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VIENNA -- Olympic downhill champion Matthias Mayer is planning to get back on skis next week, seven months after breaking two vertebrae in a World Cup crash.The Austrian ski federation said Mayer will return to training on snow at the Moelltaler glacier on Tuesday, adding that a start in the season-opening race in October is improbable.A start in Soelden is not certain, rather unlikely, Austria mens team spokesman Markus Aichner told The Associated Press on Wednesday.Wearing a protective air bag under his race suit during the Dec. 19 downhill in Val Gardena, Italy, Mayer spun around and flew down the hill backward. He landed hard on his right hip and side then bounced back into the air with his body rotating and slammed back down on the ground, hitting the back of his helmet and putting his left shoulder in an awkward position.Mayer was airlifted to a hospital, and a defective position of the seventh vertebrae made immediate surgery necessary. He spent 11 days in the hospital.It was the first time an air bag inflated during a World Cup race, prompting a debate among skiers whether Mayers safety system caused the serious injury or prevented him from getting hurt even worse.The international ski federation cooperated for several years with an Italian manufacturer to develop the air bag, which is similar to a safety system used in motorcycle racing since 2009.The air bag inflates only in the chest, side and shoulder areas. The system is activated using a complicated algorithm that determines when racers can no longer regain control, leading to inflation in less than a tenth of a second.A winner of three World Cup races, Mayer said shortly after the crash he didnt blame the air bag for his injuries and that he planned to wear the protective gear again. 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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 supportting the offensive guys and trying to keep them going in the right direction.dddddddddddd 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 ' ' '