LA Rams claimed their perfect start over New Orleans who saw celebrity quarterback Drew Brees sidelined with a wrist injury.
Even the Saints, for whom head coach Sean Payton agreed a new deal earlier in the dayand Sunday’s game, played .
Todd Gurley, Brandin Cooks and Jared Goff every scored touchdowns as the Rams overcame a slow beginning to run out winners in a rematch of last season NFC Championship and there was a second controversial telephone.
Los Angeles advanced to the Super Bowl in January by using a no-call on a pass interference that was late and on Sunday that the Saints had a 87-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown nullified after the play had been ruled an incomplete pass.
After hard, the play was ruled that a sack-fumble along with the Saints were given the ballbut at the point at which the fumble was recovered.
Offense proved hard to find, using the Rams eventually reaching the end zone with 5:39 remaining in the third quarter after a 75-yard drive was capped by Gurley to the left side of the end zone along with his jog to break a tie. It was the first TD of the season on a day when he rushed for 63 yards on 16 carries of Gurley.
Rams quarterback Jared Goff was 19 of 28. He also completed nine of his 10 moves while Saints backup quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who shot over in the first quarter from Brees, went 17 of 30.
Brees was hurt when his right hand left contact with Aaron Donald’s hands while following through on a pass effort.
The points on the scoreboard, until late in the third quarter, came on a pair of field goals. After the Saints tied the score 6-6 just more than five minutes into the second half on a field goal from Will Lutz, the Rams responded with the TD of Gurley until they hurried to the finish line.
Cooks added a 2-yard TD catch with one minute remaining in the third quarter to get a 20-6 lead and Goff’s 1-yard TD to get a run in the fourth quarter for a 27-9 lead came following a 67-yard catch-and-run by Cooper Kupp was mastered only short despite initially being called a touchdown.
The Rams will seek a third consecutive win when they travel to Cleveland (0-1) on Sunday night (1.20am) and Week Four will see them host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the LA Coliseum (9.05pm).
New Orleans, without Brees, traveling to Seattle (2-0) following Sunday (9.25pm) as they look to go back to winning ways then in Week Four sponsor the Dallas Cowboys at a blockbuster-looking Sunday Night Football (1.20’m ).
Week Two concludes on Monday night with policy on Sky Sports Action Cleveland’s trip to New York Jets and Main Event in 1am
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