The Rams had a player ejected for the second time in three weeks on Sunday when defensive lineman Eugene Sims was sent to the showers after a Buccaneers extra point early in the second quarter.
Sims was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct after a post-kick spat, which means he got to join defensive tackle Aaron Donald as Rams players disqualified for games this season. The Rams’ penalty issues have gone beyond ejections as well.
They have been penalized 27 times for 249 yards through three games, something that coach Jeff Fisher said would be addressed this week.
“No place for it,” Fisher said, via ESPN.com. “No place for it at all. ... It’s going to be addressed [Tuesday]. It falls under that category of the pre-snap and post-snap penalties that you just can’t have. ... It doesn’t look good. We’ve addressed it, and we’ll continue to address it.”
The Rams have been among the eight most-penalized teams in the league in each of Fisher’s four full years as the team’s head coach and the same was true of two of his last three Titans teams, so it’s fair to wonder how much impact an in-season refresher course will have on a team that routinely finds itself on the wrong side of the line.
