The Rams won their fifth in a row, and their ninth in their last 11 games, by taking home a 13-9 victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday.
It was slow and steady to win the race, and no points were scored in the first quarter, but a Kyren Williams touchdown and Joshua Karly field goal in the second put the Rams up 10-0 at half.
In the third quarter, though, Trey McBride finally got on the board, scoring his first touchdown of the season, and even he couldn't help but thank the heavens. However, the PAT was blocked, which would bite Arizona.
Chad Ryland kicked a chip shot field goal in the fourth, but because of the missed extra point, they still trailed by one. Karly added a field goal of his own to make it a 13-9 L.A. lead, and the Cardinals offense, which had trouble scoring all night, was forced into needing a touchdown.
With this contest already having nine punts, Kyler Murray looked for Marvin Harrison Jr. in the end zone, but he was picked off. The Rams were unable to get a first down, though, and the Cards had one more chance with 2:01 left and two timeouts.
Suddenly, the Cardinals put it together, and they got to the opposing 5-yard line, but Murray threw another interception that was off the hands of McBride in the end zone and caught off a dive by Ahkello Witherspoon to all but end it.
It was rather sloppy for both offenses; Stafford was just 17 for 32 for 189 yards and didn't throw a touchdown, but it was enough. Of those yards, 129 went to Puka Nacua. Murray, meanwhile, was 33-for-48 for 321 yards, but his one touchdown and two costly turnovers would prove to be too much for the other numbers to overcome.
The Rams could clinch the NFC West on Sunday, but they need quite a few things to happen. At the end of the day, they do control their own destiny, and they will face the Seattle Seahawks in the season finale, which could be for the division title.
Of course, Sanders doesn’t actually know where he’s going, but currently, the New York Giants hold the No. 1 pick, and it'll be difficult for them to relinquish it.
Well, Sanders made due on his promise.
He had red and blue cleats that even featured a Giants logo made for him, according to Nomad Customs.
Sanders was not spotted wearing the cleats on Saturday.
Sanders isn’t the only Colorado Buffalo donning special cleats – Travis Hunter is wearing Heisman-themed kicks two weeks after winning the prestigious award.
At the beginning of the season, the class seemed to be pretty stacked with Sanders, Cam Ward, Carson Beck, Quinn Ewers and Jalen Milroe, but the former two quarterbacks have separated themselves from the pack this year.
Big Blue is the only team in the NFL this season with two wins – the Las Vegas Raiders were on pace to own the pick, but they won their third game of the season last week.
New York will take on the Indianapolis Colts in their final home game on Sunday – with a loss, the Giants will become the first team to go 0-9 at home in a season.
It remains to be seen whether general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll will still be in East Rutherford in a couple of weeks, but it seems pretty certain that Sanders might head to New Jersey, no matter who is in charge.
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