Matthew Stafford's impact as a passer in the 4th quarter so far this season is unmatched: https://t.co/Lt25zvuiwD pic.twitter.com/ZB3D7B1rvt

— Wyatt Miller (@wymill07) September 29, 2025

A couple of different angles.

Stafford throws a BOMB to TUTU to close out the Colts 🐏 #RamsHouse pic.twitter.com/SegXxZmOT6

— Los KingPins (@Los_KingPins) September 28, 2025

What a sight lmaoooooooo pic.twitter.com/wf5qJ7Dpdl

— Sosa Kremenjas (@QBsMVP) September 29, 2025

Byron Young collected his 5th sack of the season against Daniel Jones and the Colts.

BY leads the league in sacks and leads the NFC in Tackles for Loss.

Young hit a top speed of 20.5 MPH on this chase down sack on Jones. pic.twitter.com/aS1WDEoBoa

— RAMS ON FILM (@RamsOnFilm) September 29, 2025

J.B. Long@JB_Long
Notable PFF grades from Rams 3rd win, and there were many:

Curl 93.9*
Verse 93.6*
Puka 92.6*
Allen 84.6
Stafford 82.2
Turner 80.6^
Parkinson 79.5^
Ford 78.3
Tank McCollough 77.6^
Dedich 74.1*

*Career-high
^Season-high

they do the Rams at 19:20

from https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6671468/2025/09/28/colts-rams-score-takeaways/?source=emp_shared_article

Indy’s secondary struggles

The first time Rams receiver Puka Nucua faced the Colts as a rookie in 2023, he totaled nine catches for 163 yards, highlighted by a game-winning reception in overtime. On Sunday, he picked up right where he left off as he finished with 13 catches for 170 yards and the game-tying TD in the fourth quarter. Colts cornerback Xavien Howard appeared to be the main culprit of Nacua’s big day as the Rams repeatedly targeted him in coverage, including on Nacua’s 9-yard touchdown. It’s becoming a weekly theme for teams to pick on Howard, who did not play in the NFL last season.

For as poorly as Howard played, the biggest mistake from the Colts’ secondary was from fellow cornerback Mekhi Blackmon. The third-year pro fell down in coverage and gave up the 88-yard game-winning touchdown to Atwell with 1:33 left in the game. That was Atwell’s only reception of the game. — James Boyd, Colts beat writer

Stafford shakes off rusty start for smooth, clutch day

Stafford lamented some “physical” misses last week in Philadelphia, and it seemed like a bit of that rust carried over into this week. He didn’t target Davante Adams until late in the half. He couldn’t find a rhythm with receivers other than Nacua. And the Rams were having a hard time holding up in pass protection.

But once he got the ball at the end of the first half, Stafford woke up. He led the Rams on a 13-play, 96-yard drive where he was in command by targeting Howard wherever he lined up on the field.

Stafford got back to spamming targets to Nacua and Adams, namely with Nacua often guarded by Howard. It paid off on a fourth-down play in the fourth quarter, when Stafford delivered a strike to Nacua for a 9-yard touchdown.

Stafford engineered his 50th career game-winning drive and 39th career fourth-quarter comeback. The next play after Nacua’s touchdown, Stafford launched the ball to a wide-open Atwell.

Stafford finished 29-of-41 for 375 yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions and a rating of 123.5. It was the best game of his 17th season and shows exactly why the Rams are considered a strong contender in the NFC.

And Nacua continues to be a star. The NFL’s leading receiver has topped 91 yards in all four games to start the 2025 season and is catching more than 80 percent of his targets. — Nate Atkins, Rams beat writer

A postgame video recap from the Rams’ crazy 27-20 win over the Colts: pic.twitter.com/UKQXF9xLMF

— Nate Atkins (@NateAtkins_) September 29, 2025

They do the Rams at about 32:07 in

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A postgame video recap from the Rams’ crazy 27-20 win over the Colts: pic.twitter.com/UKQXF9xLMF

— Nate Atkins (@NateAtkins_) September 29, 2025

from before the game:
J.B. Long@JB_Long
The Indianapolis Colts are the NFL’s last remaining team without a turnover, after Buffalo and Tampa both committed their first earlier today.

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Gary Klein@LATimesklein
Maybe the Rams should just always operate in 2-minute mode

NFL+@NFLPlus
Jared Verse recorded a season-high six pressures in Week 4. Three of them came under 2.5 seconds after recording only four such pressures in the first three weeks, per @NextGenStats

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Kam Curl rightfully getting praised for his two INTs, but had a strong game/stat line overall, too:

9 total tackles (tied for team-high)
3 passes defensed
2 INTs

Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
Rams WR Puka Nacua, who had 13 receptions for a career-high 170 yards and one TD today, now has 42 receptions this season, tied with Cooper Kupp in 2022 and Michael Thomas in 2018 for most receptions by a player in his team’s first four games of a season.

Jim Youngblood 53@53_jim70721
Not just being a homer, but I think Rams just hitting stride. 49ers won’t be cakewalk, but Rams getting healthy on interior line … 49ers missing Bosa and all the others. I don’t think they have the horses anymore.

Los Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR
In today’s victory, WR Puka Nacua recorded a career-high with 170 receiving yards. The last Rams player to have 170 receiving yards in a single game was Isaac Bruce in 2004.

Sarah Barshop@sarahbarshop
Puka Nacua said he injured his thumb when he “got rolled up on one of the run plays” early in the third quarter. He got x-rays during the game, but they came back clear, so he came back into the game.

Nate Atkins@NateAtkins_
Puka Nacua through 4 games:

50 targets
42 catches
84% catch rate (WTF!)
503 yards
91+ yards in every game
8+ catches in every game (1 of 3 players ever to do so)
2 TDs (1 receiving)
10.1 yards per target

As consistent as the sun rising in L.A.

KyTheRamsGuy@kytheramsguy
#Rams Byron Young now leads the NFL with 5.0 sacks this season.

KyTheRamsGuy@kytheramsguy
Jared Verse in the last two games:

🔵2 Forced Fumbles (1st since Sept 21st)
🔵2 Sacks (4th since Sept 21st)
🔵13 total pressures (1st since Sep 21st)

PUKA WITH THE CLUTCH TD 🫨

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— NFL+ (@NFLPlus) September 28, 2025

Kyren Williams just did Cam Bynum dirty on this run. Started pointing at him after a stiff arm.pic.twitter.com/qRCyhpHNrX https://t.co/Bzg5Bi9axx

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) September 28, 2025

Albert Breer@AlbertBreer
Colts are going to kick themselves over this one …

• AD Mitchell unforced fumble thru the end zone.
• Mitchell holding on the Taylor touchdown.
• 10 guys on the field for Rams’ go-ahead 88-yard TD.
• Penalty on the kick return before the final drive.

Brutal.

trey wingo@wingoz
The Colts today: 2 punts..and 2 Interceptions

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me note: before this game, 1 punt and 0 INTs

What a fantastic TD celebration. Very happy for Mitchell. 😉 pic.twitter.com/dRdyWXeMvL

— RAMS REPORT🗯 (@RamsNFLReport) September 28, 2025

Wyatt Miller@wymill07
Rams win 27-20 over the Colts after being down late in the 4th quarter.

They advance to 3-1 ahead of next week’s Thursday Night Football game against the 49ers.

Nate Atkins@NateAtkins_
The Rams’ two roster weaknesses are showing up again:

Interior pass protection.
Perimeter pass defense.

This team rolls on offense and defense in the other areas. But…

Matthew Stafford hits a *wide open* Tutu Atwell for an 88-yard touchdown pass to put the Rams on top.

Tutu has been waiting for this moment and what a way to cash in.

Crazy fun game. Looks like two playoff teams.

But the Rams rose up in the passing game and pass rush for Matthew Stafford’s 39th career 4th-quarter comeback and 50th game-winning drive.

L.A. is 3-1 with a short week ahead.

Sarah Barshop@sarahbarshop
From ESPN Research: Tutu Atwell’s 88-yard touchdown was the longest go-ahead scrimmage touchdown in the final two minutes of a game this century.

Jim Youngblood 53@53_jim70721
1. Rams played well.
2. Rams benefitted from a huge bonehead play
3. Run defense was excellent
4. Curl caught a couple of poorly thrown balls, but they Count.

Colts
1. seemed snakebit-dumb errors
2. Daniel Jones didn’t throw with authority, seemed off-, nervous, scared

Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
Jonathan Taylor’s 53-yard touchdown run was brought back by none other than Adonai Mitchell due to holding.

That’s two touchdowns he’s cost his team today

Los Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR
OLB Byron Young recorded his fifth sack on the season in the first quarter and has showed up in the sack column in every game so far this season. His four-game sack streak matches his career-long set last season (Weeks 8-11.) He now has 20.5 sacks for his career.

PFF@PFF
Puka Nacua leads the NFL in:

🥇 Targets (49)
🥇 Catches (42)
🥇 Yards (503)
🥇 Explosive receptions (12)

TurfShowTimes@TurfShowTimes
Puka Nacua has 503 receiving yards. Puka is the first player in NFL history to gain 500+ yards in his team’s first 4 games of a season two different times in his career.

20 other players have done it once and only once. This is only Puka’s third year.