2020 Los Angeles Rams Postgame Notes Rams 37, Eagles 19
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2020 Los Angeles Rams Postgame Notes Rams 37, Eagles 19 Week 2 • September 20, 2020 2-0 0-2 Rams Team Notes Rams Offensive Starters (GP/GS) • With a 37-19 victory, the Rams won their first game in WR Robert Woods (2/2) Philadelphia since 2001, the team’s first win over the Eagles since 2004. TE Tyler Higbee (2/2) • The Rams drummed up 449 yards of total offense, including LT Andrew Whitworth (2/2) 267 yards passing and 191 rushing yards, with five total RG Austin Corbett (2/2) touchdowns. The 191 rushing yards are the most since a 2018 Week 16 contest at Arizona (269). C Austin Blythe (2/2) • For the first time this season, the Rams defense recorded LG Joe Noteboom (2/2) a takeaway on their opponents’ opening drive. (Kiser forced WR Josh Reynolds (2/2) fumble, recovered by Young). L.A. ended four of their opponents opening drives in 2019 with takeaways. WR Cooper Kupp (2/1) RT Rob Havenstein (2/2) Rams Offensive Notes QB Jared Goff (2/2) • With 267 passing yards on the day, QB Jared Goff has thrown for a total of 14,761 yards in his career and ranks fifth RB Cam Akers (2/2) in franchise history in passing leaders. • Goff completed 10-of-10 passing attempts in the first quarter, marking the first time he completed 100 percent of his passes in the first quarter of play (min. 10 attempts) in his career. Rams Defensive Starters (GP/GS) • Goff’s 13-consecutive completions are the most by any QB DE Michael Brockers (2/2) to start a game through the first slate of Week 2 games. NT Sebastian Joseph-Day (2/2) • Additionally, Goff posted a season-high 142.1 passer rating, DT Aaron Donald (2/2) which is the fourth-best single-game passer rating in his career. ILB Kenny Young (2/1) • TE Tyler Higbee hauled in three receiving touchdowns OLB Leonard Floyd (2/2) against the Eagles, marking the first multi-TD game of his ILB Micah Kiser (2/2) career. He becomes the first Ram tight end to haul in three receiving touchdowns in a game since Damone Johnson CB Darious Williams (2/2) (1988). His first receiving TD of the season moves him up to sixth all-time in franchise history for receiving touchdowns LCB Troy Hill (2/2) by a TE. RCB Jalen Ramsey (2/2) • WR Robert Woods scored his third rushing TD of his career, SS Jordan Fuller (2/2) which is tied with Cordarrelle Patterson, Curtis Samuel and Deebo Samuel for the most rushing TDs by a WR since the FS John Johnson lll (2/2) start of 2017. Rams Leaders • RB Darrell Henderson Jr. scored his first professional touchdown, a 2-yard rushing touchdown and finished with Passing - J. Goff (20/27, 267 yards, 3 TD, 0 Int, 112 scrimmage yards, including a long rush of 40 yards. Both his scrimmage yards total and the 40-yard scamper mark 142.1 QBR) career bests in a single game. • WR Cooper Kupp finished the day with a team-high 81 Rushing - D. Henderson Jr. (12 carries, 81 yards, receiving yards on five receptions. Kupp recorded his first 40-yard long, 1 TD) (2 rec., 40 yards) rushing attempts of the season, finishing with two carries for 19 yards, including a 15-yard rush. Receiving - • WR Van Jefferson caught four passes for 45 yards. Sunday marked his second-consecutive game with a 20-plus yard C. Kupp (4 rec., 81 yards) reception. T. Higbee (5 rec., 54 yards, 3 TD, 28-yard Long Rec.) Rams Defensive Notes • LB Micah Kiser posted a career-high 16 total tackles (11 solo). Additionally, he forced the first fumble in his career on the opening defensive drive of the game. Kiser also added one pass defensed to his career outing. • LB Kenny Young finished with four total tackles (three solo) and posted his first-career fumble recovery. Young added his first QB hit of the season. • CB Darious Williams nabbed his first interception on the season on an Eagles QB Carson Wentz on a game-changing dart to the endzone midway through the third quarter. The momentum carried the Rams to tally three points on a 16- play 68-yard scoring drive. • CB Troy Hill picked off Wentz with 3:06 remaining in the game, his fifth-career interception. • S Jordan Fuller sustained his record setting performance from Week 1, with nine combined tackles against the Eagles. His 17 total tackles ranks second all-time in franchise history for most tackles by a rookie through their first two games (J. Laurinaitis, 23). Rams Inactives Upcoming Game 55 Brian Allen C 72 Tremayne Anchrum Jr. LT 88 Brycen Hopkins TE 83 Trishton Jackson WR Los Angeles Rams at 30 Raymond Calais RB Buffalo Bills 98 Eric Banks DT Week 3 • FOX September 27, 2020 • 10:00 A.M. .