No Puka Nacua, no Myles Garrett, no drawback?
Not precisely. The s nonetheless want each of these superstars in the event that they're going to win a Tremendous Bowl, however they seemed fairly darn good with out them on Monday night time. The Rams y over the s, incomes their first win of the season underneath the lights at SoFi Stadium.
And within the a, Garrett and even Kamren Kinchens, a number of gamers stepped up. Davante Adams went off with a spectacular efficiency, as did Trent McDuffie and Matthew Stafford, amongst others. Listed here are our studs and duds from Monday's win.
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Stud: Davante Adams
It was a classic efficiency by Adams in opposition to the Giants on Monday night time. He caught eight passes for 195 yards and two touchdowns, arising simply 11 yards shy of his career-high of 206. The passes he caught weren't all straightforward, both. In reality, most of them had been extremely tough to make. He had a 31-yard landing, a 64-yard reception on a deep ball and a terrific 27-yard seize earlier than halftime to arrange a subject purpose try.
He was by far one of the best participant on offense for the Rams.
Stud: Trent McDuffie
How good has McDuffie been to date? He's been value each penny (and decide) the Rams paid to get him, wanting his greatest on Monday in opposition to New York. He had 4 complete passes defensed, together with his first interception as a member of the Rams. He was sticky in protection, bodily as a tackler and has seemed each bit just like the All-Professional the Rams thought he'd be in L.A.
Stud: Quentin Lake
Lake was peppered with targets in Week 1 and held up pretty nicely in protection, regardless of giving up some completions. The Giants went after him early, too, however Lake responded with some wonderful performs. He drove on the ball and practically got here away with an interception within the first quarter, broke up a go supposed for Isaiah Probably over the center and in addition pressured a fumble on Cam Skattebo that went out of bounds. He completed second on the workforce with six tackles, three passes defensed and the pressured fumble.
Stud: Byron Younger
With out Myles Garrett, Younger needed to step up because the Rams' prime edge rusher. And he delivered with a terrific efficiency. He had 5 tackles, together with a sack, together with three quarterback hits and a sort out for a loss. He was continually across the quarterback all through the night time, whether or not it was Jaxson Dart or Jameis Winston. And his velocity was on full show when he chased down Jameis from behind for the sack.
Stud: Matthew Stafford
This was extra just like the Stafford we noticed final season quite than the one we noticed final week. He accomplished 22 of 31 passes for 327 yards and 4 touchdowns with one interception. The decide was undeniably dangerous, forcing a deep shot to Adams down the sector, however he was in any other case sharp. Oh, and he didn't have his prime receiver, Puka Nacua. He leaned closely on Adams and Terrance Ferguson, who caught 14 of his 22 completions and accounted for 249 of his 327 yards.
Dud: Xavier Smith
Smith may very well be at risk of dropping his job because the punt returner. He fielded a punt at his personal 8-yard line after which retreated, dropping 2 yards on the return by taking place on the 6. To open the third quarter, he muffed the kickoff and couldn't corral it, gaining simply 7 yards on the return and solely attending to the 11-yard line. He didn't catch a go on offense, both. The one shiny spot was a 19-yard return on a punt the place he had a ton of area to work as a result of it was booted 78 yards downfield.
Dud: Harrison Mevis
How a lot does Sean McVay actually belief Mevis? He missed a 43-yard subject purpose after a wonderfully executed 40-yard drive in 22 seconds earlier than halftime. Then in a while within the recreation, the Rams had an opportunity to attempt a 56-yard subject purpose however as a substitute opted to take a delay of recreation and punt it away. It was with 7 seconds left within the half, so possibly McVay didn't wish to give the Giants a shot at making an attempt a Hail Mary, however nonetheless.
He's solely tried two 50-plus-yard subject objectives in his profession, and it's cheap to suppose McVay might not belief him very a lot to attempt lengthy kicks – regardless of him clearly having the leg energy.
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