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The Los Angeles Rams keep up the pace and are already in the NFC divisional round, but Tom Brady awaits them

El majestuoso SoFi Stadium de Los Ángeles donde juegan los Rams.
The majestic SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles where the Rams play.

Photo: Ricardo López / Impremedia

EFE

For: EFE Updated 18 Jan 2022, 20: 33 pm EST

Los Angeles Rams They beat up this Monday 21-11 to the Arizona Cardinals and qualified for the NFL NFC divisional round in which they will face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

At the end of the game played at SoFi Stadium, located in Inglewood, California, which will host of this year’s Super Bowl LVI, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford of 33 years passed for 202 yards, hit two touchdowns and one more on the ground.

Stafford, who lost in his previous three playoff appearances, got his first victory in this instance. For the Cardinals, Kyler Murray of 20 years, in his first postseason game, he finished with 62 yards per air, two sacks and two interceptions.

The first half was a nightmare for the Arizona offense, tenth best offense in the NFL; he was forced to punt five times and suffered turnovers on two others.

In the first quarter the Rams took a seven-point lead in his second drive after running 62 yards in 11 moves that culminated with touchdown pass to Odell Beckham.

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At the start of the second quarter Stafford extended the lead to 14 with a personal move down the middle of his block line.

Squeezed inside the five-yard line of his field, Murray was rushed by the defense local and before an imminent capture, he threw a broken ball that was intercepted by David Long, who took it to the diagonals to widen the distance to 20 unanswered points.

In the third period L The Angels maintained their dominance with another touchdown pass, 18-0, from his quarterback, who connected with Cooper Kupp, candidate for best offensive player of the year; NFL leader in receptions, 145; passing yards, 1.947; and TD receptions, .

After eight offensive series the Cardinals broke zero with a rushing TD by James Conner that brought them closer 28-8.

Late in the third quarter Arizona safety Budda Baker was hit with a concussion; he was taken off the field on a stretcher and taken to the hospital.

In the last period the Rams scored a couple of field goals and the visitor connected one, who left the marker at 21- .

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