If Rams miss the postseason, Monday night’s offensive showing against Miami will be a key reason why
The Los Angeles Rams’ offense didn’t bother showing up during its 23-15 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Monday Night Football. Despite a stellar array of offensive pieces for Matthew Stafford to work with, the unit couldn’t find the end zone, and that poor showing likely cost the team a playoff spot.
headed into tonight’s game the dolphins were giving up 22.1 offensive points per game.
the rams could manage just 15, just 5 field goals, at home.
only the 3-7 patriots scored fewer offensive points against the dolphins this year.
brutal year for the rams offense so far. pic.twitter.com/N8sv2d9P8T
— roberto clemente (@rclemente2121) November 12, 2024
The Dolphins were not a defensive juggernaut but came up with the stops that mattered. Or rather, the Rams got in their own way because Matthew Stafford threw an interception in the sixth straight game, the offensive line couldn’t block or snap a football correctly and the offense was 3-of-12 on third down. Oh, and Kyren Williams concentrated more on giving wet willies to Dolphins players than scoring touchdowns.
Everything about the unit proved to a national audience that LA is far too inconsistent to trust as a viable playoff contender.
Heading into the season, the offense was expected to carry the load while a young defense developed without Aaron Donald there to guide them. The defense is finally rounding into form, and the offense wasted an unbelievable performance from them. It’s not often that an explosive Dolphins offense with Tua Tagovailoa in the lineup is held under 300 yards, yet it happened on Monday night.
#Rams defense tonight held Achane to 37 yards rushing, every receiver under 60 yards receiving, sacked Tua three times, forced 10 tackles for a loss, picked off and forced a fumble on Tua and still lost. The offense should be buying the defense dinner every night at this rate.
— JAKE ELLENBOGEN (@JKBOGEN) November 12, 2024
The entire defense deserves a steak dinner with all the fixings. Heck, Joshua Karty should be included in the free supper club if he continues being the Rams’ primary source of offense.
LA should be ashamed of its offensively offensive output on Monday, on the heels of Jared Goff having a pick party on Sunday Night Football. However, nothing about the outing should come as a surprise. Stafford has hardly played like the same guy he was during the 2022 Super Bowl run. Aside from select moments of brilliance here and there, take out the Lombardi Trophy and I’m afraid Stafford’s tenure in Hollywood has been painfully underwhelming.
Matt Stafford had Kyren Williams wide open and didn’t see him pic.twitter.com/XhJV8erpVF
— Tedd Buddwell (@TedBuddy8) November 12, 2024
The Rams got hot offensively at the right time last season, but based on what we’ve seen through nine games, there are zero indications that lightning will strike twice in 2024.
