Studs and duds from Rams’ deflating loss to Cowboys

The Rams were embarrassed in Dallas and now have almost no chance of making the playoffs.

The Rams were embarrassed in Dallas on Sunday, getting blown out 44-21 by the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium in one of the biggest games of Los Angeles’ season. They scored 14 of their 21 points in the final four minutes when the game was already out of reach, doing very little well on offense or defense.

As a result, our studs and duds are pretty lopsided. There weren’t many players who stood out for the right reasons, while several others had poor showings on a big stage in Arlington.

Studs

Tyler Higbee

Higbee once again stuffed the stat sheet, this time catching a career-high 12 passes with 111 yards receiving. He had a great 26-yard reception to set up the Rams’ first touchdown, once again on a designed rollout for Jared Goff where he sat down in the zone, coming wide open. A good portion of his production came when the game was already out of hand and the Rams padded the stats in garbage time, but it was another productive game for Higbee.

Darious Williams and Jalen Ramsey

Excluding Tavon Austin’s 59-yard touchdown, the Cowboys’ wide receivers combined for just three catches for 22 yards. Amari Cooper was held to only 19 yards on one catch, while Michael Gallup caught one pass for 6 yards. Williams and Ramsey played well enough to slow down the Cowboys’ wideouts, but Dak Prescott beat them in other ways with his backs and tight ends.