The Rams walked in Houston with a gameplan of running the ball while stopping the Joe Mixon train… Neither happened. It quickly turned into Joe Mixon having his way on the defense. Simple morale of the story is the Rams 80 overall defense just can’t quite cut it against a solid ground and pound team like that. To make matters worse one terrible play call/decision and a fumble was the result of them losing by 3.
On the offensive side Stafford continues his tear. He has FOUR incompletions on the year and finishes this game 23/25 309 yards 3TDs 0INT.
Puka had 8 for 107
Kupp had 5 for 69 and 1
Musgrave had 4 for 65 and 2
Luther Burden III had 5 for 59 and a fumble, this fumble would be a crucial lost drive that could have been a tide swinger.
Tutu came in and threw a pick right before half even though the head coach said don’t force anything. He saw Puka one on one and tossed it anyway, Puka shit his pants and never turned his hips to contest it leading to a easy pick.
On defense we held Stroud to 97 yards but what does that matter when the cover athlete Joe Mixon went 28 for 164 and 3. Rams know defense was their issue last season and while they did improve, they feel this would’ve been worse last year. 164 is unacceptable when it comes to winning a game.
The offense feels good about their showing, rookie put one on the ground and that’s okay, it’s his second game. This is a loss you just roll with.