Gary Klein covers the Los Angeles Rams for the Los Angeles Times.
Matthew Stafford and the Rams look to extend their winning streak and take control of the NFC West by beating Seattle on Sunday at 1:05 p.m. PST .Rams still remember when Sam Darnold beat them at SoFi Stadium Rams defensive end Braden Fiske celebrates after recording a sack against the New Orleans Saints at SoFi Stadium on Nov.
2.Today’s inactives: QB Jalen Milroe WR Tory Horton WR Jake Bobo LB Jared Ivey LB Connor O’Toole T/G Mason RichmanRams quarterback Matthew Stafford has passed for a league-leading 25 touchdowns, with only two interceptions, and continues to etch his name further into the NFL record book.“The touchdowns have racked up the last few weeks but I’ve felt like I’ve been playing pretty good football for a while,” said Stafford, a 17-year pro who played 12 seasons with the Detroit Lions. “I’ve had years where you feel like you’re playing good football and you look up at the end of the year and the stats may not tell the whole story of how you feel like you played. That goes both ways. “There are times where I’m like, ‘Man, I didn’t feel like I played that great,’ and you look up and it’s like, ‘OK, it was all right.’ I don’t pay too much attention to those stats. I’m just doing everything I can to try to get us in the end zone. Luckily, that’s been happening at a pretty good clip the last couple of games.”“The thing about the NFL is it doesn’t wait around,” he said. “It doesn’t feel good for you and it doesn’t feel sorry for you. You just have to go out there and play the next week. I’ve learned that throughout my career on both ends of it, you just have to show up, do everything you can to prepare and go play confident football on Sunday.”The last time the Rams faced Sam Darnold at SoFi Stadium, the former USC star was playing for the then 0-13 New York Jets. After stops in Carolina, San Francisco and Minnesota, Darnold signed a three-year contract with the Seattle Seahawks, and he has helped“On that Jets team, he came in here and beat us at SoFi and he played really well,” Rams defensive coordinator Chris Shula said. “When we played him, we thought he was a legit quarterback and that he just needed to be in a good system with good guys around him. “We know the type of player he is and we know how he feels when he is comfortable and feeling good and distributing the ball, and that’s exactly what he’s doing right now.”Darnold has passed for 17 touchdowns, with six interceptions, for a team that is averaging 30.6 points per game, which ranks third in the NFL. “I’m seeing a guy that’s playing with a lot of confidence that’s been earned and it’s a continuation of a lot of the stuff that got him the deserved recognition last year,” Rams coach Sean McVay said.The Rams will be wearing their “Midnight Mode” uniform as part of the NFL’s Rivalries program.Rams receiver Puka Nacua said he was “a fan” of the ensemble. “In Madden when I played the NCAA stuff, I liked to switch up the uniforms and try to put up the best combination,” he said. “I think that our guys always do a good job of making us look great. “It’ll be nice to switch it up. I have some different gloves and some different cleats so it’ll be nice to switch up the swag a little bit.”Likewise receiver Davante Adams. “When you’re in the game, you’re not thinking about that when it’s showtime,” he said. “But when you see them sitting back there in the equipment room, it’s definitely exciting looking at them. “ I wore black uniforms with the Jets last year and they were pretty cool ones too, but these ones are up there.”Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Cooper Kupp waves to fans after a win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Oct. 12. Kupp will face the Rams for the first time Sunday.does on the football field, adjusting his pass route to get open. It’s what he does in his free time, too, tearing through close to two dozen books during the NFL season. The Seattle Seahawks receiver, once a star with the Rams, is an enthusiastic reader of both nonfiction and fiction, and buys extra copies of some of his favorites — “Tuesdays with Morrie” and “When Breath Becomes Air” — to hand out to friends. Just as when he’s poring over the playbook, the bearded bookworm reads with pen in hand or ready to note something on his phone.Rams tight end Tyler Higbee celebrates with Colby Parkinson, center, after scoring a touchdown against the New Orleans Saints at SoFi Stadium on Nov. 2.’ ninth-year coach has utilized a quartet of tight ends this season — a sizable shift in an offense that has helped fuel a four-game winning streak entering Sunday’s gameMcVay is among coaches who recognize “how much of a matchup nightmare tight ends can be and how vital they are to an offense,” Reed said, “so it’s awesome to see the position grow.” McVay was an offensive assistant in Washington for one season before he was elevated to tight ends coach in 2011, and then offensive coordinator in 2014. “He was so young,” said Paulsen, who played in Washington from 2010 to 2015. “He never played tight end before, he didn’t have any background there ... and here he comes as a quality-control guy with this level of mastery.McVay, 39, acknowledges that the Rams’ deployment of multiple tight ends harks to his start as an NFL position coach.Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford celebrates after throwing a touchdown pass to tight end Colby Parkinson during the second half of a 42-26 win over the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium on Sunday.Rams vs. Seattle Seahawks: How to watch, start time and prediction Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua, left, celebrates with running back Blake Corum after catching a touchdown pass against the New Orleans Saints on Nov. 2.Kupp, released by the Rams last March after they could not find a trade partner, is a complementary piece of a Seahawks offense that features
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