The 0-2 Rams overcame immense adversity to defeat their rivals, the San Francisco 49ers, and notch their first win of the season. Despite a roster littered with injuries and “fringe” players elevated into starting roles, and despite being sizable home underdogs and falling behind 14-0, the Rams proved why labels are wrong. Situations are temporary and winning solves everything.
When asked about how he rallied the troops, Sean McVay talked about the role players who have stepped up and the improvements made on offense.
“Yeah, it was a big deal for today and we’ve got a lot of football left. I want to see us be able to move forward. I want to see us be able to hopefully have some continuity that we can build on,” McVay said. “You got some guys [like] Beaux Limmer making his second start as a center as a rookie, Logan Bruss made his first start as a left guard, getting Alaric Jackson back and having Rob Havenstein with his second start at the tackle position. Kevin Dotson’s really been the only one that’s been able to remain healthy of that group. I thought Colby [Parkinson] did a nice job. Hunter Long got some really good snaps. Demarcus Robinson came up big. Thought Jordan Whittington made a couple plays. Tyler Johnson had his contributions and then Tutu [Atwell] definitely made his presence felt [with] good aggressive hands. You talk about being able to track that ball when we had to be able to have it to end up tying it up at 24 to get us down in the tight red area on the 5-yard line. That was outstanding of him going by a premier player in this league.”
It appears reenforcing the confidence of his offensive line was priority number one and it seems like it resulted in an infectious energy that permeated throughout the team, especially as the game wore on.
Always complimentary of his Rams, McVay’s vigor with the youngster on the team should give fans more confidence as the team navigates through some massive growing pains.