Get up out of your post-World Sequence slumber, Los Angeles.
There’s one other title contender on the town.
For anybody else who was too busy following the Dodgers final month to note what was occurring at SoFi Stadium, the Rams are for actual.
They’re first-place actual. They could possibly be Tremendous Bowl actual.
You may really feel it within the stands, which accurately shook on Sunday when Seattle Seahawks kicker Jason Myers missed a 61-yard field-goal try to seal the Rams’ 21-19 victory.
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Gary Klein breaks down what went proper for the Rams in a 21-19 victory over the Seattle Seahawks at SoFi Stadium on Sunday.
You may really feel it within the interview room afterward, the partitions penetrated by the bass of the funk music enjoying within the adjoining dressing quarters.
The Rams are solely 10 video games right into a 17-game season in order that they nonetheless have loads of time to mess this up, however that is what the beginning of a championship run seems like. That is what the beginning of a championship run appears like.
“It’s awesome,” coach Sean McVay stated.
What was particularly superior about their newest triumph was how un-awesome their quarterback performed.
Matthew Stafford handed for less than 130 yards, finishing 15 of 28 passes. A Rams offense that scored 34 or extra factors in every of their final three video games was restricted to simply three scores.
“I don’t think anybody’s discouraged by what we did on offense today, but it was definitely not to our standard,” stated receiver Davante Adams, whose solely catch was a one-yard landing reception within the first quarter.
For Stafford, the sport wasn’t about what he did as a lot because it was about what he didn’t do. He didn’t throw any passes that have been intercepted. He didn’t make any essential errors.
If just for a sport, the previous gunslinger was extra of a sport supervisor.
“That’s probably age and growth,” Stafford stated.
Stafford knew he may depend on operating again Kyren Williams, who rushed for 91 yards and a landing. Stafford knew he may depend on a protection that has allowed simply 17 factors per sport.
“You gotta feel the way the game’s going sometimes and be that version of yourself, whatever you need for your team to win,” Stafford stated. “I felt there were times I was able to do that today.”
The late-career shift in mentality by the 37-year-old Stafford could possibly be a key for the Rams, who don’t want him to win each sport for them.
They’ve an alternate offensive possibility within the explosive Williams, who had two runs of 30 or extra yards in opposition to the Seahawks. They’ve a fearsome defensive entrance that enhances the secondary’s playmaking skills.
The Rams’ cross rushers didn’t sack Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold however regardless of.
Rams operating again Kyren Williams carries the ball throughout a 21-19 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday at SoFi Stadium.
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“That’s why I say stats are for losers,” McVay stated. “They affected and influenced the game in a huge way. Obviously, Sam is a great quarterback, but he was getting off his spot. I thought a lot of the pressure that we did get is what led to some of the decisions where our guys ended up making some great plays.”
The Rams intercepted 4 passes. The Seahawks’ solely landing got here on a one-yard run by Kenneth Walker III with 2 minutes 23 seconds left.
Adams stated of the workforce’s defensive backs: “The way they prepped all week, you could feel it. I mean, it was picks left and right in practice, the attention to detail, the communication, all of it.”
Adams pointed to how security Quentin Lake was knocked out of the sport due to an elbow harm.
“To still uphold that standard in the secondary,” Adams stated. “That’s why I love this team, to be honest with you. That’s what it’s about. It’s the next-man mentality. We had that on offense all year too.”
That is what profitable groups do. That is what the Dodgers do. That is what Tremendous Bowl champions do.
