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Column: Rams newcomer Kevin O’Connell, ex-Aztecs QB, plans to help Jared Goff rebound

Working from home during the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t kept Kevin O’Connell, the former San Diego State quarterback, from getting in strenuous workouts.

Improvising, the 34-year-old father of three cranks out “family” push-ups. “It’s normally with my son or my daughter on my back, trying to add a little extra weight to make my push-ups a little harder,” O’Connell said Thursday, laughing.

If only it were so simple to restore the Rams offense to its muscle of not long ago. The talent has fallen off since the team’s Super Bowl run two years ago.

There’s no sugar-coating the No.