After two weeks of flying back and forth from coast to coast for two straight road games, the Rams were back home on Sunday at SoFi Stadium against the winless Giants. It was supposed to be an easy win based on the 13.5-point spread, however, it was anything but that.
The Rams escaped with a 17-9 victory in a game that came down to the wire, failing to perform up to standards – particularly on offense where the running game was having a ton of success prior to Week 4.
Cooper Kupp’s clutch 55-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter gave the Rams the cushion they needed to come away victorious, putting them up by eight with less than seven minutes left to play. He’ll take the win, but he said on Twitter after the game that the Rams have “so much to improve on.”
Always take the W, but so much to improve on. Week 5 let’s get it!
— Cooper Kupp (@CooperKupp) October 5, 2020
In his postgame press conference, he shared his thoughts on the performance, saying it left a “bad taste in our mouth” on offense.
“Obviously, we’d like to be 4-0, but we obviously feel good about being 3-1. By no means are we going to undersell the fact that we walked off this field with a W, but at the same time kind of a bad taste in our mouth just in terms of an offense in terms of how we executed today,” he said. “The good thing is I’m very excited to get back in the building and watch the film and learn from it. I know because of the guys that we have, the coaches that we have, there’s going to be no shortage of improvement made from being able to watch this film and it’s great that we’re able to do this coming off the field with a W and not a loss. There’s something to be said about getting the job done, but by no means is this the standards we have for ourselves.”
Up next, the Rams have the Washington Football Team. That game will require another East Coast road trip, their third in four weeks. All this travel has to be weighing on Los Angeles, but Sean McVay’s squad won’t make excuses.
As big favorites once again this week, the Rams should come away with a win in Week 5 against a struggling Washington team.