Stafford, Matthew
Rams’ Aggressive Roster Build Pays Off in Super Bowl Win
As Burrow stayed patient, guiding the Bengals on a seven-minute drive in the second quarter that was capped by an exquisite trick play — running back Joe Mixon’s toss to Tee Higgins — Stafford started firing his passes high, wide or just off. One such throw caused Beckham to reach behind him, and when he […]
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How the Rams Find Cooper Kupp
LOS ANGELES — Nick Edwards knows the Los Angeles Rams’ Cooper Kupp not as the most efficient receiving threat in the N.F.L., but as the scrawny, overlooked freshman at Eastern Washington who was obsessed with eating eggs to add muscle mass. Edwards, now the offensive coordinator at California Polytechnic State University, was Kupp’s teammate at […]
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Stafford, Beckham Get Playoff Vindication in Rams Win
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Thirty minutes before the biggest game of Matthew Stafford’s N.F.L. career, the Los Angeles Rams quarterback tossed passes during warm-ups with his coach, Sean McVay, standing close by. Soon afterward, the two dapped each other up and embraced; McVay then tapped him on the helmet as the team jogged to the sideline […]
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N.F.L. Playoff Predictions: Our Picks in the Wild-Card Round
The N.F.L. playoffs are here and with them comes the added theater of the first Monday night wild-card game and two matchups of teams meeting for the third time this season that will anchor the postseason’s opening weekend. Saturday night’s Patriots-Bills III and Monday’s third contest between the N.F.C. West-rival Cardinals and Rams sandwich a […]
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What We Learned From Week 17 in the N.F.L.
Chargers 34, Broncos 13: After Broncos Coach Vic Fangio inexplicably settled for a field-goal attempt to take 3 points out of a 20-3 deficit in the fourth quarter, the Chargers quickly ended the affair. Andre Roberts returned the ensuing kick 101 yards for a touchdown, and Los Angeles will now face Las Vegas in Week […]
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