The Los Angeles Rams have a 6-6 record on Sunday Night Football under Sean McVay, a record he wants to improve tonight against the Denver Broncos. The Rams beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34-7 last season on Sunday Night Football, getting McVay back to .500.
Both the Broncos and the Rams reached their respective conference championship games in 2025, but neither team had a good day in Week 1. The Broncos lost 31-10 to the Kansas City Chiefs and the Rams lost 27-7 to the San Francisco 49ers, setting both teams off to an 0-1 start in their divisions. They also both rebounded in Week 2, with Denver beating the Jacksonville Jaguars 20-13.
It’ll be a huge test for McVay’s offensive genius, going against the Broncos defense and probably doing it without Puka Nacua. Defensively, Myles Garrett is set to miss _more_ than the minimum four games on IR, which is what he was initially expected to be out for, but that’s now been projected at six weeks.
_What do you expect to happen on SNF?_
> “The Rams could try to double-team Bonitto with a tight end, and chip him at the very least. The Broncos can’t let the continued absence of his long-time rush linebacker partner, Jonathon Cooper, work against Bonitto by allowing teams to focus so much more attention on Denver’s Pro Bowl pass rusher.
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> To balance the scales, Jonah Elliss has to step up. He’s had spurts of pressure this season, but he’s also been held sack-less, only because a Patrick Surtain II defensive holding penalty erased one of his.“
> According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Nacua’s groin injury has affected his explosiveness. While he can play, he has not felt like he can play with the same explosiveness he has had in the past.
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> “The Rams still view it as a short-term injury and think Nacua will be back sooner rather than later,” reported Schefter. “The organization does not believe surgery is necessary, but it’s also not entirely off the table if Nacua doesn’t show signs of improvement.”
> “The first two weeks of the season for the Rams’ special teams unit have not been kind. Mistake after mistake, constant letdowns, red flags galore.
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> They haven’t had a major impact on winning or losing yet, but that seldom lasts in the NFL. Are these issues simply growing pains for a new coaching staff, or is the Rams’ special teams once again a looming disaster that could threaten their championship goals?“
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Why Jaxon Dart’s injury is NFL’s fault
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Ok hear me out, it might be kind of a conspiracy theory but I can’t help but think that Dart’s injury might be NFL’s overprotective policies over QBs fault.
This my theory: when I watched the hit that caused that injury I was like “why didn’t he just took the sack”?
I’m following the NFL for not so long, over 15 years, and it might be wrong since I have no stats to back me up, but my eye test shows me that QBs nowadays try way more to scramble or pass with pressure right in their faces instead of playing safe and taking the sack. Why? I think it’s because they see a lot of ridiculous roughing the passer calls, where the pass rusher is supposed to decelerate with fractions of seconds and evade the QB in order to do not get a flag.
It makes me think that some QBs may think: “you know what, I’m gonna throw it anyway, take the hard hit and there’s a good chance I can get to my team 15 free yards”.
In some cases, the hit is hard, legal, and the refs don’t buy the QB scene, and injuries like Dart’s might happen.
Anyway, I know there’s a chance I’m being over imaginative but just wanted to share with you guys. Thoughts?
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