by Rivers McCown
In a game that lived up to expectations, two of the NFC's best teams cascaded big plays all over each other until 80 points were on the board and the Rams had merely 35 of them. Let's start by talking about where Los Angeles was merely very good on offense.
The biggest issue on paper that the Rams faced heading into this game was New Orleans' run defense. The Saints came into Sunday with DVOA's No. 2-ranked rush defense, at -28.0%. The Giants in Week 5 were the only team to put a positive run defense DVOA on New Orleans' ledger, at 1.