The San Francisco 49ers (4-5) upset the Los Angeles Rams (7-3) in Monday Night Football, beating their NFC West rivals 31-10; Chris Simms: “One team was desperate … one team was ready to fight, ready to fight. Another thought that they might just appear. ”
The Los Angeles Rams firmly transitioned their soccer team into Super Bowl or Bust mode in 2021, adding Odell Beckham Jr. and von Miller to an already stellar squad that has made a splash over the past two weeks. But the results have yet to match the ambitions.
The Rams have broken an impressive 7-1 record in the first eight weeks of the season, hailed by many as the “best team in football,” but former NFL quarterback Chris Simms has made up for the defeat since the Tennessee Titans and the 49ers all the way to a team believing in their own hype.
“I outwitted, outplayed. And there’s too much Hollywood shit going on in LA right now, ”Simms said. Pro Football Talk (Sky Sports NFL, weekdays, 19:00)
“The [previously unbeaten] Cardinals lost Thursday night [in Week Eight]so everyone looks at the Rams and says, “They might be the best team in football” – then the deal comes with Miller – and since then it has been about everything except football.
“They didn’t play very well against the Titans, and now it’s the same against the 49ers.
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“This is more than just Matthew Stafford’s problem. I know he didn’t get them off to the best start in the world, but that’s not all; they were obviously in their own headlines about how good they were going to be, and they got hit in the mouth last night. “
Stafford, another blockbuster as an offseason quarterback, has made four interceptions in the past two weeks, doubling his season. At the Nines, he was lost in the first streak of the game, and his second was returned to Jimmy Wards for a touchdown to quickly take San Francisco to a 14-0 win that they will not abandon.
The Rams dropped two future first-round draft picks to attract Stafford, and did the same in exchange for full-back Jalen Ramsey in 2020. All-Pro midfielder Miller was worth only 2,022 picks in the second and third rounds while Beckham was invited. as a free agent, but as both have felt defeated in their debuts with the Rams, there is growing concern over the LA’s “win now” mentality against the long-term future of the team.
Simms still believes they are in the running for the LVI Super Bowl this season, however, adding: “I think the Rams will continue to be in this; they are not going anywhere.
