On the first play of the Rams’ sixth drive of the game, the Rams gave the ball to Gurley up the middle.
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Gurley and Austin combined for 265 of the Rams’ 388 yards of offense and accounted for all three of the team’s touchdowns. The team’s other 61 plays totaled 202 yards (3.3 yards per play).
“That just doesn’t get it done”, Fisher said after the game. “This was, ‘OK, we got through it. We won it. But we gotta play much better.’ I think that’s the sign of a team that’s moving forward and understands that it has potential, it has opportunities, but you can’t be satisfied”. You want to be able to do both. If he keeps playing this well, he might just become an MVP contender, too. “We have a lot of explosive players, and our O-line is really coming along and doing a great job”.
He said after the game, “I can’t wait to get back to work in the morning”.
Just imagine what he’s going to do in a fully healthy season.
Despite Gurley’s early success – he set a record for the most rushing yards by a player in his first four starts since the merger Sunday – defenses still haven’t been loading up the box to stop him on a regular basis. On Sunday, the running back rushed for 133 yards on 20 carries, making him the first rookie to open his career with four consecutive 100-yard games. Billy Sims had the previous high with 539. He was ninth in the National Football League with 470 yards rushing with a 4.1-yard average and three touchdowns. The last rookie with a starting streak of four straight 100-yarders at any point in the season was Edgerrin James of Indianapolis in 1999.
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“You have the reverse threat and then you have the quick screen, and we scored on that threat”, Fisher said. Again, credit him to get to this point and credit the guys around him.
