ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Rams have been waiting all year for this Gregg Williams-led defence to step up. Suddenly, its making an indelible mark.No matter that consecutive shutouts have come against tail-enders Oakland and Washington, its quite an accomplishment to ride into the season-ending stretch.Guys are playing lights-out right now, defensive end Robert Quinn said. Hopefully, we just keep it going.The Rams (6-7) have beaten the Redskins and Raiders by a combined score of 76-0. The surge had them close to their goal of ranking in the top 10 in overall defence, checking in at 11th on Monday with one NFL game remaining. They were 27th on offence.St. Louis was 10th against the run, a huge jump after ranking 31st six weeks ago.I want to see it again, coach Jeff Fisher said. We need to keep playing, keep preparing the way we are. When youre getting the turnovers, when youre getting the third-down stops, that gives you a chance.Fishers confidence — some might call it arrogance — no doubt helps. Fisher sent six players the Rams acquired in the Robert Griffin III trade out for the coin toss against the Redskins, rubbing it in their noses just a bit before whipping them 24-0 Sunday.It made too much sense to us to go ahead and recognize the guys that probably would not have been here had it not been for that trade, Fisher said. We wanted to do it before the game because it was a memory that will last them for a lifetime.Fisher said in the past hes sent other people out for different reasons, and added, I think theyve got more issues than the coin toss.The last time the Rams posted consecutive shutouts was 1945, two franchise moves ago, in their final season in Cleveland before leaving for Los Angeles. They blanked the Chicago Cardinals 21-0 and Chicago Bears 17-0. No NFL team had done it since Dallas in 2009.The Redskins were limited to 206 yards and were 3 for 15 combined on third down and fourth down. The Rams had seven sacks and two interceptions, never permitted a snap inside the 20 and allowed a season-low 27 yards rushing.A week earlier, the Rams put the hammer down early on the Raiders, taking a 38-0 halftime lead and forcing five turnovers in a 52-0 rout.St. Louis has allowed 222 points on defence, second-fewest in the NFL and just one point more than Seattle. The overall numbers are skewed by seven defensive touchdowns and two more on special teams, which Fisher made a point to note.Weve been locked in and just getting better and tightening up on all the little plays that were hurting us, safety Rodney McLeod said. If you go back and look at our games before, it was just one play here, a couple plays here that were changing the game.A healthy secondary is one reason for the stingy play of late. Cornerbacks Janoris Jenkins and Trumaine Johnson are back in form, and midseason pickup Mark Barron is making solid contributions at safety.The Rams have won two straight for the first time all season entering a short work week, with the NFC West-leading Arizona Cardinals up next on Thursday night. The team reviewed the game on the flight home, and players participated in a walkthrough and meetings Monday, forcing the coachs news conference to be moved to the media room.The Rams have no injury concerns. Tight end Jared Cook was examined for a concussion before catching two touchdown passes Sunday, and was cleared again on Monday. Guard Rodger Saffold (shoulder) had no issues.Five starters were listed as not practicing on an injury report that was an estimate: Saffold (shoulder), centre Scott Wells (elbow), wide receiver Kenny Britt (not injury related), defensive end Chris Long (ankle) and middle linebacker James Laurinaitis (ankle).___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Cheap Air Max For Sale . The Blue Jackets got goals from Cam Atkinson, Nick Foligno, Boone Jenner and R.J. Umberger and Curtis McElhinney posted his first shutout since 2011 in a 4-0 victory on Friday night. Clearance Air Max . Pironkova, who was ranked outside the top 100 despite reaching the Wimbledon semifinals in 2010, beat three top 10 players in Sydney, 2012 French Open finalist Sara Errani, 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and Kerber. https://www.airmaxchina.us/. -- Arizona coach Sean Miller rose from his seat every time Roberto Nelson touched the ball and yelled "Shooter!" 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"I remember that after we won the ninth (European Cup) that the next day we were already being asked about the 10th," said Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who is the only player on the team to have played in the Glasgow final, a 2-1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen. Madrid was doing its best to avoid terming its infatuation with perhaps the most important trophy in club football an obsessive affair, despite the very make-up of the club being shaped by it. "Its not an obsession, its a great motivation," Ancelotti said on Tuesday. "We have a great opportunity to get into the history books of this club. Its not an obsession but an opportunity." Madrids recent record in Europes top competition has only bred further impatience to increase its record trophy tally, which led FIFA to bestow it with the title of top club of the 20th century. Madrid won the European Cup six times between 1955 and 66, including a record five consecutive titles.dddddddddddd It took 32 years to win the seventh in 1998, which not only provided liberation but led to returned success in the competition. But following the ninth cup win in 2002, Madrid went seven straight seasons without advancing from the first knockout stage despite president Florentino Perezs enormous spending on the likes of Brazil striker Ronaldo, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo. The arrival of coach Jose Mourinho in 2010/11 reversed that trend with Madrid reaching the semifinals for three straight years. But never the final, until now. "In the last couple of years weve played well in this competition and we are always just one step away, so I think our fans deserve to experience this, reaching a final after 12 years," said Madrid defender Sergio Ramos. "To feel pressure would be a problem. You have to go out convinced that you can win it." Normally teams only produce T-shirts to commemorate final triumphs. Not Madrid, which felt such a release following the semifinal victory against Bayern that it had one ready for the players at the whistle reading "Now for the 10th!" Now, a first final between clubs from the same city stands in the way as Atletico comes off winning its first Spanish league for 18 years with an opportunity to win its first European Cup 40 years on from its lone appearance in a final. "La Decima is the trophy all Madridistas want," Cristiano Ronaldo said in reference to Madrid supporters. ' ' '