From the Rams website by Stu Jackson
A strong second half, particularly from their run game, helped the Rams (3-3, 2-1 NFC West) defeat the Cardinals 26-9 on Sunday at SoFi Stadium.
Arizona (1-5, 0-2) had no answer for a Los Angeles run game that ripped off 107 rushing yards in the third quarter alone en route to adding 10 points and gaining their first lead of the contest. Running back Kyren Williams was a big piece to that, rushing for 154 of his career-high 158 yards in the second half alone as the Rams outscored the Cardinals 20-0 in the second half.
Williams left the game late in the fourth quarter with an ankle injury and was questionable to return.
Meanwhile, wide receiver Cooper Kupp finished with seven catches for 148 yards and his first touchdown on the season.
For eight consecutive calls on the opening drive of the second half, head coach Sean McVay dialed up a run play, each resulting in positive yardage – starting with running back Kyren Williams ripping a carry for 17.
By the end of the game, the Rams rushed for 174 yards across the third and fourth quarters, and Williams had 154 of them. Collectively, it was the spark the Rams needed in scoring 23 unanswered points to rally from a 3-point, first-half deficit to defeat the Cardinals 26-9 on Sunday at SoFi Stadium.
"Not after the first run in the second half," Williams said, when asked if he was surprised to keep hearing his number called time after time. "I knew once I got that first down that I was on, and I was just hoping to get my number called, because I was seeing everything I needed to see. I was pressing the holes and I was setting the backers where I wanted to set them to. Really my biggest plan when I'm running the ball, just manipulate the backers, and I was doing that a lot."
The eight carries during that series at the beginning of the second half allowed Los Angeles to move the ball efficiently, so much so that they didn't call a pass play until the second to last play of it, having gained 60 yards on the ground. The last play of the series ended with a 13-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Matthew Stafford to wide receiver Cooper Kupp.
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