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Ogletree was benched briefly against Chiefs
By Nick Wagoner
http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-ra...c-ogletree-was-benched-briefly-against-chiefs
EARTH CITY, Mo. -- Lost in the mix of the many injuries the St. Louis Rams suffered in the 34-7 loss against the Kansas City Chiefs was the absence of one player late in the game who did not leave because of health concerns.
Speaking on his weekly radio show Monday night, Rams coach Jeff Fisher made mention of his decision to sit linebacker Alec Ogletree after Ogletree picked up his second unsportsmanlike conduct penalty of the game with about seven minutes to go.
Fisher was answering a question about the defense's game performance and pointed to the loss of safety Rodney McLeod to a knee injury, the subsequent move of Lamarcus Joyner to safety to replace McLeod and then taking Ogletree off the field as reasons things got away from the defense in the final minutes. (The answer is about 13 minutes into the show).
"It was that last five or six minutes where, you know, I'm not going to say we were tired and deflated, but we had some people off the field, we lost Rodney and then we moved Lamarcus and at a point in time I removed Tree because I'd had enough of the unsportsmanlike conduct stuff," Fisher told 101 ESPN.
It was the second such flag of the day for Ogletree, who has also had some problems playing assignment football in recent weeks. Fisher made it clear when the Rams released linebacker Ray-Ray Armstrong a couple of weeks ago that he would start taking action should his players continue to rack up silly fouls.
Ogletree, who is accustomed to playing pretty much every defensive snap, ended up missing just four snaps after coming out of the game. He played 62 of a possible 66 defensive snaps on the day. Daren Bates got some rare defensive snaps, playing five.
Despite whatever concerns Fisher might have had with Ogletree's final penalty, he also made it clear he did not agree with the first call that went against him. Ogletree picked up a questionable 15-yard flag for hitting tight end Demetrius Harris late. On the play, it appeared Harris was still not down by contact when Ogletree hit him, but the penalty was called anyway.
"It shouldn't have been called," Fisher said. "I didn't like it."
Almost halfway through his second season, Ogletree has played 424 snaps and posted 44 tackles and a pair of forced fumbles.
By Nick Wagoner
http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-ra...c-ogletree-was-benched-briefly-against-chiefs
EARTH CITY, Mo. -- Lost in the mix of the many injuries the St. Louis Rams suffered in the 34-7 loss against the Kansas City Chiefs was the absence of one player late in the game who did not leave because of health concerns.
Speaking on his weekly radio show Monday night, Rams coach Jeff Fisher made mention of his decision to sit linebacker Alec Ogletree after Ogletree picked up his second unsportsmanlike conduct penalty of the game with about seven minutes to go.
Fisher was answering a question about the defense's game performance and pointed to the loss of safety Rodney McLeod to a knee injury, the subsequent move of Lamarcus Joyner to safety to replace McLeod and then taking Ogletree off the field as reasons things got away from the defense in the final minutes. (The answer is about 13 minutes into the show).
"It was that last five or six minutes where, you know, I'm not going to say we were tired and deflated, but we had some people off the field, we lost Rodney and then we moved Lamarcus and at a point in time I removed Tree because I'd had enough of the unsportsmanlike conduct stuff," Fisher told 101 ESPN.
It was the second such flag of the day for Ogletree, who has also had some problems playing assignment football in recent weeks. Fisher made it clear when the Rams released linebacker Ray-Ray Armstrong a couple of weeks ago that he would start taking action should his players continue to rack up silly fouls.
Ogletree, who is accustomed to playing pretty much every defensive snap, ended up missing just four snaps after coming out of the game. He played 62 of a possible 66 defensive snaps on the day. Daren Bates got some rare defensive snaps, playing five.
Despite whatever concerns Fisher might have had with Ogletree's final penalty, he also made it clear he did not agree with the first call that went against him. Ogletree picked up a questionable 15-yard flag for hitting tight end Demetrius Harris late. On the play, it appeared Harris was still not down by contact when Ogletree hit him, but the penalty was called anyway.
"It shouldn't have been called," Fisher said. "I didn't like it."
Almost halfway through his second season, Ogletree has played 424 snaps and posted 44 tackles and a pair of forced fumbles.
