The Rams have agreed to a division meeting with Tom Brady and the defending Super Bowl champion Buccaneers next Sunday; Cardinals Security Budd Baker was taken to the hospital for further examination, but is “conscious” after suffering a concussion during the game.
Odell Beckham Jr. and Cooper Kupp both caught touchdowns as the Los Angeles Rams comfortably saw off the Arizona Cardinals 34-11 in their Monday Night Wild Card bout, setting up a divisional round clash with Tom Brady and defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay . Buccaneers next Sunday.
It stretched to 28-0 after Kupp’s second-half score before Arizona finally came on the board with a two-yard touchdown from James Conner, but the Cardinals’ stunning comeback was not to be, with only field goals being exchanged in the fourth quarter as The Rams advanced to the next round.
Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray, who appeared in his first career playoff game, had just 137 passing yards and two interceptions as Arizona, the last undefeated team in the NFL this season, lost for the fifth time in six games.
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By the middle of the second quarter, Arizona had minus one net offensive yard and finished the entire game with just 183 yards as the Los Angeles defense dominated.
The Rams took a 7-0 lead at the end of the first quarter when Beckham made an acrobatic tackle in the back left end of the end zone to catch a four-yard touchdown from Stafford.
Stafford himself achieved the Rams’ next result with 12 minutes left in the second quarter, while things only got worse for Arizona as David Long’s TD of the six was one of only two interceptions thrown by Murray on consecutive discs.
Long came in with Murray backing in his end zone and looking to release the ball under heavy pressure, while Marquis Copeland fell with a second, after an interception, around midfield.
