarterback spot, Cam Newton is firmly entrenched as the guy in Carolina and has the Panthers looking for their 10th straight home win with him under center. Newton has 17 combined touchdowns and just four interceptions this season.NEW YORK JETS (3-5) at MIAMI (4-4)Sam Darnold faces the Dolphins for the second time, looking for a much better outing than the one he had in Week 2 when New York lost 20-12. The rookie threw for 334 yards — still a personal best — but also had two interceptions.This also begins a three-game stretch in which New York takes on AFC East opponents.The Jets will see a different face running the offense on the other side, with Brock Osweiler getting the start for the Dolphins in place of the injured Ryan Tannehill. Osweiler has played well with six touchdown throws and three interceptions in his three starts, during which Miami is 1-2.ATLANTA (3-4) at WASHINGTON (5-2)The ageless Adrian Peterson and the Redskins will try to go two games up on Philadelphia in the NFC East. They’ll have to get past the Falcons first, though, and Atlanta has won each of the last five meetings.Peterson, by the way, rushed for 149 yards and a TD last week against the Giants. He has some past success when facing Atlanta Devin White Jersey , with 442 yards from scrimmage and three TDs in three games against the Falcons.Despite the Falcons’ mediocre record, Matt Ryan is off to a solid start and leads the NFL with 333.6 yards passing a game. Julio Jones, his favorite target, needs 134 yards receiving in his 102nd game to become the fastest to 10,000 in a career.DETROIT (3-4) at MINNESOTA (4-3-1)Adam Thielen comes into this one with his sights set on the end zone — as usual.The Vikings wide receiver is tied with former Lions star Calvin Johnson (2012) with eight straight games of 100 or more yards receiving, the longest streak in NFL history.To get the record, he’ll have to do it against Matt Patricia’s fourth-ranked passing defense.Speaking of Patricia, this is his first NFC North road test. The Lions have mostly fared well against division opponents overall, going 21-10 since the start of the 2013 season — the best of the NFC North teams.CHICAGO (4-3) at BUFFALO (2-6)The Bears stopped a two-game skid last week by manhandling the Jets. Even more impressive was the way Mitchell Trubisky rebounded from a so-so first half in that game.The second-year QB failed to throw for 300 or more yards after three straight while finishing with 222, but he had two touchdown passes and no interceptions. He has 13 TDs in his last four games, the most in that type of span for Chicago since Sid Luckman in 1947.The Bills are turning back to turnover-prone Nathan Peterman, who’s starting with rookie Josh Allen ruled out with a sprained elbow and Derek Anderson dealing with a concussion. Peterman, who lost his starting gig midway through the season opener, has thrown 10 interceptions in just 84 career attempts.TENNESSEE (3-4) at DALLAS (3-4)Amari Cooper makes his Cowboys debut after being acquired from Oakland on Tuesday, giving Dak Prescott a new No. 1 wide receiver.He comes just in time to boost a passing game that ranks a lowly 29th in the NFL. Dallas made another change during its bye-week break by firing offensive line coach Paul Alexander and promoting former Cowboys lineman Marc Colombo.Maybe the shake-ups will help energize the Cowboys, who are looking to improve to 4-0 at home.The Titans are looking to change their luck a bit, too. They have lost three in a row, but two of those defeats were by one point each.
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