LA Rams claimed their best start over New Orleans who watched star quarterback Drew Brees sidelined with a wrist trauma.
Even the Saints, for whom head coach Sean Payton agreed a deal earlier in the afternoon and most of Sunday’s game, played without quarterback Drew Brees, who injured his thumb in the initial quarter.
Jared Goff, Brandin Cooks and todd Gurley every scored touchdowns as the Rams overcame a slow start to run out winners in a rematch of last season’s contentious NFC Championship and also there was yet a second pivotal controversial telephone.
Los Angeles advanced to the Super Bowl by taking advantage of a no-call to a pass interference that was late and also on Sunday the Saints needed a 87-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown nullified after the play originally was ruled an incomplete pass.
After challenging, the play was ruled that a sack-fumble and the Saints were awarded the ballbut in the point at which the prosecution had been recovered.
Offense proved difficult to come by, using the Rams eventually reaching the end zone with 5:39 remaining in the third quarter after Gurley capped a 75-yard drive to the corner of the end zone with his run to break a tie. It had been 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 final 10 passes while Saints backup quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who shot over from the first quarter from Brees, went 17 of 30 for 165 yards.
When his hand made hard contact while following through on a pass effort brees was injured early in the first quarter.
The single thing 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 into the second half to a 52-yard field target from Will Lutz, the Rams responded with the TD of Gurley before they hurried to the end line.
Cooks additional a 2-yard TD grab with one minute remaining in the third quarter to get a 20-6 lead and Goff’s 1-yard TD for 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 find a third consecutive win when they visit Cleveland (0-1) on Sunday night (1.20am) and Week Four will soon see them host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the LA Coliseum (9.05pm).
New Orleans, with or without Brees, travel to Seattle (2-0) following Sunday (9.25pm) because they seem to come back to winning ways then in Week Four host the Dallas Cowboys in a blockbuster-looking Sunday Night Football (1.20’m ).
Week Two concludes on Monday night
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