It was the Los Angeles Rams defense that held off the barbarians at the gate in Sunday’s 26-9 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. While the offense lolled around until the second half, Defensive Coordinator Raheem Morris’ unit mixed some exotic blitz pakages with his standard bend-but-don’t break tactics to hold off the upstarts.
By no means was it a dominating overall effort. The L.A. defense bent for typical yardage (345) and first downs (20), but on this outing they did not allow the Cards to break into the end zone. As the Rams offense snoozed away the first half, Arizona was able to drive into L.