Buy All or Nothing: A Season with the Arizona Cardinals - Unrated: Read 1451 Movies & TV Reviews - Amazon.com. Charles Sims Shows Off Well-Rounded Skillset. Fourth-year RB Charles Sims had a strong training camp and appears ready to help the team in many ways, including. Official Site of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. By Scott Smith. . Posted Aug 2. 6, 2. Even with a number of usual starters out, the Bucs will play their first- team units well into the third preseason game, and are hoping to see an encouraging preview for the regular season. ![]() HBOFind out what the critics have to say about. The "All or Nothing" series that chronicles the Rams' '16 season will be available for streaming on June 30. And Jeff Fisher's firing will be included.![]() NBA commissioner Adam Silver revealed Friday that he had a secret Twitter account. A few hours later, one Utah Jazz fan convincingly argued that he had found it. LOS ANGELES -- One team official compared the streaming of Amazon's latest "All or Nothing" series to "watching the Titanic sink." The Los Angeles Rams were bad in. It's all available for public view now, though. And like a bad car crash, it is painstakingly difficult to look away. It is the second installment, following the chronicling of a far more successful 2. Arizona Cardinals team last summer. The series, produced by NFL Films and narrated by Jon Hamm, began with the move from St. Louis to Los Angeles in early 2. Sean Mc. Vay in early 2. It included everything in between - - the drafting of Jared Goff, the infamous . It gives one a sense for the insane hours the assistants put in and how drastically their lives change when a head coach is let go. It showed how much the players appreciated Fisher and how responsible they felt when he was dismissed. Below are some of the new developments from the eight- episode series, which aired nearly a year after HBO followed the Rams through training camp with . It was against the Cardinals. In a meeting with his position group, defensive backs coach Dennard Wilson played a soundbite of Cardinals coach Bruce Arians from his postgame news conference after a win over the Rams in 2. You figure it out. They were 3- 1 and coming off back- to- back road wins, in a position few would've foreseen. But Fisher sensed looming danger because his team was having a hard time stopping the run and getting it going on the ground. We're not going to win another f- -- ing game. Before the Week 1. Jets, Fisher broke the news to Kroenke himself. Case Keenum was making his final start at quarterback that day and didn't even know it. In the next team meeting, after the announcement had been made, Fisher reminded everyone Keenum was voted a captain before the start of the season. Kelvin Kuo/USA TODAY Sports. Downward spiral: As the weeks went on and the losses mounted, backup running back Benny Cunningham huddled the team together in the middle of the practice field. You're not going to have a job. You're not going to have a f- -- ing job. So pick this s- -- up. They finished the season with seven straight losses. ![]() After a 3- 1 start, they dropped 1. During one four- game stretch, they lost by a combined 9. Their most demoralizing loss came at home against the Falcons, who beat them 4. Week 1. 4, four days before the Rams had to travel to Seattle to play a Thursday night game. After the game, Fisher told the team, . Unfortunately I won't be here this weekend. I was just fired. Fisher said he would meet with the players at 1. The room was stunned and silent. Assistant coach Mike Singletary stood up, looked Fisher in the eyes, shook his hand firmly and said, . It's a freaking shock. Sorry if I let you guys down. You guys didn't let me down. You busted your ass every single day for me. Some great ones. This is one that you're probably going to remember because I'm no longer your head coach. I just wanted to say that I love you guys. I'm going to walk out of here with my head up high, and I want you guys to do me a favor: finish strong. And this becomes the end of my legacy here. I'm sorry if I let anybody down. I don't think I did, nor did the coaches. But this business is based on wins and losses. I'll tell you this: You have to cherish it every day. Every single day, you have to cherish it. Opportunity to play in this league, and be part of the National Football League, nothing better. Nothing better. Every single day, cherish it. Love your families, love each other. I love you guys. But I'll be fine. I'm going fishing. He said the team had great players, great coaches and it merely came down to the wins not being there often enough. He didn't want them to carry any guilt, but they did. All- Pro punter Johnny Hekker spoke to the group while in tears and said they all ruined an opportunity with Fisher. Hayes, who spent eight of his seasons playing under Fisher on two teams, said: . Y'all just lost the greatest thing next to this team. Y'all ain't never going to play in front of a head coach like that. He remains on the staff as special- teams coordinator under new coach Sean Mc. Vay. Vasquez/USA TODAY Sports. Carrying on after Fisher: Todd Gurley, his head down, was crying in the meeting when Fisher announced he had been fired. The Rams had three games left in their season, including a quick turnaround in Seattle, and the message to the players was to finish strong for their former head coach and their personal pride. During one of the practices, offensive coordinator Rob Boras told Goff: . It's your team. I don't care who the head coach is. I don't care who the coordinator/position coach is. It's your team. They're gonna do what you tell them. So set the standard now. The Rams never won again. John Fassel, the special- teams coordinator who served as the interim coach, addressed the team after the final game, a 4. Cardinals. His voice cracked. And how you conduct yourself at all times matters. I'm proud to be a Ram, men. I'm proud to be a Ram. You'll always get an extra third. Trevor Ruszkowski/USA TODAY Sports. Fisher, in the aftermath: In the final episode, . The series ends with Fisher, alongside his wife and two of his dogs, at his home a half- hour outside Nashville. He will be a grandfather in September, and because he won't work in the NFL this season, he'll get to be there when the baby is born. That's what I miss most right now is the players. But they're staying in touch. I want to get back on the sidelines. Not going to happen this year, obviously, but we'll just see what happens. In the interim, this is our life.
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