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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The Los Angeles Rams did not score a touchdown in their much-needed 9-6 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday, but the Jared Goff era remains on hold.Quarterback?Case Keenum entered the game with the NFLs lowest Total QBR, then went 17-of-30 for 165 yards against a Jets defense that had allowed the 11th-most passing yards per game. Keenum avoided the back-breaking turnover, but he also failed to lead his team into the end zone.The Rams have scored just two touchdowns over their past three games, but that will not prompt head coach Jeff Fisher to turn to Goff, the No. 1 pick of the 2016 NFL draft.At least not yet.Im not going to go into a quarterback situation, Fisher said when asked once again if he would consider a change. I dont believe its quarterback play. I think its collectively were making mistakes.The Rams put the ball at the Jets 1-, 7- and 16-yard line from MetLife Stadium in Week 10, but they had to settle for Greg Zuerlein field goals each time. Fisher said he is not placing that on the shoulders of the quarterback.Asked whether he would consider turning to Goff as a means to spark his listless offense, Fisher said: Its always a possibility when his time comes. But I think Case did a nice job. We didnt get the ball in the end zone. He scrambled and picked up some key first downs and kept drives alive, and thats what youve got to do against a defense like that. Swell Traveler Bottle Australia .25 million option on reliever Jose Veras. Cheap Swell Bottles Australia . General manager Jarmo Kekalainen told Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch on Friday that he wants to see Gaboriks contributions go beyond the scoresheet before considering a long-term deal for the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent. http://www.swellbottleaustralia.com/ . "I was fortunate to play many years at this level with a great organization and unbelievable teammates," said Hejduk in a statement. Swell Water Bottle Clearance . President of baseball operations Larry Beinfest was fired Friday after 12 years with the Marlins. The move came as the team neared the end of its third consecutive last-place season in the NL East. Swell Water Bottle Sale 17 Oz . Nine days before the opening ceremony, organizing committee chief Dmitry Chernyshenko said Wednesday that Sochi is "fully ready" and will deliver safe, friendly and well-run games that defy the grim reports that have overshadowed preparations. In the 1985 film Rocky IV, Sylvester Stallones titular character faces the challenge of fighting Russian champion Ivan Drago in Moscow during the height of the Cold War. In cricket at the time, West Indies were Drago, a seemingly insurmountable challenge to every other team in the world. But Pakistan were one team that consistently challenged their supremacy a la Rocky Balboa.From June 1, 1976 to March 30, 1995, West Indies played 142 Tests and lost only 19, four of these to Pakistan. Each defeat came when the series was still alive - Port-of-Spain in 1976-77, Faisalabad in 1986-87, Georgetown in 1987-88, and Karachi in 1990-91.The Faisalabad Test, where Pakistan shockingly routed West Indies for 53 - their lowest Test score at the time - wasnt far from being a Hollywood drama itself.Every time we played West Indies during their invincible period, we looked at it as an opportunity to beat the best side in the world rather than sit back and be prepared for a loss and devastation, says former Pakistan batsman Rameez Raja. We strongly felt that a win would help to raise the status of our team and players. We backed ourselves because of the talent that we had. West Indies also respected us for what we brought to the table against them - aggression.Offspinner Tauseef Ahmed says it was the quality of Pakistans spin bowling that often troubled West Indies.We talk about power-hitting as a part of modern cricket these days, but West Indies had been playing that brand of cricket in the 80s, so beating them was always great. They struggled against spinners, especially legspinners, and we had the finest spin attack at that time.Pakistan under Imran Khan were conscious of avoiding being whitewashed by West Indies.Imran Khans leadership and encouragement lead us to believe that we could challenge West Indies, says opener Mudassar Nazar, who played two Tests of that 1986-87 series.While I wont say it was the greatest Test match we played in, it was one of the better ones - to overcome a great West Indies team. In a lot of ways the game was fairly even until their fourth-innings collapse.West Indies players from the match also acknowledge Imrans role in the win.That was the nature of Pakistan under Imran Khans leadership, which pretty much was an extension of his personality, says Richie Richardson, who top-scored in both innings for West Indies. Plus with tough competitors like Javed Miandad, Abdul Qadir, Wasim Akram on the rise, they proved a tough but great refreshing competition for us.Michael Holding and Joel Garner missed the series, which gave 23-year-old fast bowler Tony Gray a chance to break into the West Indies side. He took four wickets in the first innings to help bowl out Pakistan for 159.I remember the first morning of the Test, Gray said. I was very nervous knowing that I was about to make my debut with all those legends. Malcolm Marshall was not just a tremendous fast bowler but a friend, since he was always willing to give advice.My first Test wicket resulted from Qasim Umar being hit on the helmet and the ball deflecting onto the stumps. Overall I wasnt surprised at my performance. I had been visualising playing for West Indies since I was nine years old. Plus, I had played for Surrey in 1985 and had had a fantastic season, so playing for West Indies came as second nature to me.Gray, who dismissed Imran for 61 in the first innings and took six wickets in the match, compares the Pakistan captain to a couple of great West Indian leaders.Its easy to understand why Pakistan challenged West Indies so often back then. Their cricket mirrors West Indies cricket in so many ways, with the perpetuation of natural talent on both sides, while administratively both nations have struggled historically. The influence Imran had on Pakistan is very similar to what Clive Lloyd and Frank Worrell had for us, and that cant be understated, says Gray.West Indiees wicketkeeper Jeff Dujon, who had kept to some of the greatest West Indian quicks, was impressed by Grays bowling.ddddddddddddHe swung the ball with good pace and accuracy, and certainly appeared to have the tools. As time went on, I got the impression that he was what you call a confidence bowler. He went as his confidence went. I think he would have had a better career if he had more self-belief. He certainly had the physical ability.Dujon was dismissed for a pair in Faisalabad. He says Pakistan made up for their lack of extreme pace with good swing and spin bowling.Pakistan were always a challenge to us. We played each other on mostly flat wickets, and they had good flat-wicket batsmen. Though they did not have the quantity of pace we had, they had quality swing bowlers and two outstanding spinners.West Indies were not only troubled by Pakistans spinners but also by a food-poisoning incident that affected their captain, Viv Richards.A few of us, including manager Jackie Hendricks, went out for Chinese food and the manager told the waiter that we wanted to take some food back for our captain. Well, he got sick and we were fine, remembers offspinner Roger Harper, who faced the first defeat of his Test career in Faisalabad. Twenty-year-old Akram, playing his ninth Test, produced the first significant all-round performance of his career - taking a six-for to keep West Indies first-innings lead under 100 and then scoring his first Test half-century to help set them a competitive fourth-innings chase.It was pretty clear to us that Wasim was a player on the rise, says Dujon. We had seen him before in the ODIs in Australia and knew he was a quality bowler who had all-round ability. He bowled beautifully and kept the pressure on with swing and good pace on a pitch which was quite flat.Rameez recognises Wasims performance as one that brought him out from under Imrans shadow. Wasim was instrumental in setting up a win. Here was a star in the making. He played a crucial, gritty knock, also filled, at times, with exciting shots.On the fourth day West Indies were set a target of 240 and they proceeded to collapse in the face of the classic Pakistani bowling duo - reverse swing and legspin; Imran and Qadir. Tauseef, Qadirs spin bowling partner in the match, wasnt even required to bowl in the second innings, such was the legspinners mastery of the conditions.The fast bowler-and-legspinner combination is always delightful to watch, and they bowled extremely well, says Tauseef. Qadir taking wickets in the second innings was mainly because West Indies had always been struggling against legspinners. So it was his day there. It still was really satisfying to see because we were about to win the match and history was about to be made, because we outclassed a world-class team.Rameez took a diving catch at short leg off Qadir to dismiss Richards for a duck - one of four in the innings - and West Indies slipped to 19 for 4 in the chase. On the previous ball, Viv had planted a vicious flick straight on my shin. I remember diving full length forward to an inside edge to take the catch. Viv was always a huge wicket.In the last innings they got an unplayable ball in every over from Qadir and in the end were blown away.For West Indies, the defeat was a never-again moment. A loss of such magnitude will naturally leave lasting memories, Dujon says. Pakistan outplayed us throughout the Test match. They got on top of us early and never allowed us to settle.When we got rolled for 53 in the second innings, there was a general acceptance that we had not been mentally prepared. We resolved that this would not happen again.It never did. We ended up squaring the series, one we should have won. Alas, no international panel of umpires in those days. ' ' '