The news that tight end Rob Gronkowski would be out for the rest of the season was a huge blow to the New England Patriots, but the team’s offense still looked fairly dangerous in the first half of today’s game, leading the Los Angeles Rams 17-0.
LeGarrette Blount got things going with his best impression of an ankle-breaking N.B.A. point guard on a 43-yard touchdown run. The wrecking ball of a running back executed a perfect feint to his left before cutting hard to his right, which left Maurice Alexander, a safety, spinning around and hitting the turf as the big running back streaked right past him and outran the rest of the Los Angeles defense into the end zone.