Rams Clinch NFC West with Tough Win Over Cardinals

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00:00If the Rams beat the Cardinals, they were in a great position to win the NFC West.

00:05A lot to figure out, but basically, with the help of Sunday and the Rams clinching strength

00:11of record in terms of what other people have done around the NFL, they would win the NFC

00:18West.

00:19But first, the Rams had to beat the Cardinals.

00:21It is what they did in a low-scoring defensive struggle on Saturday night in the City of

00:27Angels.

00:2813-9, L.A. wins.

00:30The Cardinals do cover as the 6.5-point road dog.

00:33A total of 47, and a hook stays well under.

00:37Donnie, L.A. won a game only registering 257 total yards.

00:42Arizona had nearly 400, about 140 more than the Rams had in terms of their yardage output.

00:50And it came down to the closing seconds of regulation.

00:54The Cardinals, first and goal at the Rams, 5 under a minute remaining.

00:58Kyler Murray threw a second interception of the game, picked off by Akella Witherspoon

01:04to clinch that victory for L.A.

01:07And because of the Commander's win in OT on Sunday night against the Falcons, the Rams

01:12win the NFC West as well.

01:14Yeah, they did, and congratulations to them.

01:17Something that probably before the season you thought they would vie for, but here they

01:20are winning it.

01:22Also keep in mind, Trey McBride was pulled down on that play here, couldn't get his head

01:25around, deflected up in the air, so a tough interception to have, but it was an interception

01:30that you had for the Rams.

01:31And also keep in mind, the past three games for the Rams on defense, 6 points, 9 points,

01:35and 9 points.

01:36But we focus more on the offense when we talk about the Rams.

01:39That's supposed to be a machine.

01:40Pukanuku is a top-five wide receiver, if not top-three wide receiver in the NFL, but it

01:44just can't be all Pukanuku.

01:46Like Cooper Cuppa's absolutely disappeared the past couple weeks here.

01:49We need to crank that running game up more because, yes, you like the wins, but not getting

01:53to 20 points against some bad football teams, that's not a great look heading into the playoffs.

01:58But they are there.

01:59They have a chance to sort of say, you know what?

02:01Week 18 doesn't mean all that much.

02:02We can actually rest our guys.

02:04Maybe Cooper Cuppa is a little bit banged up, and away you go into the playoffs with

02:07a quarterback that has won a championship, a coach that's won a championship, and you

02:11have a home game here, which is big out in SoFi.