Kobie Turner led a dominant charge for Rams defense against Vikings’ Sam Darnold
No Aaron Donald? No problem. The Los Angeles Rams sacked Sam Darnold an unbelievable nine times in L.A.’s 27-9 win over the Minnesota Vikings in Monday night’s wild card round. Not only does nine sacks tie an NFL playoff record for a single game, but the 82 yards lost by Darnold on those plays is a new NFL record.
It was a dominant performance by the Rams defensive line, but also a pitiful effort by Darnold and Minnesota’s offensive line.
Most yards lost on sacks in playoff game since merger:
Joe Burrow 68 vs Titans 2021 divisional round
Warren Moon 68 vs Chiefs 1993 divisional round
Sam Darnold 65 vs Rams tonight
Ken Stabler 65 vs #Raiders 1980 wild card— Josh Dubow (@JoshDubowAP) January 14, 2025
Make it 9 sacks for the @RamsNFL defense.
Ties an #NFLPlayoffs record. pic.twitter.com/Qu1z7mwaCm
— NFL (@NFL) January 14, 2025
The sacks broke down like this:
- Kobie Turner, 2 sacks
- Byron Young, 1.5 sacks
- Neville Gallimore, 1.5 sacks
- Desjuan Johnson, 1 sack
- Ahkello Witherspoon, 1 sack
- Cobie Durant, 1 sack
- Michael Hoecht and Braden Fiske, 0.5 sacks each
Amazingly, Jared Verse had no sacks, but still had five pressures (a career-high) and a touchdown.
NFL POSTSEASON HISTORY: The Rams became the first team ever to have two cornerbacks record at least one sack in a playoff game since 1982 when sacks became an official stat. pic.twitter.com/e6u2q41ear
— Los Angeles Rams PR (@TheLARamsPR) January 14, 2025
The Rams are the first team this century to record 6 Sacks and score a Defensive TD in the first half of a playoff game https://t.co/wtl2HljgCn pic.twitter.com/9pDFr3CsAN
— The 33rd Team (@The33rdTeamFB) January 14, 2025
Darnold had 245 total passing yards but only 163 net passing yards because of the yards lost on sacks.
The Rams now advance to play the Philadelphia Eagles.
