The Los Angeles Rams’ defense shined in a 20-12 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. The Rams improve to a 2-1 record on the season while the Cardinals fall to 1-2.
Offensive spotlight: Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray threw for 314 yards, with his former college teammate Marquise Brown accounting for 45% of them. Brown finished with 14 catches on 17 targets for 140 yards. He’s buoying a Cardinals receiving corps that will be without its star DeAndre Hopkins for three more games as he serves his suspension.
Defensive spotlight: Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey showed why many consider him the top corner in the league. On 49 coverage snaps, he allowed three catches on four targets for 14 yards while also forcing two incompletions and two coverage stops. He also had a tackle for loss in the run game.
Rookie spotlight: The only rookie who saw significant snaps in this game was Rams cornerback Derion Kendrick. The sixth-rounder allowed seven catches on 13 targets for 78 yards while also forcing a clutch incompletion on fourth down.
Offensive line spotlight: The Cardinals offensive line kept Murray relatively clean, allowing just seven pressures on 54 pass-blocking snaps. Center Rodney Hudson was especially impressive, with no pressures allowed. The issue was that the line couldn’t get too much push in the run game, finishing with a 38.5 team run-blocking grade on first review.
Box Score
Passing
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| Matthew Stafford | 10.2 | 18 / 25 | 249 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona Cardinals | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| Kyler Murray | 16.4 | 37 / 58 | 314 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long |
| Cooper Kupp | 16.4 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 1 | 20 |
| Cam Akers | 11.1 | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | 1 | 14 |
| Matthew Stafford | 10.2 | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 4 |
| Darrell Henderson Jr. | 1.7 | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 0 | 7 |
| Arizona Cardinals | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long |
| Kyler Murray | 16.36 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 |
| James Conner | 8.7 | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Eno Benjamin | 4.3 | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 9 |
| Darrel Williams | 0.7 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
Receiving
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | TD |
| Cooper Kupp | 16.4 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 7.3 | 0 |
| Ben Skowronek | 10.6 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 |
| Tyler Higbee | 10.1 | 4 | 4 | 61 | 15.2 | 0 |
| Brandon Powell | 5.7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 |
| Allen Robinson II | 4.3 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 |
| Kendall Blanton | 3.8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Darrell Henderson Jr. | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Tutu Atwell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Arizona Cardinals | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | TD |
| Marquise Brown | 31 | 17 | 14 | 140 | 8.2 | 0 |
| Greg Dortch | 17 | 10 | 9 | 80 | 8.0 | 0 |
| Zach Ertz | 10.5 | 10 | 6 | 45 | 4.5 | 0 |
| James Conner | 8.7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 |
| Eno Benjamin | 4.3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 |
| Andre Baccellia | 3.3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 3.2 | 0 |
| Andy Isabella | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 |
| Darrel Williams | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| A.J. Green | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
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