The shovel pass instead wound up in the hands of Rams linebacker Troy Reeder at the Los Angeles 5. The Rams opened the game with four consecutive stops from the 1-yard line and thwarted another scoring chance when three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald knocked Jack Doyle off his route. One explanation for Indy’s loss was its failure, again, to score touchdowns in the red zone. Jacob Eason, Wentz’s replacement, was intercepted by Jalen Ramsey on his second NFL throw. Wentz was 20 of 31 with 247 yards, one TD and one interception. “It’s nice to be 2-0 instead of 1-1 or 0-2.” “They’re not all going to be pretty,” Stafford said. Stafford, meanwhile, drove Los Angeles down the field again and set up Gay for the game-winner. When Stafford answered with his second TD pass to Kupp to make it 24-21, Wentz returned the favor by positioning the Colts for a tying 35-yard field goal - on his final play. He made it 17-14 by finding Zach Pascal for an 8-yard TD pass and then Jack Doyle on a 2-point conversion and was cheering when the Colts took the lead after Rams long snapper Matt Orzech hit Nick Scott and the ball bounded into the end zone where Ashton Dulin recovered it for the Colts. Wentz certainly had his moments Sunday in leading the Colts back from an 11-point third-quarter deficit. “It’s a bad situation when you can’t finish, you kind of feel like you let your team down.” We’ll see how it reacts this week,” Wentz said, explaining he would need a scan of the injured ankle. Though Wentz wasn’t in a walking boot when he spoke to reporters, he said he felt sore and was upset he was watching Indy’s final two possessions helplessly from the sideline. Indianapolis, meanwhile, is reeling from the first 0-2 start in coach Frank Reich’s four-year tenure.Īnd things appear to be only getting tougher as the Colts embark on a three-game road trip to Tennessee, Miami and Baltimore - perhaps without their starting quarterback. The combination helped the Rams (2-0) improve to 5-0 all time under coach Sean McVay in road openers.
It was the second-highest single-game yardage total of Kupp’s career. The Rams took most of the time off of the clock and a desperation drive attempt by Eason fell short.And it’s clear he’s already built a pretty nifty connection with receiver Cooper Kupp, who had nine receptions for 163 yards and both scores.
His second pass flew high though, giving Jalen Ramsey his first interception of the season. Wentz had a good game against the Rams but had to retire early after what appeared to be an ankle injury, giving Jacob Easton his chance to drive the Colts down the field. The offense was not able to punch the ball in to take a six point lead, but a 38-yard field goal from Matt Gay gave LA a three point lead with 2:23 left in the game. McVay turned the offense so new addition Sony Michel who found some success against the Indy’s defense. MAKE IT ✌️ FOR COOOOOOP! finds the endzone again! /dfVS2RAi6N- Los Angeles Rams September 19, 2021Ī successful field goal by the Colts gave the Rams the ball back 7:22 to go in a tie game.
On the drive Stafford went 5/5 for 81 yards. LA’s offense awarded their defense with a 9 play drive that led to an easy 16-yard Cooper Kupp touchdown. Indianapolis called three running plays in a row and were not able to punch in the score, and on forth and goal Wentz dropped back looking for the end zone, but quickly was met with Leonard Floyd in his face and suffered a sack to cause a turnover on downs. 1st QuarterĪfter taking the opening kick 41 yards to set up great field position on their first drive, the Colts were able to move the ball down the field to the one yard line. Here is a quick rundown of what happened on Sunday. The defense wasn’t perfect - Darrell Henderson left the game with an injury, and Kenny Young was ejected - but LA gets to keep its perfect record for one week more. The Los Angeles Rams had to fight every down in order to go home with the win on Sunday, but a couple of red zone stands made by LA’s defense and a Herculian effort by Cooper Kupp helped the Rams get a 27-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts to improve to 2-0.
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