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NFL Preview: Los Angeles Rams (0-1) vs Arizona Cardinals (0-1)

TV: FOX (4:05 PM ET): Adam Amin, Mark Sanchez, Kristina Pink (field reporter) SXM App: Los Angeles | Arizona

All-Time Series History Regular Season: LAR leads series, 48-40-2 (won 4 of past 5) Postseason: LAR leads series, 2-0

The Last Time… Regular Season: 11/26/23: LAR 37 at ARI 14 Postseason: NFC-WC 1/17/22: ARI 11 at LAR 34

HEAD COACHES:

Sean McVay vs. Opp. (incl. postseason): 13-2 Reg. Season: 70-46 (.603) Postseason: 7-4 (.636)

Jonathan Gannon vs. Opp. (incl. postseason): 0-2 Reg. Season: 4-14 (.222) Postseason: —

RAMS NOTES:

• QB MATTHEW STAFFORD passed for 317 yards & TD vs. INT in Week 1, his 63rd career 300-yard game, tied with HOFer Dan Marino for 8th-most alltime. Aims for his 4th start in row with 300+ pass yards. Has 19 TDs vs. 3 INTs for 109.3 rating in his past 9 starts vs. Ari., incl. 4 TD passes & 121.1 rating in last meeting. Has 4,868 career completions & can surpass Eli Manning (4,895) for 10th-most all-time. • RB KYREN WILLIAMS had rush TD in Week 1 & aims for his 5th in row with rush TD. Has 10 TDs (8 rush, 2 rec.) in his past 7 on road. Had 362 scrimmage yards (181 per game) & 3 TDs (2 rec., 1 rush) in 2 games vs. Ari. in 2023 & aims for his 3rd in row with 150+ scrimmage yards & TD. • WR COOPER KUPP had career-high tying 14 receptions for 110 yards & rec. TD in Week 1, tied-3rd most catches in Week 1 all-time & his 12th-career game with 10+ catches. Since 2019, has 29 games with 100+ rec. yards, tied 2ndmost in NFL. Has TD catch in 5 of his past 6. • WR TYLER JOHNSON tied his career high with 5 catches & had career-high 79 rec. yards in Week 1. • LB BYRON YOUNG had 1st sack of season last week & aims for his 4th in row with sack. • LB JARED VERSE (rookie) had 1st-career sack in NFL debut last week. • DE KOBIE TURNER had 2 sacks in last meeting. • S JOHN JOHNSON had 15th-career INT last week. Had 2 PD in last meeting. • S QUENTIN LAKE led team with career-high 10 tackles last week. Had FR in his last game vs. Ari. (10/15/23). • S KAMREN CURL had 5 tackles in team debut last week. Had 10 tackles, TFL & PD in his last game vs. Ari. (9/10/23 w/ Was.).

CARDINALS NOTES:

• QB KYLER MURRAY had TD pass & 91.1 rating with 57 rush yards in Week 1, his 20th-career game with 50+ rush yards. Had 2 TDs (1 pass, 1 rush) in last meeting. Has 300+ pass yards in 2 of his past 3 vs. LAR. • RB JAMES CONNER rushed for 50 yards & TD in Week 1. Has TD in 6 straight games, 2nd-longest active streak in NFL. Has 2 rush TDs in 3 of his 5 career games vs. LAR. • RB DEEJAY DALLAS had 96-yard KR-TD, his 1st-career KR-TD & 1st Week 1 KR-TD in NFL since 2018 (Jakeem Grant & Darius Jennings). • TE TREY MCBRIDGE had 5 catches in Week 1. Had 7 catches for 60 yards in last meeting & has 7+ catches in 4 of his past 5 home games. • WR GREG DORTCH led team with 6 catches & 47 rec. yards last week. Had TD catch in last meeting. • WR MICHAEL WILSON had 4th-career rec. TD last week. • LB KYZIR WHITE led team with 11 tackles & had TFL in Week 1, his 16th-career game with 10+ tackles. Had TFL in 4 of his 5 home games last season. Had sack in his last game vs. LAR (10/15/23) & aims for his 3rd in row vs. LAR with 7+ tackles & TFL. • DL ROY LOPEZ had 3rd-career sack & 1st-career FF last week. • DL JUSTIN JONES had 4th-career FR in team debut last week. • S BUDDA BAKER had 10 tackles last week, his 27th-career game with 10+ tackles, most among active DBs & 2nd-most among DBs since 2000. Has 5+ tackles in 8 of his past 9 vs. LAR. • S JALEN THOMPSON had INT in last meeting & has 5+ tackles in 7 of his 8 career games vs. LAR. • CB KEI’TREL CLARK had 1st-career sack last week. Had 9 tackles in the last meeting.

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