After facings the likes of Dak Prescott, Tua Tagovailoa, Brock Purdy, Josh Allen and Jalen Hurts this season, the New York Giants are in for another treat in the penultimate week of the regular season. Stafford has been one of the major reasons the Rams (8-7) will have a chance to clinch a playoff berth on Sunday when they visit MetLife Stadium to face the Giants (5-10) in the penultimate week of the regular season.
It had been more than a month since the Los Angeles Rams had experienced the sense of emptiness that comes with losing a football game. Falling 37-31 in overtime to the Ravens on Sunday wasn't easy to take, yet the Rams took consolation in knowing they gave the powerful Ravens everything they could handle before a 76-yard punt return by Tylan Thomas ended LA's three-game winning streak. “We want to be able to come away with the win, but there are a lot of things you're looking at, we are going to respond the right way,” coach Sean McVay said.
No receiver has ever started an NFL career as impressively as Puka Nacua, who caught a record 25 passes in his first two games for the Los Angeles Rams and shattered the league's single-game receptions mark for a rookie in September. The fifth-round pick has slowed down only moderately since his spectacular debut month, becoming a household football name and a twin pillar of the Rams' offense with Cooper Kupp. “Yeah, that's one nickname,” Nacua said with a grin.
Matthew Stafford has a sprained ligament in his right thumb, possibly sidelining the Rams' starting quarterback for Los Angeles' visit to Green Bay on Sunday. Although coach Sean McVay didn't rule out his Super Bowl-winning quarterback Monday, he said the Rams (3-5) are looking for another quarterback to pair with backup Brett Rypien in practice this week in case Stafford's sprained UCL prevents him from playing against the Packers.