The Los Angeles Rams survived a late comeback from the Atlanta Falcons, winning 31-27. The Falcons almost pulled off a 28-3 comeback, which would’ve been a full-circle moment from their Super Bowl 51 loss to the New England Patriots.
Ultimately, Los Angeles survived, improving its record to 1-1 while Atlanta falls to 0-2.
Offensive spotlight: Rams WR Cooper Kupp is picking up right where he left off last season. Last week against the Buffalo Bills, he recorded 13 catches for 128 yards and a touchdown. Sunday against the Falcons, he caught 11 of his 14 targets for 108 yards and two touchdowns while also losing a fumble.
Defensive spotlight: Rams LB Bobby Wagner lived around the football against the Falcons, finishing with six tackles, two tackles for loss/no-gain and a sack. He currently has an 85.1 grade on first review, which would be his highest-graded game since 2020.
Rookie spotlight: Falcons first-rounder Drake London caught the first touchdown of his career against the Rams from four yards out. He finished the day with 8 catches on 11 targets for 86 yards and the score. He also caught a two-point conversion.
.@DrakeLondon_ scores his first career touchdown! #DirtyBirds
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Offensive line spotlight: Last week, the Rams allowed a league-leading 23 pressures to the Bills on 50 pass-blocking snaps. The Rams offensive line made major improvements this week, allowing only two pressures on 36 pass-blocking snaps to the Falcons. Those two pressures were allowed by left tackle Joseph Noteboom, meaning Rob Havenstein, David Edwards, Coleman Shelton and Alaric Jackson had a clean sheet.
Box Score
Passing
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| Marcus Mariota | 16.44 | 17 / 26 | 196 | 7.5 | 2 | 2 |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| Matthew Stafford | 20.88 | 27 / 36 | 272 | 7.6 | 3 | 2 |
Rushing
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD |
| Marcus Mariota | 16.44 | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 4.1 | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 0 |
| Tyler Allgeier | 3 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 0 |
| Caleb Huntley | 0.3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD |
| Darrell Henderson Jr. | 10.7 | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 1 |
| Cam Akers | 8.2 | 15 | 44 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Brandon Powell | -1 | 1 | -26 | -26 | 0 |
Receiving
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | TD |
| Drake London | 24.6 | 12 | 8 | 86 | 7.2 | 1 |
| Olamide Zaccheaus | 10.1 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 1 |
| KhaDarel Hodge | 7.7 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 19 | 0 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Pitts | 3.9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 |
| Avery Williams | 1.6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Parker Hesse | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bryan Edwards | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | TD |
| Cooper Kupp | 35.8 | 14 | 11 | 108 | 7.7 | 2 |
| Allen Robinson II | 15.3 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 10.6 | 1 |
| Tyler Higbee | 14.1 | 9 | 7 | 71 | 7.9 | 0 |
| Cam Akers | 8.2 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 0 |
| Ben Skowronek | 3.6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 |
| Brandon Powell | -1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
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