INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — After seven days of COVID-19 dysfunction, the Los Angeles Rams went into their rescheduled standoff in opposition to Seattle with no full practices and important inquiries regarding who may be in uniform till a few hours earlier than the opening shot.
The Rams truly emerged from an enormously questionable week with one other success since Cooper Kupp and Matthew Stafford have an unshakable affiliation.
Kupp received two rating passes from Stafford within the last half, and the Rams held off the Seahawks 20-10 Tuesday night time in a sport between two COVID-drained teams.
Kupp broke Isaac Bruce’s single-season Ram’s gatherings file within the second from final quarter with a 6-yard TD get that was moreover the a hundred and twentieth of his terrific yr. The NFL’s getting chief then, at that time, scored a tiebreaking 29-yard rating with 10:48 to play on an all-around flawless toss over the middle from Stafford to cowl an 88-yard drive.
Stafford handed for 244 yards and Sony Michel scrambled for 92 for the Rams (affirmative) in a sport delayed from Sunday, whereas Kupp had 9 will get for 136 yards in Los Angeles’ third consecutive triumph following a winless November. The Rams hadn’t had a typical day since they beat NFC West-driving Arizona final Monday, nonetheless, their postgame festivity felt blissfully pure.
“Falling off an extremely major game against the Cardinals and afterward having all the stuff continue … it’s simply having the option to explore the progressions in your daily schedule and still set up an approach and execute when you don’t have the foggiest idea who will play,” stated Kupp, a Washington native. “I just idea we worked really hard taking care of that and leaving with a ‘W.'”
With its third overcome Seattle in 2021, Los Angeles pulled even with Arizona on the NFC West with three video games to play, albeit the Cards maintain the sudden loss of life spherical on division file.
The Rams have been with out starting proper sort out Rob Havenstein, driving tackler Jordan Fuller, tight finish Tyler Higbee and a big group of reinforcements following 10 days of program strife, whereas the Seahawks have been with out driving recipient Tyler Lockett, starting cornerback D.J. Reed and driving rusher Alex Collins.
“Up until today, you truly couldn’t say whether you’re getting some vital participants (back),” stated Sean McVay, who was the third mentor in Rams historical past to publish 4 10-win seasons. “(As of late) I couldn’t say whether we had an adequate number of folks to have the option to handle a group.”
Disk jockey Dallas scrambled for a rating for the Seahawks (5-9), whose sprint of 9 sequential successful seasons beneath mentor Pete Carroll completed. Seattle continues to be numerically alive for its tenth season finisher look in these 10 seasons, nonetheless will lament dropping a famously winnable sport at SoFi Stadium.
“There are such countless minutes in that game I felt like we might have promoted,” stated Russell Wilson, who handed for 156 yards. “I feel that we’ve generally made such an exclusive expectation of playing and tracked down ways of dominating these nearby matches, and this year, sadly, we couldn’t do it.”
Carlos Dunlap had three of the Seahawks’ 4 sacks, nonetheless, they could not get enough late prevents or giant performs from Wilson, who went 17 of 31 and underthrew DK Metcalf on a significant play within the last quarter, allowing Jalen Ramsey to separate it up.
“There were a few changes in there that we expected to put in any amount of work, and they didn’t really for some explanation,” Carroll stated. “We felt like we sort of stayed quiet about them (protectively), however, we expected to score again and excel.”
Later Kupp’s second TD, Los Angeles halted Seattle on downs at midfield with 3:21 left when Greg Gaines constrained Wilson to toss quickly and authorities did not name conceivable cross impedance submitted in opposition to Dallas. Matt Gay made his second subject goal for Los Angeles with 1:51 left, and Taylor Rapp mounted it with an finish zone seize try within the final seconds.
“It happened rapidly, and it didn’t look awesome on the little replay that someone showed me, however, I don’t have the foggiest idea,” Carroll stated when gotten some details about the no-call. “I’m not griping regarding that call. We expected to dominate the match in the wide range of various ways we could dominate the match.”
KUPP AND STAFFORD
The Rams held tight in a baffling sport with giant exhibitions from their astounding quarterback-recipient combo. Kupp had his tenth back-to-back sport with someplace round 90 yards getting, a primary within the NFL within the past 70 years.
“He’s an incredible player, (and) he’s having a phenomenal season,” Stafford stated. (*2*)
Prior, Stafford was the quickest quarterback in NFL historical past to pile up 50,000 yards passing when season finisher sums are integrated. His second TD toss to Kupp was an exquisite factor that Kupp separated alongside these strains: “Matthew is a great football player, and that is my investigation for that score.”
SACK PARTY
While the Seahawks received to Stafford a number of occasions, Von Miller — who fell off the Rams’ maintain/COVID-19 rundown prior within the day — received his first sack for the Rams in the course of the main half.
Aaron Donald then, at that time, dropped Wilson within the final half for his seventeenth sack of their 17 video games in opposition to each other.
Wounds
Seahawks LB Jon Rhattigan harmed his knee from the get-go within the last half.
UP NEXT
Seahawks: Host Chicago on Sunday.
Rams: At Minnesota on Sunday.
