Rams hang on for 13-9 win over Arizona Cardinals in Week 17

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – It took the slimmest of margins, however the Rams (10-6) discovered a option to maintain on for a slender 13-9 win over the Cardinals (7-9) Saturday evening at SoFi Stadium.

Up 13-9 with 2:01 remaining, the Rams watched the Cardinals – armed with two timeouts – drive downfield all the best way to the Rams’ 5-yard line. Then cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon corralled Arizona quarterback Kyler Murray’s deflected go within the endzone for the game-sealing interception, which was upheld upon additional overview by the officers, permitting the Rams to outlive.

Broad receiver Puka Nacua completed with 10 catches for 129 yards within the win, which was achieved regardless of the Cardinals successful the time of possession battle 36:55-23:05.

Defensive finish Braden Fiske completed with two sacks within the win, and outdoors linebacker Michael Hoecht had his third blocked kick of the season. Operating again Kyren Williams had 56 speeding yards and 1 landing, whereas kicker Joshua Karty made his lone area purpose try (53 yards) and additional level try.

With their win over the Cardinals and the Bengals’ win over the Broncos, the Rams can clinch the NFC West in Week 17 through the Power of Victory tiebreaker over the Seahawks with three wins from any of those 5 groups this weekend: Commanders, Payments, 49ers, Vikings, Browns.

Right here is the whole sport recap:

Neither staff was capable of get right into a rhythm offensively early on till late within the first quarter, when the Cardinals mounted a prolonged drive that went reached 11:04 within the second quarter. Nevertheless, that collection was upended after the Rams stonewalled Cardinals working again James Conner for no achieve on 4th and 1 from the Rams 14.