It was a lopsided showing from the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night. The offense did its job with 34 points and 454 total yards against the Buffalo Bills, but the defense and special teams did not hold up their ends of the bargain, leading to a 37-34 loss in overtime.
Pro Football Focus' grades
show how much better the offense performed than the defense, though there was one clear standout defensively for Los Angeles.These were the best and worst performers from the Rams' loss to the Bills (min. 10 snaps).
Top 5 offense
- WR Puka Nacua: 85.3
- RB Blake Corum: 74.9
- LT Alaric Jackson: 73.2
- LG Steve Avila: 71.8
- QB Matthew Stafford: 69.0
Nacua was by far the Rams' best offensive player in this game, catching 17 passes for 138 yards and a touchdown.
Corum didn't do much as a runner with only 19 yards rushing, but he caught three passes for a career-high 53 yards. He also scored
one rushing touchdown.
Jackson allowed three pressures but had a team-best 83.0 run-blocking grade.
Avila didn't allow any pressures and had an 83.2 pass-blocking grade.
Stafford made one big-time throw and had one turnover-worthy play, which was a near-interception on a throw to Nacua.
Top 5 defense
- CB Jaylen Watson: 89.9
- LB Nate Landman: 79.0
- DL Tyler Davis: 68.0
- CB Trent McDuffie: 60.3
- LB Omar Speights: 58.4
Watson had one interception and nearly had another along the sideline, playing arguably his best game as a Ram.
Landman punched the ball out of James Cook's hands twice, including one that the Rams recovered in overtime to thwart a potential touchdown drive.
Davis didn't have any pressures but finished with a 69.4 run-defense grade.
McDuffie wasn't targeted a single time and had one pressure on a blitz. His grade was surprisingly low considering how sticky he was in coverage.
Bottom 5 offense
- TE Tyler Higbee: 62.6
- TE Davis Allen: 61.1
- RT Warren McClendon Jr.: 58.3
- RG Kevin Dotson: 56.8
- WR Tutu Atwell: 54.4
Higbee played well and finished second on the team with 83 yards receiving on five catches. Allen also had two big catches for 24 yards, including a key conversion on third down.
McClendon allowed a team-high five pressures, though none of them were sacks or QB hits. Dotson gave up one pressure, which resulted in Stafford getting hit on the play.
Atwell caught one pass that went for 4 yards, but he did do a good job drawing attention from the defense to open things up for other players.
Bottom 5 defense
- S Kam Kinchens: 42.0
- OLB Wesley Bailey: 40.2
- S Kam Curl: 39.4
- DT Kobie Turner: 34.7
- DB Quentin Lake: 28.4
Kinchens missed one tackle and didn't allow a catch on his lone target, but his coverage grade was only 42.0.
Bailey had one pressure in the game and also missed one tackle, finishing with a team-worst 25.0 tackle grade.
Curl and Lake both had issues tackling in this one, with Curl missing three attempted tackles and Lake missing two. Lake allowed a team-high 81 yards in coverage and one touchdown.
Turner had three pressures but never got a hit on Josh Allen and missed one tackle himself.
Other notables
- WR Davante Adams: 68.9
- RB Kyren Williams: 64.3
- DT Aaron Donald: 49.3
- OLB Byron Young: 45.6
Adams caught five passes for 51 yards and two touchdowns.
Williams was bottled up on the ground, averaging only 3.1 yards per carry, but he caught six passes for 27 yards and scored the game-tying touchdown.
Donald had a sack called back by a penalty and finished with two pressures, one missed tackle and a fumble recovery.
Young once again led the team with five pressures but had two missed tackles.
This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: Rams PFF grades: Best and worst performers in loss to Bills
