Rams Defeat Vikings 30-20 in Exciting Thursday Night Matchup

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00:00A huge Thursday night football game to kick off week number eight of this 2024 NFL regular

00:10season because of last night's implications. Joe entering the Minnesota Vikings suffering

00:15their first loss of the year a Sunday ago, but in a great divisional duel against the

00:20Detroit Lions trying to show, hey, we're not just a flash in the pan. We are one of the

00:25top teams in the NFC, the Rams trying to shove away trade rumors and speculation about Matthew

00:33Stafford and Cooper Cup. And could the Rams be rebuilding by the time we reach the midway

00:38point of this NFL season? Well, the Rams resurrect their season last night with a huge home victory

00:45inside SoFi Stadium, 30 to 20. LA wins outright as a two and a half point underdog, a total

00:53that dropped throughout the day, going down to 46 and a half does go over a huge, huge

01:00victory for the Rams. And Joe, it really was a huge victory for the Rams with the return

01:07of their key contributors, both Puka, Nakua and Cooper Cup playing for the first time

01:12since early this season. Nakua barely played in the opener. Cup was injured week number

01:17two and a blowout loss in Arizona to have both back last night was monumental for LA.

01:25And regardless of what happened at the end, the Rams were going to win the football game.

01:29But what stinks, Joe, is that the Rams winning the football game is not going to be one of

01:33the main topics of conversation that you hear on this Friday morning, recapping a Thursday

01:39evening in Los Angeles. The Vikings had the football back down by eight in the final minute

01:45and a half. And Sam Darnold was sacked in his own end zone for a safety game over, except

01:52it was a blatant and I mean, blatant face mask by Byron Young on the tackle there of

01:58Sam Darnold that was missed right in front of the eyes of the head official last night

02:03in that football game. Minnesota was mad. They had every right to be again. Did it change

02:08the outcome? No. Did the official dictate the outcome in the ending? Yes. And that's

02:13a sad reality. But it is unfortunate. And, you know, I'll say this. I know the ref came

02:19out afterwards and that, you know, took the I missed it, he said. So he admitted that,

02:27you know, didn't try to make any excuse. He owned it, which is great. I mean, take personal

02:31responsibility for it. That's your job. We move on. Because let me those of you that

02:36did not watch the game. Let me explain to you why. In essence, that really had nothing

02:41to do with who won or lost this game. The reason the Rams won this game. It was great

02:46to have cup and the cooler back, but they won this game because the Rams defense is

02:51finally healthy. This was a Rams defense allowing a hundred and fifty two rushing yards a game.

02:57That's 30th in the league. They were allowing nearly five yards per carry during the start

03:03of the season. They come in last night and they take on a Aaron Jones who's been torching

03:09teams. He gets 58 yards on three yards per carry. And oh yeah, by the way, for a team

03:15that had 11 total sacks so far this season, they sacked Sam Donald three times, hit him

03:20six other times, caused them nothing but aggravation all night long. Yes. The Rams defense that

03:26showed up and that is why they were able to win that game regardless of what the rest

03:30did or did not do.