Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Asked Sean McVay about the evolution of 12/13 personnel from being matchup-specific early in the season to a part of the offense’s identity, and the role Terrance Ferguson’s growth has played in making that possible.

McVay likes to say “repetition is the mother of learning,” and Ferguson is using those reps to grow. It’s not exclusive to playmaking with ball in his hands, either.

“He’s doing some good stuff without the ball, learning how to be a complete tight end,” McVay said.

wv wrote:

Another one bites the dust, as Mykel Williams will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL
Kyle Posey

As of today anyway, SF is dead last in defensive pressure percentage. That’s according to PRF (different sites do the pressure stat differently). Here: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2025/opp.htm

Zooey wrote:

I streamed some LA station after the game, and they were expecting Karty to get released today. I don’t know if we are quite there yet, but the ice sheet under him is melting.

From what I saw, that whole unit is a problem, it’s not just Karty. On the missed FG there was both penetration from the outside and a leaping blocker at the line, and he tried and failed to kick around the interference, which of course was a doomed effort.

I would like to see someone explain why that unit is such a mess. And again it’s not just Karty.

69RamFan

OL:
Gave up two sacks and 4 QB hits, but still played great overall in the passing and run game,
The QB protection was pretty outstanding today, giving Stafford time to throw.

QB:
Stafford was outstanding as usual, hitting 7 different receivers!
Stats: 32/att, 24/cmp, 75%/cmp, 281yd, 4/TD, 140.8/passer rating.

RB:
Williams had an outstanding rushing game,
25/att, 114yds in rushing yards, 1/TD

While Corum added with,
13/att, 58yds
A nice 1 and 2 combo!

WR:
Puka came out storming in the first drive!
He had a great game until he got injured on that jet sweep!
He came back out from the locker room after a chest injury,
But the RAMs kept him for good measure!
Stats: 8/tar, 7/rec, 95yds, 1/TD

Adams also had a great game!
Stats: 7/tar, 5/rec, 2/TD

TE:
All four of our TEs had a great game, in run blocking and pass receptions.
Higbee with, 4/tar, 3/rec 13yds and 1/TD
Ferguson with 3/tar, 2/rec 54yds

The Offense scoring 34 points!

Defense:

They played outstanding the whole game.
Giving up only 57 yds in rushing and 176yds in the passing game.
Giving up only 10 first downs the whole game and 2 for 9 attempts on 3rd down conversion.
And a total of only 10 points!

The DL:
They only had 1/sack, should have been two, and 2/QB Hits

Yes, Young got screwed on getting a sack, IMO.
The N.O. QB saw him coming and started to duck, while Young hit him hard,
So, their helmets clashed, but it was actual a hard body hit.

ILB:
Landman knows how to punch the ball out to cause fumbles.

DB:
Played a great game, allowing only 176yds and 78.1/passer rating.
Forbes had an outstanding game, with 1/INT and 3/PD 4/comb tackles.

ST:
Karty not a great game, with 1 miss XP and a miss FG,
The OL somewhat caused the miss FG.

Saints-Rams takeaways: Matthew Stafford throws 4 TD passes in blowout of New Orleans

Nate Atkins and Amos Morale III

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6771867/2025/11/02/saints-rams-takeaways-matthew-stafford-throws-4-td-passes-in-blowout-of-new-orleans/

If it felt like the Los Angeles Rams scored every time they got the ball Sunday, it’s because they nearly did.

Save for a three-and-out in the first quarter and a missed field goal in the second, the Rams scored on every possession throughout the first three quarters en route to a 34-10 win against the New Orleans Saints at SoFi Stadium.

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford threw four touchdown passes, and running back Kyren Williams rushed for 114 yards and a score.

If it felt like the Saints didn’t get the ball, it’s because they barely did. The Rams had a massive advantage in time of possession (43:53 to 16:07), including holding the ball for nearly 14 minutes (13:48) in the third quarter.

Saints rookie Tyler Shough made his first regular-season start and threw for 176 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

The loss drops the Saints to 1-8, and the Rams improved to 6-2 on the season.

Matthew Stafford, Davante Adams can’t be stopped right now

Stafford had been surging through the first six games of his 17th season, but one thing was missing heading into a trip to London: his connection with Davante Adams. The Rams’ new All-Pro receiver hadn’t found his rhythm with Stafford, and their connection in the red zone was specifically forced and spotty. But they spent that week with Puka Nacua sidelined working on every detail and then added it to the game plan, and the result has been five touchdown catches in two weeks for Adams.

Adams scored twice against the Saints, both on one-on-one plays from goal-to-go situations. He finished with five catches for 60 yards and the two scores. He’s showing the skills that now have him eighth all time with 111 touchdown catches, from savvy route running to strong hands to too big of a catch radius for many cornerbacks to handle. And he’s getting those one-on-one opportunities by playing opposite Nacua. It’s validating every reason the Rams chased him in free agency as the replacement for Cooper Kupp.

Stafford has thrown nine touchdown passes the past two weeks, when the Rams have used more two- and three-tight end sets than ever under coach Sean McVay. It’s keeping Stafford protected, giving him easy throws on play-action and leading to the growth of second-round rookie Terrance Ferguson, who keeps adding splash plays. — Nate Atkins, Rams beat writer

Rams defense looks like one of the league’s best

The Rams defense entered this week having allowed the second-fewest points of any NFL team, thanks in part to having an earlier bye week than some. But they validated the ranking by punishing Shough in his first career start, holding the Saints to all of 10 points, 224 yards and 10 first downs.

The pass rush was constantly in the rookie’s face, keeping him from throwing much down the field. Emmanuel Forbes Jr. was making plays on the ball, including his first Rams interception, as well as a couple of impressive open-field tackles. And Nate Landman provided another one of his signature punch-outs for a forced fumble.

Bigger tests await than the rebuilding Saints, but the Rams have surged ever since a bad first half against the San Francisco 49ers on “Thursday Night Football.” The growth of the outside cornerbacks has been key, as has been living in dime and lessening the load on the linebackers. — Atkins

J.B. Long@JB_Long
Most Rams passing TDs in a two-game span

Matthew Stafford – 9, 2025
Jared Goff – 8, 2018
Kurt Warner – 8, 1999 & 2000

Interesting thing about the receptions today.

Out of 24 catches, Adams and Nacua had 12 of them. Of other WRs, Smith had 2. All the other catches (10 total) went to TEs.

No other WRs, just the big 2 and then some from Smith. No other WR.

Then all 4 TEs with catches. No RB catches.

They do the Rams at about 44:00 in.

Greg Olsen@gregolsen88
Seattle is not a good rushing team.

They are a heavy personnel passing team.

If defenses are striving to “stop the run” they are mistaken.

"I like the fact that we're getting better. I can feel us starting to play really good complimentary ball." pic.twitter.com/FF1ZmHluRQ

— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) November 3, 2025

Richard Sherman@RSherman_25
This is such a strange year in the NFL, every time you think you have feel for how a game is going to go it ends up different.

-Vikings beating the Lions.
-Denver Struggling against a great Hou defense but an offense without Stroud.
-Colts are being dominated by the Steelers.
-Packers have their hands full against Carolina

Matthew Stafford — as per usually, a no-look to Adams

right in to middle of Tampa-2. Stafford knows safeties deep 1/2 amd the mike ismatching the #3 strong receiver–other side of field. Stafford knows there is a lot of room back there. https://t.co/nw7fNBupvv pic.twitter.com/WH9dAUDEDi

— Jim Youngblood 53 (@53_jim70721) November 2, 2025

Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Per Next Gen, the Rams were in 13 personnel on 35 off 77 plays; they had a 51% success rate out of this personnel grouping including four TDs.

PFF@PFF
Davante Adams in the red zone this season

7 catches
7 touchdowns

J.B. Long@JB_Long
*TDs on 8 of last 9 red zone trips for Rams (would’ve been 9/9 if not for offensive facemask).
*10 of Stafford’s 24 completions went to tight ends.

Los Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR
RB Kyren Williams cracked the top-25 in NFL history for most rushing touchdowns through a player’s first 35 career starts. He passed Jalen Hurts (26), Devonta Freeman (26), David Johnson (26), Emmitt Smith (26), Gerald Riggs (26), LeSean McCoy (26) and DeAngelo Williams (26) to move into a tie with Billy Sims (27), Ezekiel Elliot (27) and Rudi Johnson (27) for the 23rd-most in NFL history.

Jim Youngblood 53@53_jim70721
Rams D season totals
5 INT
27 sacks
8 FF
6 FR
15.9 PPG allowed
99.8 rush yds allowed/g
203.1 passing yardfs/game
302.9 total yards/game

Wiiiiiiiiiiide open… TOUCHDOWN!

📺 @NFLonFOX | #RamsHouse pic.twitter.com/lmtstvv4BS

— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) November 2, 2025