{"id":143552,"date":"2020-12-29T18:14:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T15:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rams-bringing-back-blake-bortles-in-playoff-desperation\/"},"modified":"2020-12-29T18:14:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T15:14:30","slug":"rams-bringing-back-blake-bortles-in-playoff-desperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rams-bringing-back-blake-bortles-in-playoff-desperation\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rams bringing back Blake Bortles in playoff desperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Rams bringing back Blake Bortles in playoff desperation<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Los Angeles Rams look like they\u2019ll be without starting QB Jared Goff for Week 17, a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> they could need to win if they want to secure a spot in the playoffs. Goff suffered a broken thumb in the Rams\u2019 loss against the Seahawks, and underwent surgery to repair it on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Rams\u2019 current backup QB is John Wolford, a former undrafted free agent from Wake Forest who has never thrown an NFL pass. His last game action came for the Arizona Hotshots, a team in the now-disbanded AAF. <\/p>\n<p>So as insurance, the Rams are signing Blake Bortles off the Denver Broncos\u2019 practice squad, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1343733125613047810\">according to ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bortles, the former No. 3 overall pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars, spent the 2019 season as Goff\u2019s backup with the Rams. He <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared in three games, throwing two passes and completing one for three yards.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Blake Bortles\" class=\"wp-image-16926641 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/blake-bortles.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/blake-bortles.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/blake-bortles.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/blake-bortles.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/blake-bortles.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Rams have already committed to Wolford as their starter, but Bortles is familiar with head coach Sean McVay\u2019s system and can be promoted to the active roster for Sunday\u2019s game. <\/p>\n<p>The Rams will clinch a wild-card appearance if they beat the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. But if they lose, and the Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers, they will be eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>They hope to have Goff back for wild-card weekend.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Goff suffered a broken thumb in the Rams\u2019 loss against the Seahawks, and underwent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/blake-bortles.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[88054,88090,74137,73212],"class_list":["post-143552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-12-29-20","tag-blake-bortles","tag-jared-goff","tag-los-angeles-rams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}