Category: Rams

Ahkello Witherspoon diving pick saves Rams’ win over Cardinals

The Rams caught a lucky deflection and turned it into a game-saving interception

The Los Angeles Rams could not contain Trey McBride all Saturday. It took a lucky carom to save their victory.

Kyler Murray tried to connect with the Arizona Cardinals tight end for his 13th catch and it proved unlucky. The ball deflected off McBride and a diving Ahkello Witherspoon came up with the interception to save a 13-9 victory at SoFi Stadium.

The win was the Rams’ 10th and puts them in a position to clinch the NFC West depending on results of other games in Week 17.

Rams topple 49ers in battle of field goals, 12-6

Rams down 49ers in NFC West defensive struggle

The Los Angeles Rams won in Week 14 scoring 44 points. Four days later, they picked up another victory without a touchdown.

Sean McVay will find many ways to beat you. Kyle Shanahan and the San Francisco 49ers learned that Thursday when the Rams came into Levi’s Stadium and left with a 12-6 victory.

There were 12 touchdowns last week when the Rams beat the Buffalo Bills. In Week 15, they made 12 points stand up for the win.

The Rams got three field goals from Joshua Karty in the fourth quarter and a huge interception by Darious Williams to send the 49ers to their eighth defeat.

The NFC favorite team to reach the Super Bowl has to win out to finish over .500.

Los Angeles started the season 1-4 and is now 8-6 and in the thick of the NFC West race.

The loss came close to extinguishing San Francisco’s playoff hopes. The 49ers have been riddled with injuries. They got linebacker Dre Greenlaw back but he had to go out in the second half.

They ran 53 plays and only gained 191 total yards.

Their last two plays after Karty’s field goal in the final minute wound up with a Brock Purdy incompletion and a sack.

Puka Nacua’s brilliance leads Rams to thrilling upset of Bills

Wild game sees Rams hold off Bills at SoFi

The Kansas City Chiefs got help from the co-tenants at SoFi Stadium before they faced the Los Angeles Chargers at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Los Angeles Rams erupted for 44 points in a thrilling 44-42 home win over the Buffalo Bills.

The Bills’ loss gave the Chiefs an added cushion in the race for AFC playoff position.

Puke Nacua and Josh Allen had incredible performances.

The Rams receiver had 162 receiving yards, 12 receptions, and a touchdown catch. He also had five rushes for 16 yards and a touchdown.

Allen, meanwhile, threw for 342 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed for 82 yards and three touchdowns.

It was the second game in NFL history with five rushing touchdowns, five passing touchdowns, and no turnovers.

The difference in the game was Nacua’s 19-yard touchdown reception from Matthew Stafford with 1:54 left.

Allen scored on a second quarterback sneak attempt with a minute left.

Tom Brady made a salient point on the FOX broadcast that Allen should have tried to pass the ball into the end zone rather than sneaking the first time, which was unsuccessful.

That caused the Bills to call a timeout they needed when they stopped the Rams on their final drive. The game ended with a Rams punt that ate up the remaining seven seconds on the clock.

Buffalo is 10-3. KC came into its game at 11-1.

The Rams are now 7-6 and in the thick of the tight NFC West race.

This was the second 44-42 final in NFC history. The previous one was in 1997 when the Eagles beat the Bengals.

Rams score touchdown on blocked punt against Bills

Rams score on a blocked punt against the Bills

The Los Angeles Rams needed all three phases to play well against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday at SoFi.

The special teams delivered a big play in the second quarter.

Jacob Hummel blocked a punt and Hunter Long scooped it and returned the football 22 yards for a score.

Los Angeles led 17-7 after the play but Buffalo countered with a touchdown of its own to make it a three-point game.

Jared Goff, Matthew Stafford dazzle for Lions and Rams

Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff each threw four touchdown passes or their respective teams

This would be the rare occasion when a trade works out for both teams.

On Sunday, Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff put up stunning stats for the Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions, respectively.

The Rams and Lions swung a deal years ago for the QBs. Los Angeles already has won a Super Bowl with Stafford and the Lions are on track to make a deep playoff run with Goff.

Back to Sunday.

Goff was 24-of-29 for 412 yards with four TD passes in a 52-6 demolition of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

At the same time, Stafford was 18-of-27 for 295 yards and four touchdowns in a 28-22 win over the New England Patriots.

Combined, the QBs completed 42 passes for 707 yards and eight touchdowns.

One can say both teams are happy with the overall results of that trade.

Rams stuff Seahawks on defense, win on Matthew Stafford TD pass in overtime

The Rams downed the Seahawks in overtime on a Matthew Stafford TD pass

The Los Angeles Rams stopped the Seattle Seahawks on two short-yardage plays in overtime on Sunday. They then took the football and won the game on a Matthew Stafford pass to DeMarcus Robinson.

LA’s 26-20 win raised the Rams’ record to 4-4. Seattle fell to 4-5 and last in the parity-laden NFC West.

It was a bizarre game for the Seahawks. The only times they scored were in the final minute of the second quarter and the final minute of the fourth quarter.

Seattle scored two touchdowns in 46 seconds before halftime. The Rams then countered with17 straight points to take a 20-13 lead.

Geno Smith, who threw three TD passes and three interceptions, found Jaxon Smith-Njigba with a 14-yard pass with 51 seconds left in the fourth quarter to force overtime.

Seattle got the ball and was driving until LA’s defense stopped it cold on third and four down in Rams territory.

The Rams took over and Stafford drove them 83 yards in four plays with the final 39 coming on the pass to Robinson.

Sean McVay was one pumped-up coach.

Kamren Kinchens with 103-yard pick-six for Rams against Seahawks

Kamren Kinchens with a team record interception return for a Rams touchdown

The Los Angeles Rams gave up a couple of touchdowns late in the first half against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.

Instead of folding, the Rams revved up after the break. They scored 17 straight points bridging the third and fourth quarters to take a 20-13 lead.

The touchdown in the fourth quarter was of the spectacular variety, as in a team record.

Karem Kinchens, who had 11 interceptions over his last two seasons in college at Miami, picked Geno Smith and returned the interceptions 103 yards.

The return was tied for the fourth-longest in league history.

Rams WR Puka Nacua ejected for throwing a punch

Puka Nacua ejected from Rams-Seahawks for throwing a punch

Puka Nacua was ejected from Sunday’s Los Angeles Rams-Seattle Seahawks game late in the second quarter.

Nacua punched Coby Bryant after the Seahawks picked off a Matthew Stafford pass.

Bryant went to block or pushed Nacua, who responded by punching the Seahawk.

Seattle scored a touchdown after the interception to take a 13-3 lead at halftime of the game between NFC West foes

Will Puka Nacua play in Week Nine? Injury update on Rams wide receiver

What is the injury report on Rams WR Puka Nacua?

Puka Nacua update

The Los Angeles Rams received a scare at practice on Thursday when wide receiver Puka Nacua left with a knee injury. Nacua, who returned last week after an early season knee injury was described as “limited.”

Why might Puka Nacua be out?

Nacua left practice on Thursday after injuring his knee. He suffered a knee injury in preseason and aggravated it in Week One against the Detroit Lions. That was why the injury on Thursday was concerning. It has been deemed not to be serious.

The Rams play at the Seattle Seahawks in Week Nine.

Los Angeles Rams WR depth chart

The chart goes through Cooper Kupp and Nacua. Consider them 1 and 1A on the Rams. Jordan Whittington, Xavier Smith, and Demarcus Robinson are also in the WR room.

Rams deal Vikings second straight loss

Rams win their second straight and Vikings have lost two in a row

Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua returned and so did the Los Angeles Rams’ offense. Amazing how that works.

The Rams defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 30-20, on Thursday at SoFi Stadium. With Kupp and Nacua back from injury, Matthew Stafford threw for 279 yards and four touchdown passes.

The biggest beneficiary of the scoring throws was Demarcus Robinson. Both of his catches in the games went for touchdowns.

Kupp and Nacua combined for 12 catches and 157 receiving yards.

Justin Jefferson had eight catches for 115 yards in the loss.

The Vikings were furious on a non-call at the end of the game when the Rams wound up with a safety despite Byron Young clearly grabbing the facemask of Sam Darnold in the end zone.

If the penalty had been called, Minnesota would have had a first down at its 20 with no timeouts and 96 seconds left.

A punt by Ethan Evans had pinned Minnesota deep in its territory when starting the final drive.

Minnesota has lost two straight after winning its first five games. Los Angeles is 3-4 and has won consecutive games.

Sean McVay tried to douse the speculation Kupp was on the trading block.