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All 22: Tavon’s Game Tying Touchdown

Join Rams insider Myles Simmons for a closer look at wide receiver Tavon Austin’s rushing touchdown.

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i guess it could be argued that the overtime drive was the real money drive, but the rams’ final drive of the 4th quarter was what got them to ot, it was a huge drive, especially considering seattle had scored 18 unanswered points that turned a rams’ 24-13 lead into a 24-31 deficit, especially considering foles was absolutely flattened on the previous rams’ drive, which resulted in a sack/fumble/td for the bad guys and seemed to be the certain nail in the coffin… nope, imo the final drive of the 4th was the money drive, would the rams respond or call it a day?

1st & 10: 9 yard cunningham run. saffold crushed bennet (72 de), jamon blew up bennet (50 ilb), barnes drove hill (97 dt) to the ground, have cut clark (55 olb), grob made great initial contact with morgan (57 olb) then held him after benny was thru, got away with it, while cook did his best to avoid contact. great run, solid blocking, nice 9 yard gain on the first play of the drive:

2nd & 1: nice play action call, nice play design, everything seemingly went according to plan, except foles threw wide to an open stedman for a first:

3rd & 1: appeared to be zone blocking, oline pushed dline right, benny cut back left, with only bailey (37 ss) to beat for a big gainer, lynch had picked up a huge gainer on an almost identical play earlier, bailey did a nice job, forced benny back inside while also tripping him up, still a 3 yard gain which was enough for a first:

1st & 10: nice pass pro, altho have got pushed back, not the first time, he’ll get better imo, dart to cook who sat in the zone for an 8 yard pick up:

2nd & 2: one yard loss but great play design… jamon pulled right but missed his block which was key to the success of the play, grob drove wight (55 olb) into the next county, have missed his second level assignment… if the guys can all click on this play it’s a keeper, a big gainer waiting to happen:

3rd & 3: nice pass pro on 7 yard dart to tavon for a first:

1st & 10: excellent pass pro other than have getting beat wide, heads up play by foles who felt the heat, scrambled left, looked back to make sure how much time he had before throwing it away, it appeared foles wanted to make sure there was no chance of getting hit while attempting to throw it away which might result in a fumble… also, foles appeared to want to go to cook in the left flat on the play, who was covered, so throwing it away worked out well:

2nd & 15 after saffold jumped offsides: great call, great play, great pass pro, could have been a nice gainer, erased a large part of the15 yards to go, but benny, who otherwise had a great outing, dropped the pass:

3rd & 15: awesome play…. good pass pro, the tackles drove their guys beyond the pocket, foles stepped up with plenty of room in front, scrambled right to buy even more time, had tavon open underneath but he was short of the sticks, threw to britt instead who cut off his route when saw foles scramble right, just a great heads up vet move by britt, foles hit him between the numbers for a huge first down on 3rd & 15:

1st & 10: nice pass pro, trips left, foles hits kendicks with a dart across the middle for a 5 yard pick up… grob got beat inside on one of those crashing down on the tackle stunts, but held his ground long enough for foles to get off the pass:

2nd & 5: nice pass pro, just a little wide to tavon:

3rd & 5: seahawks show blitz, foles sees kendricks, spread wide left, 1-on-1, takes 3 steps back and fires deep, perfect pass, td even if the db doesn’t stumble and fall… barnes did a great job picking up the blitizing ilb, jamon did a fantastic job picking up the stunting de, a bull rush but the oline held just long enough for foles to get off a beautiful pass: