After a weekend of lopsided contests, Monday night’s Rams-Cardinals game was supposed to be a thrilling shootout at SoFi Stadium. It was anything but that, not that the Rams or their fans will complain.
Instead, Los Angeles throttled its division rival, cruising to a 34-11 blowout victory in the wild-card round of the playoffs. The Rams are now headed to the divisional round where they’ll visit the defending Super Bowl champs, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
But before we look ahead to that marquee matchup in Tampa Bay, let’s recap what happened on Monday night in the Rams’ statement win over the Cardinals.