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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Offensive coordinator Rob Boras has repeatedly said he wont point fingers at anyone responsible for the Los Angeles Rams profound struggles to move the ball.Boras doesnt have enough fingers for that, anyway.The leagues lowest-scoring offense has turned in three straight terrible performances during Los Angeles (4-8) three-game skid. The Rams are back to last in the NFL in total offense -- the same place they finished last season -- with just 284.0 yards per game heading into Sundays visit from Atlanta (7-5), which has the NFLs highest-scoring offense.Everything has got to improve, Boras said Wednesday. Its easy to point a finger, and none of us are about that. We all need to coach better. We all need to play better, and prepare better.Before Boras began his first full season as the Rams coordinator, he stressed the importance of immediate improvement. After all, he persevered through 24 years in coaching to become an NFL play-caller last December, and he realized the opportunity might never come again.But Boras has been unable to interrupt a decade of ineptitude for the Rams. The franchise that once boasted the Greatest Show on Turf seems certain to finish among the NFLs 10 worst offenses for the jaw-dropping 10th consecutive season, including five straight under coach Jeff Fisher.During their final nine years in St. Louis, the Rams never finished higher than 23rd in the league in offense. They havent averaged more than 330 yards per game -- which would make them only 24th in the current league standings -- since 2006, when Marc Bulger, Torry Holt and Steven Jackson were all selected to the Pro Bowl.A move to Hollywood did nothing to make this team more entertaining, and Fishers staff could be down to its last few chances to fix things. While Boras says he has made innumerable adjustments to nearly every aspect of the Rams schemes, the results arent showing up.I know I keep repeating myself, (but) this is a resilient group, Boras said. The guys have stayed together. I think our defense has done an unbelievable job supporting the offensive guys and trying to keep them going in the right direction. As frustrating as it is, these guys keep coming back to work.Los Angeles managed just 162 yards last weekend against New England, 66 of that on a long pass to Kenny Britt inside the final two minutes of a blowout. The Rams had 247 yards the week before that in New Orleans, and they had 227 yards in their last home game against Miami three weeks ago.Rookie quarterback Jared Goff has been decent in his first three NFL starts, but not game-changing. Todd Gurley has been unable to produce in the running game all season long. Los Angeles has a patchy offensive line and a plague of drops among its unimpressive receiving corps.The Rams are last in the league in third-down percentage, converting just 32 percent of the time and repeatedly failing to extend drives. Thats often because the running game cant even pick up enough yards on the first two snaps to give them third-and-short.The big thing for us is really getting our time of possession up, guard Rodger Saffold said. What does that mean? Converting third downs and keeping their defense on the field. Its a lot easier for Coach Boras to make calls if weve got more third-and-manageable situations.Boras replaced Frank Cignetti as the Rams offensive coordinator and play-caller with four games left last season. St. Louis went 3-1, but still finished last in the NFL in total offense with 297.6 yards per game.The Rams are even worse so far this season, but Boras will keep trying to extend his opportunity.The definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results, Boras said. Were always (trying something new). It might not look like it. ... Theyre little things that the players would know that were trying to do different. Its not carrying over to Sunday, but we are trying to change things.---For more NFL coverage: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Keith Tkachuk Jersey Large . The Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Rays, and Texas Rangers all won on Sunday meaning the Rangers will host the Rays in a play-in game on Monday. Coyotes Jerseys China . Malkin got tangled up with Detroits Luke Glendening early in the third period and his left skate took the brunt of collision with the boards behind Pittsburghs net. http://www.customcoyotesjersey.com/ . 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The Terrapins Perry Hills has been day-to-day with a left shoulder injury.If Armstrong cant go, fifth-year senior Ryker Fyfe would make his second career start. If Hills is out, the Terps starter would be Tyrrell Pigrome or Caleb Rowe.Coach Mike Riley said it could be a game-time decision for Armstrong, with consideration given to how Armstrong feels and whether there would a risk of aggravating the injury.The hamstring is a mystery, Riley said. You really dont know until you really go, and then you could make it worse. So we dont want to do that. We want to be pretty sure.Pigrome, a freshman, played the second half of last weeks 62-3 loss to Ohio State. He has appeared in nine games, starting against Minnesota on Oct. 15. Rowe, a senior, started four games last season and has appeared in all 10 games this season.Hills, who hurt his right shoulder in the third game, has been forced out of three games because of injury. Coach DJ Durkin, whose Terps (5-5, 2-5 Big Ten) need one win to be bowl-eligible , brushed off the suggestion that he could sit Hills and have him ready for a more winnable game next week at home against Rutgers.Its all a bunch of one-game seasons, Durkin said. Well determine what gives us the best chance to win on Saturday. If that means Perry is in the lineup, thats what were going to do. If its not, thats what were going to do. Thats solely based on what his health is.Nebraska (8-2, 5-2) is still alive in the Big Ten West , needing to win out and have Wisconsin lose once. Riley said Fyfe, who has played sparingly this season, looked good as he prepared for his possible start against the Terps.I was real excited and it kind of culminated in a real nice Thursday, which I consider a dress rehearsal day, Riley said. I thought he did a nice job, threw nice sharp balls, appeared very confident. The kids respond well to Ryker. Hes been around a long time and its not uncomfortable for them.ddddddddddddSome things to know as Maryland and Nebraska meet for the first time:SENIOR SWAN SONGNebraska will honor 30 seniors before the game, including punter Sam Foltz, who was killed in a car accident in July. Riley has often credited the senior class for its leadership after he took over last year. I wish I had more time with them, he said, because itll have gone too fast. Riley said a portion of the ceremony will be dedicated to Foltz.BACK TO BASICSLosses in five of the last six games -- and getting outscored 121-6 by Michigan and Ohio State the last two weeks -- prompted Durkin to run practices similar to the ones in fall camp. The Terps opened the season 4-0.Technique and effort. Its how we made great strides as a team, he said. We havent done that for the past couple of weeks... Its like were back in training camp. Teaching the guys how to play the position and how to play hard and do all the little things that make a difference.GAME BREAKERMaryland running back Ty Johnson has broken a Big Ten-best seven plays of at least 40 yards or longer in the Terps seven Big Ten games. Six of them have been runs. He could see an increased workload because of the indefinite suspension of Lorenzo Harrison.POUND THE GROUNDNebraska is 8-0 under Riley when rushing for at least 200 yards. The Huskers havent hit that mark since Oct. 1 against Illinois, but they have a good chance to do it against a Maryland team that has allowed an average of 291 yards on the ground against three ranked opponents.HOME COOKINNebraska is looking to finish 7-0 at home, which would be a notable achievement to Riley. There are lots of reasons here at Nebraska, such as the great fan base. Theyre such a part of the family. Its fun to play here, fun to win here, fun to see them enjoy the games. There is a lot of pride in that.---AP Sports Writer David Ginsburg in College Park, Maryland, contributed to this report.---More AP college football: http://collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '