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2020 Rams Recall: A Week 4 win vs the Giants

By Kenneth Arthur
NFL: New York Giants at Los Angeles Rams Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports

Losing to the Bills in the fashion that they did in Week 3, the Rams could have fallen into the trap that many teams do after an emotional game: losing some more.

Instead, the Rams returned home from a two-game road trip to host the Giants, a winless team coming off of a 36-9 defeat at the hands of Jimmy Garoppolo and the 49ers. New York allowed three touchdowns in the final 18 minutes of that loss, and they’d fall behind early in Week 4 against Los Angeles.

But the game remained tight throughout and the Rams needed every bounce and every ounce in order to reach 3-1.

Week 1 - Win over the Cowboys

Week 2 - Win over the Eagles

Week 3 - Loss to the Bills

Week 4 - (2-1) LA Rams vs (0-3) NY Giants

Important Personnel Notes:

  • Malcolm Brown 35 snaps, Darrell Henderson 22 snaps, Cam Akers out
  • Van Jefferson now down to 3 snaps.
  • Jordan Fuller is OUT, Taylor Rapp plays in 100% of the defensive snaps.
  • Terrell Burgess gets 19 snaps.
  • Micah Kiser leaves after 44 snaps, will miss Week 5.
  • Ogbonnia Okoronkwo’s 30 snaps would be a season-high. He had 1 sack, 1 PD.

I’ve been noting how LA is so much better in the first quarter than the rest of the game, and this is no different. The Rams forced a quick three-and-out, including a sack shared by Aaron Donald and Samson Ebukam, to get the ball on offense less than two minutes into the game.

Jared Goff went 5-of-6 on the drive, gaining 49 yards on those plays, while Darrell Henderson had four carries for 12 yards. LA got into the end zone on a Gerald Everett run from two yards up to go up 7-0 early after a PAT by Sam Sloman.

The game rarely gets more interesting than that.

Between 6:00 remaining in the first quarter and 6:00 remaining in the fourth quarter, there are three field goals by the Giants’ Graham Gano, one by Sam Sloman, and the score is 10-9 midway through the final quarter. Everett lost a fumble. There were 10 punts in the game, combined.

Key Play:

Then Cooper Kupp happened.

The Giants turned it over on downs once, then Daniel Jones was intercepted by Darious Williams and that was the game.

Final Score: Rams 17, Giants 9

Up next: 3-1 Rams at Washington Football Team

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