LOS ANGELES — Up until this week, Rams safety Quentin Lake was the one that the secondary looked to break up their huddles, to deliver a message to his teammates before they went to work.

But Lake was home this week recovering from surgery on his dislocated left elbow as the Rams prepared for their matchup with another NFC division leader, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

But the Rams (8-2) took a different approach to this week. Before individual drills Wednesday, safety Kam Curl gave Lake’s typical motivational address. On Thursday, it was Cobie Durant. The group wanted to spread the responsibility out, so no one player felt the need to fill the void left by Lake.

“He was the key to the whole defense, honestly,” safety Kamren Kinchens said. “Not forcing one person to step up but creating the

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