Rams receiver Pharoh Cooper has sunny outlook after ‘Hard Knocks’ episode

Los Angeles Rams receiver Pharoh Cooper knows that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

The rookie from South Carolina learned that fact a few weeks ago, but only after “Hard Knocks” cameras caught him being stumped by rookie quarterback Jared Goff, who also struggled with the question during a quarterbacks meeting during training camp.

Goff and Cooper were roasted on social media following the HBO series’ season premiere Tuesday night.

Cooper laughed it off Wednesday morning after a special teams practice.

He said he had not seen the episode but got plenty of feedback on Twitter about his knowledge of the rotation of the Earth.

“The main thing was, ‘I saw you in the blimp,' and ‘Coop, you don’t know where the sun rises?’ ” he said, laughing. “I really didn’t know. Nobody ever taught me that.

“Now I know. It was educational. I learned something new that day.”

Cooper has been catching on fast to the Rams offense and is expected to get plenty of playing time on Saturday when the Rams play the Dallas Cowboys in their exhibition opener at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

Cooper, a fourth-round draft pick, said it would be the first NFL game he has attended, let alone played in.

Case Keenum will start at quarterback for the Rams, but coach Jeff Fisher has said that Goff would probably play about a half.

Neither Fisher nor Goff was made available to reporters Wednesday.

“It’s going good,” Cooper said when asked about working with Goff. “We’ve talked after practice about a couple routes and worked on some stuff.

“Everything is going well, and we’re getting that chemistry down.”

DOLPHINS

Cornerback Chris Culliver was placed on the physically unable to perform list Wednesday after signing a one-year deal with the Miami Dolphins, and said he expects to join practice soon.

“The next couple of weeks,” he said. “I’m glad to be here. I’m just taking my time and progressing.”

Culliver, who signed Tuesday, is still recovering from torn ACL and MCL ligaments in his right knee. He was hurt last Thanksgiving and released in May by the Washington Redskins.

Culliver, a former South Carolina star, said he’s running and doing light cuts, and coach Adam Gase described the newcomer’s status as day to day.

Miami is thin at cornerback, where converted receiver Tony Lippett and free agent acquisition Byron Maxwell are listed as the starters. Culliver has 26 career starts and seven interceptions.

“There’s a lot more I want to accomplish,” he said.