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DENVER >> Jared Goff’s awkward samba toward the Rams’ starting quarterback job, a dance that might not end soon, had a couple deft steps Saturday, along with some two-left-feet stumbles. The Rams’ 17-9 preseason loss to Denver, at Sports Authority Field, seemingly didn’t add much clarity to the team’s quarterback derby, and with time ruing short, that’s good news for starter Case Keenum. Asked, after the game, if he felt the need to make any changes to the quarterback depth chart, Coach Jeff Fisher said, “No. We said it’s going to be a process and take time for Jared. He’s going to benefit from the fact that we’re taking time. He will get a chance to play again next week.” Otherwise, there w...

LA QUINTA >> The oldest living Ram is Jim Hardy. He’s been too busy living to notice. Every week Hardy drives two hours to watch USC practice. He quarterbacked two Rose Bowl victories for the Trojans, in 1944 and 1945. He and his wife Henrietta, whom he calls Hank, don’t miss USC home games either. He is 93. He drives, without glasses. He takes not one single pill. “My blood pressure is real low,” he said. He can sit in his handsome house at the La Quinta Golf Estates, and pull up obscure names from more than 60 years ago, as he did Wednesday. As the former general manager of the Coliseum Commission, he’s glad the Rams are back there. And he seems determined to stick around until USC wins an...