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Los Angeles Rams: Positive and negative takeaways from Week 3

By Jason Reed

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 23: Robert Woods #17 of the Los Angeles Rams celebrates his touchdown with quarterback Jared Goff #16 during the third quarter of the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on September 23, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 23: Robert Woods #17 of the Los Angeles Rams celebrates his touchdown with quarterback Jared Goff #16 during the third quarter of the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on September 23, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /
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Positive takeaways: 

  • Jared Goff continues to prove that he can carry a franchise

After his rookie season, many were already wondering if Jared Goff would be a bust for the Los Angeles Rams. It turned out that it was simply a bad scheme fit for Goff in Jeff Fisher‘s offensive system and new head coach Sean McVay allowed Goff to live up to his potential.

This still felt like Todd Gurley‘s team after Goff’s good sophmore season in large part due to the MVP-caliber numbers that Gurley put up for the Rams last season.

And while Gurley is still the best back in the game, Goff is proving that he is the leader of the team and that he is a quarterback capable of carrying a franchise. Goff threw for 354 yards and three touchdowns to move his season tally up to 941 passing yards and six touchdowns in just three weeks.

Goff looked calm, cool and collected in big moments for the Rams and was able to dictate the offense smoothly.

Clutch defense

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The Los Angeles Rams’ defense was not as good as it has been in the last two weeks but that is natural due to the immense amount of playmakers that the Chargers have on the offensive side of the ball.

However, the defense was able to step up when it really mattered and those key situations were what turned the game on its head.

Two fumbles by the Chargers in Rams territory and a blocked punt was the difference in this game. The blocked punt was set up after the Chargers had to start the drive on the one-yard line and the Rams’ defense did its job and allowed the team to reach just the three-yard line.

This game might have served as a shock for those who thought the Rams defense was untouchable but the defense came up when it needed to.

  • Early start

The Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers are polar opposites. One team, the Rams, often gets off to a hot start while the other team, the Chargers, cannot score on its opening drive and takes time to get into the groove of things.

Despite fumbling in the team’s first drive the Los Angeles Rams were able to jump out to an early 7-0 lead to make the Chargers play from behind the rest of the contest. After the Chargers cut the lead to 7-6 with a touchdown the Rams scored 14 unanswered points to make it 21-6. That is a hard rut to come out of, especially against the Rams.

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