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“Nobody’s playing better than Trent McDuffie…”

– Hall of Fame CB Champ Bailey 🤝

Poona Ford is so undervalued — does all the dirty work so everyone else gets to shine.

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— RamsRushHour (@RamsRushHour) October 6, 2026

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roberto clemente@rclemente2121
record when entering the 4th trailing by 10:

3-3 the rams under mcvay (2017-2026)
20-153 the rest of the nfl (2017-2026)
3-34 the rams before mcvay’s arrival

the chances of winning are very low when entering the 4th trailing by 10 – but under mcvay it’s been 50/50.

from https://www.si.com/nfl/nfl-week-4-lessons-why-chargers-should-consider-trading-justin-herbert

Why the Rams are right where they need to be despite sluggish start

Sure, the Rams haven’t lived up to the preseason hype, despite outsiders expecting them to steamroll opponents and flirt with perfection.

This star-studded team has been hit hard by injuries, blown leads and even looked old for long stretches of the first quarter of the season, yet the Rams are right where they need to be after a gutsy 24–20 comeback victory against the Eagles to improve to 2–2 on the season.

L.A. assembled the Avengers of football ultimately to win a Super Bowl this season. That goal might not have been attainable had the Rams lost to the Eagles, knowing that the mighty Bills (3–1) were up next on the schedule. But the Rams found their groove in Philadelphia and might benefit in the long run from coming out on the other side of a tumultuous start to the season.

Coach Sean McVay finally realized that Kyren Williams is the engine that gets the offense going, especially on days when Stafford throws costly interceptions—he had two against the Eagles. In the first three games of the season, McVay prioritized giving Blake Corum more touches in the backfield, even though Williams was clearly the better option. However, there was no split against the Eagles: Williams had 16 carries, 11 more than Corum, and delivered 80 rushing yards and two touchdowns, including the eventual game-winner on a gritty, second-effort seven-yard run with 1:10 left in regulation. (Williams also had 10 catches for 67 yards.)

The Rams also turned up the pressure defensively and forced the Eagles to go 0-of-12 on third-down conversions. Learning how to win in ugly fashion could be the best thing for this team, which still has everything right in front of it.

Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
The Rams defense is 2nd in the NFL in total yards allowed despite playing:

– 3 games without Myles Garrett
– 2 games without Kam Kinchens
– 2 games without Aaron Donald
– 1 game without Jaylen Watson

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Per NFL Research, Kyren Williams is the first Rams RB with 2 rushing touchdowns and at least 10 receptions since Todd Gurley in Week 15, 2018 – also against the Eagles.

J.B. Long@JB_Long
The @RamsNFL have scored 24+ points in 8 straight road games, tying a franchise record (1999-2000).

from Rams PFF grades: https://theramswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/rams/2026/10/05/rams-pff-grades-eagles-week-4-best-worst/92103418007/?taid=6ac3c4e0d67e050001c6e3b9&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter

Top 5 offense

TE Tyler Higbee: 82.9
WR Puka Nacua: 77.3
LT Alaric Jackson: 75.9
RB Kyren Williams: 70.7
C Coleman Shelton: 70.1

Top 5 defense

CB Josh Wallace: 82.0
DT Ty Hamilton: 80.3
LB Nate Landman: 80.1
NT Poona Ford: 77.3
CB Emmanuel Forbes Jr.: 74.3

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from https://www.turfshowtimes.com/los-angeles-rams-analysis/150804/rams-eagles-week-4-takeaways-matthew-stafford?utm_campaign=dhtwitter&utm_content=%3Cmedia_url%3E&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Tale of Two Staffords

Stafford single handedly gave the Eagles points when he threw two interceptions; giving the Eagles short field position. Then time and time again, Stafford was just missing his wide receivers. Some of that was the wet conditions but some of that was just trying to make something happen when he just needed to take what the defense was giving him.

But…the reason that Stafford has been so great in his career and aged well into his late 30s is because of his ability to bounce back. Regardless of his box score production, Stafford is just gritty and can lead a game winning drive or 4th quarterback in any circumstance or condition. He notched his 40th career 4th quarter comeback; joining Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Ben Roethlisberger as the only quarterbacks to do so.

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roberto clemente@rclemente2121
today was the 12th time the rams have scored 14 points in the 4th quarter under mcvay, including the thrilling 54-51 monday night win vs the chiefs in 2018.

the rams are 11-1 in these 12 games.

1st & Tuna@1standtuna
Per NFL Research, the Rams used 11 personnel on 67 of 77 plays (87.0%), their highest rate in a game since Week 5, 2025.

Jackson Durham@JDurham_FBall
Playing without Aaron Donald or Myles Garrett, the Rams defense today delivered 4 sacks of Jalen Hurts, including 2 on the final drive to seal it

They entered the game with just 3 on the year

1st & Tuna@1standtuna
For all the problems and bullshit today, the Rams get the ball back with 3:07 to play down 3.

This is where the talk of leadership and trusting your guys proves itself.

It’s better to walk down and win the game ugly as hell rather than talk up how you’ll be better tomorrow.

Ryan Reynolds@RyanReynoldsNFL
NFL Week 4 Observations
Rams 24, Eagles 20

– What an absolutely devastating loss for the Eagles, who were up for the whole game but could never shut the door on Los Angeles.

– It seemed like the Rams blitzed on every third down and the Eagles did not convert one third down the whole game.

– Jalen Hurts had under 100 passing yards.

– Rams edge Bryon Young is one of the more underrated players in the league, he had a great game.

– Saquon Barkley left with a hamstring injury and did not return.

– The Eagles defense held the Rams to 10 points until the final two drives, where LA came alive, scored twice in the final 4ish minutes, and played their best offense of the day by far.

– Again, this was a very bad loss for the Eagles.

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from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/rams/2026/10/04/rams-eagles-best-worst-players-week-4/92092720007/?taid=6ac2f696d234120001bf1056&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Byron Young

If Williams and Nacua were closers on offense, Young was just that on defense. He had a half-sack prior to the Rams’ final defensive drive, and within a three-play span, he added two sacks to his total. He sacked Jalen Hurts on first down and then got to him again for the strip-sack on third down, making it fourth-and-25 with only seconds left on the clock.

He’s been excellent for the Rams with Myles Garrett out and showed once again on Sunday that his speed can’t be contained in obvious passing situations.

from Albert Breer: https://www.si.com/nfl/albert-breer-week-4-nfl-takeaways-meeting-ignited-cowboys-win#inline-text-26

Los Angeles Rams

Speaking of adversity, the Rams answered the bell in Philadelphia. The Fox cameras caught an interesting scene with less than three minutes left in the third quarter Sunday, and Los Angeles trailing 20–10 at soggy Lincoln Financial Field. There was Sean McVay, headset off and in his left hand, demonstratively addressing his offensive starters.

They were collectively staring down the barrel of a 1–3 start. So McVay wasn’t making a game plan adjustment here.

“There wasn’t really anything crazy. It wasn’t anything out of the norm,” running back and captain Kyren Williams said from the team plane afterward. “He was just telling us, Man, believe in who we are. Believe in this team. Believe in each and every individual on this team. Believe in it. It’s just a belief that we’ve got to have, to go out here and play the game that we know how to play. And that’s all it was.

“It wasn’t like, Oh, I’m going to call this play. I’m going to call that play. It was all just about believing in each other, believing in the organization, believing in the system, and just going out to work and just being who we are. That’s all.”

It didn’t work right away—the Rams’ next possession ended with a turnover on downs in minus territory—but it would eventually.

Over the last half of the fourth quarter, after the defense got a fourth-and-goal stop at the 2 with 7:26 left, the offense churned out a 10-play, 98-yard drive, then a 10-play, 79-yard drive to stamp a methodical comeback that a staunch Philly defense made them earn. There were no big splash plays—Vic Fangio’s unit wasn’t going to give them those—and that only worked to illuminate just how good the Rams can be, paper-cutting their hosts to death.

“The way that we continue to keep fighting, like, there was no one single play,” Williams said. “It’s how we came together as a team. And obviously the defense played their butts off. They were able to get us back on the field and get that fourth-down stop on that first push. And that’s where all it was, man. We’re just believing that’s all it is at the end of the day, man. Some things aren’t going our way. That’s O.K.

“You got to know who we are, go out there and trust it. And that’s all it was.”

And just like the Cowboys, the Rams’ resilience is shining through in the draw that the league delivered them, one that’s unrelenting because of their place on the NFL marquee.

The Rams opened in Australia, before coming home to play on a Monday night, then making a short-week trip to Denver, before going back to L.A. then cross-country to Philly. Next up? Another Monday nighter, this one against a Bills team coming off a loss. But just like the Cowboys, the Rams’ survival of this scheduling meat grinder is revealing how equipped they are for it.

“One-thousand percent,” said Williams. “I think that when you’ve run into adversity early, it teaches you. It teaches you how to go back on those moments. Say later on in the season, we’re in a situation that we want to be in, we can go back to these moments to when we’re in Philly or we’re in Australia or in Denver. We can go back to these moments and see what we did and see how we were able to stay connected.”

wv wrote:

He earned somethin on that one.

And there he is in the endzone, with his grass stained jersey and torn blue stockings.

Kyren Williams’ Best Runs & Catches In 2-Touchdown, 146-Yard Game vs. Eagles