On January 8, Beijing time, the NFL's 2021-22 playoff wild card game ushered in the final game, and the Los Angeles Rams sat at home to meet the Arizona Cardinals, a sworn enemy in the same district. The Rams established an 28-0 lead in the first three quarters, demonstrating strong offensive and defensive capabilities. Quarterback Stafford lightly made two touchdowns to lead the Rams to a 34-11 victory over the Cardinals to advance to the National League division. Next week, they will travel to Tampa Bay to challenge defending champions Pirates and Brady.
Wonderful review
The two teams began by exchanging kicks, but the Rams offense was relatively more threatening. Quarterback Matthew Stafford passed the ball to connect With Bey Jr. to get a large number of yards, and then found Taylor Higby into the red zone, and the key moment was OBJ stepped forward to complete the 1-on-1 touchdown, which was also the first playoff touchdown in Bob's career, with a score of 7-0.
The second wave of attack, again Xiaobei stood up, received the ball and continued to advance to get the large size before falling in the end zone. The Rams then called two consecutive one-yard arch tactics, which Stafford completed with a touchdown to make it 14-0.
In the middle of the second quarter, Cardinals quarterback Murray made a big mistake. He held the ball and retreated to his own end area, in order to avoid causing a safety point, Murray panicked and shot, only to have the ball intercepted by Rams corner defender David Lang and directly returned to the touchdown, the score was 21-0.
At the beginning of the second half, the Rams began to spend the whole game. Stafford's post after the line sent the ball to Bob, who then passed to running back Ax to complete the 40-yard advance. Stafford watched and connected Cooper Karp to complete the touchdown and the Rams extended the score to 28-0.
The Cardinals came a little late, and they hit fourth gear in this wave of attacks, struggling to get to the end zone. Running back James Connor rushed into the end zone to complete the touchdown after finding a gap, and the Cardinals chased the score to 28-8.
The Rams didn't want to give the Cardinals more fantasies, and they continued to extend the scoreline with a free-kick by kicker Matt Gay before the end of the third quarter, 31-8.
The Cardinals advanced through a pass-balanced offense, and faced a 20-yard switch after a foul, kicker Matt Pratt attempted a 55-yard free-kick to make the score 31-11.
The Rams' offense can kill the Cardinals as long as they can score. In the next wave of attack, the Rams showed extremely efficient pavement efficiency, before Gay hit another free-kick to make it 34-11.
Player stats
Rams: Quarterback Stafford advanced 202 yards and 2 touchdowns on 13 of 17 passes; outside receiver Coop took five catches to advance 61 yards and 1 touchdowns, Bey Jr. advanced 54 yards and 1 touchdowns on four catches, and a long pass of 40 yards
Cardinals: Quarterback Murray advanced 137 yards and 0 touchdowns twice on 34 passes 19; outside receiver Kristen Corker received six balls and advanced 51 yards; running back Connor got the only touchdown of the game
Post-match summary
In today's game, the two sides were clearly compared between the front and quarterbacks. The Rams' offensive forward protected Stafford well and was able to do an excellent start, while the defensive line led by Donald constantly attacked the Cardinals offensive front. In this way, this resulted in today's score. The Rams, who play at home, are extremely efficient both on the ground and in passing, and after taking the Cardinals, they will travel to Tampa Bay next week to challenge the defending champion Pirates.
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