One, two … 10, 11… at this point, who’s counting? “Sometimes you get one guy, two guys not doing the job correctly, it’s tough to get things going,” tight end Tyler Higbee said. It doesn’t help that they are missing three starters on the offensive line but that doesn’t explain the complete lack of engagement. Their response to that early Cowboys scoop-and-score? The Rams’ ensuing possession ended with Dorance Armstrong flying through the line again to block Riley Dixon’s punt, leading to Brett Maher’s 33-yard field goal to make it 9-0.įor the Rams, it was a day when seemingly nobody blocked anybody. On a day when the Cowboys gained just 239 total yards and Rush completed just 10 passes for 102 yards, the adversity was mostly a Rams creation. “This is some adversity we’re facing right now,’’ McVay said. They were bookends of pain that sandwiched an afternoon of hurt. The game ended with a Stafford interception at the goal line, Malik Hooker rolling on the ground in celebration, Stafford laying motionless on the ground in defeat, and seemingly all of Inglewood standing and cheering. The game began with a Matthew Stafford fumble that was returned 19 yards for a touchdown by DeMarcus Lawrence. Even if it seemed as if virtually every Rams season ticketholder sold their tickets to Cowboys fans, they were surely watching from home, and were surely as disgusted as the trudging, downcast Rams. “It’s not good enough right now,” McVay said of the recent results. Because right now, he’s apparently lost it. They missed a fourth-quarter field goal that would have kept them within striking distance.Īs the baseball playoffs begin down the street, it is fair to wonder about the location of McVay’s fastball. They botched a possession that began on the Cowboys’ 29-yard line. They botched a possession that had been kept alive with a bold fake punt. They gave up a 57-yard touchdown run through future Hall of Fame defenders. They had a punt blocked that eventually became a Cowboys field goal. The Rams lost a fumble that turned into a Cowboys touchdown. The Rams just lost to a Cowboy team led not by quarterback Dak Prescott, but by a waiver-wire backup named Cooper Rush, and they did so in front of a stadium full of visiting fans roaring at their every misguided move. Yet if one still insists on writing home about this afternoon, the missive can be accomplished in one word. “There wasn’t much to write home about … there was nothing to write home about,” McVay said. They seem completely clueless for the first time under McVay. They are deadly dull for the first time under McVay. They have a losing record (2-3) this deep into the season for the first time under McVay.
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