PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : RAMS : Everett’s Rating Improves to 22nd

Jim Everett, the lowest-rated passer in the league the past two weeks, moved into 22nd place in the league’s passing-efficiency rankings after a 316-yard, three-touchdown performance Sunday against Houston.

Everett has completed 68 of 131 pass attempts (51.9%) for 847 yards and five touchdowns with six interceptions for a rating of 65.9. The Jets’ Boomer Esiason leads the league with a 111.5 rating.

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Wide receiver Mario Bailey and punters Tim Kalal and Ed Bunn worked out for the Rams Tuesday.

Bailey was member of Washington’s 1991 national championship team. Kalal has played for Bills and Patriots, and for the Falcons last season. Bunn was drafted in the third round by the Redskins, who later cut him before the regular season started.

The Rams already made one move with punters last week, signing Paul McJulien and releasing Don Bracken.

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Rookie running back Derek Brown of the Saints, who play the Rams Sunday at Anaheim Stadium, is the league’s fourth-leading rusher with 347 yards in 76 carries, a 4.6 average. Brown, a former standout at Servite High, bypassed his senior season at Nebraska to enter last spring’s draft.

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Wide receiver Henry Ellard became the 13th NFL player to catch 550 passes for more than 9,000 yards after six receptions for 132 yards against the Oilers. Ellard now has 551 receptions for 9,129 yards.

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New Orleans has won 12 of the past 16 games against the Rams, including the past six. The Rams’ last victory over the Saints was a 20-17 overtime win Nov. 26, 1989, at New Orleans. They haven’t beaten the Saints in Anaheim Stadium since 1986. . . .