With just one player at the same position in which he started the 2022 season, Shelton is a steadying presence, something that was obvious in the season opener at Seattle’s notoriously loud Lumen Field.
Puka Nacua is still getting used to the punishment he ll have to absorb to be an NFL receiver. The Los Angeles Rams rookie missed practice with an oblique injury Thursday, four days after taking several shots to the ribs in his debut game.
Fred Warner's hard-hitting tackle set the tone in the 49ers' season-opening win at Pittsburgh and served as a reminder about his leadership for a Super Bowl contender.
The Rams’ commanding victory at Seattle in their season opener was unexpected to just about everybody outside Los Angeles' locker room. The prolific performances of rookie receiver Puka Nacua and underused Tutu Atwell were even bigger surprises. “I was most pleased with the way we played as a team, because football is a team sport,” coach Sean McVay said Monday.
Opening the season without his favorite target and amid a narrative that the ceiling for the Rams is just being competitive, Stafford found some new targets and picked apart Seattle’s secondary for 344 yards.