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00:00Ankle tackle stymieing Puka Nakua after the 11-yard gain.
00:06This is a play that we've seen multiple times here during the course of the game.
00:09He's going to motion out, motion back in for the screen.
00:14And that gives your blockers time to set up.
00:16And it's the execution.
00:19It doesn't matter how many times the defense has seen a play.
00:22If it's working, that play caller is going to stay with it until the defense stops it.
00:26They've struggled to stop that play right there to Puka Nakua all afternoon.
00:30Fourth and two, down a touchdown.
00:313.25 to go, they'll go.
00:34Stafford looking, throws.
00:35Nakua with the catch and the touchdown!
00:46When in doubt, there's Puka Nakua.
00:51His 13th catch of the day.
00:53And the Rams an extra point from tying it up.
00:55And Matthew Stafford has always had that guy to go to.
01:00Calvin Johnson back in his days with the Detroit Lions.
01:03It was Cooper Cup here for a little while.
01:05And now it's Puka Nakua out here.
01:08Watch the physicality.
01:10It's just hard.
01:11It's clean.
01:12It freezes.
01:13It's Xavier Howard.
01:15And he makes that break inside.
01:16It's the timing.
01:18We've seen it time and time again today.
01:19It is so hard to defend.
01:22And this game is tied.
01:243.20 to play in the fourth.
01:28Puka Nakua.
01:29Career high 170 yards receiving.
01:33And the touchdown.
01:34His first of the year through the air.
01:36And now this from AT&T.
01:3810th career receiving touchdown for Puka Nakua.
01:43His first this season.
01:45On his 13th catch of the day.
01:49Yeah, he's just a handful on the outside.
01:51And he does this without getting an offensive pass interference called on him.
01:54Right?
01:54It's clean.
01:55You can't do anything.
01:56But it creates so much space.
01:58And that's all Matthew Stafford needs.
01:59He just needs that little break.
02:01Coming into the game.
02:0229 catches for 333 yards.
02:05Hey, we've got to stop number 12.
02:07He's a game wrecker today.
02:0914 targets.
02:1113 catches.
02:13170 yards.
02:14It's amazing that he can do it week after week after week when everybody knows you have to stop him.
02:23So the touchback for the Colts.
02:27Puka Nakua catching his breath.
02:29And with more on Puka, we check in with Allison.
02:31Yeah, talking to Puka Nakua about what's been working for him this season offensively.
02:35He just lights up.
02:36And he mentions, first of all, having Devontae Adams out there.
02:39The difference he has made.
02:40He said, we saw it from the jump in week one.
02:42How we were able to affect the defense in the way we wanted to.
02:46And then he also pointed to his relationship with Matthew Stafford.
02:48He said, I feel so much more in sync with him.
02:50I just have such a better understanding of where those opportunities are going to be.
02:55Certainly, Matthew Stafford understands where Puka is going to be almost every play.
02:59Jones on first down, finding the rookie tight end, Tyler Warren.
03:03And a flag in at the end of the play as Warren is tackled at the 37.
03:0717-yard pickup if it stands.
03:14And for Warren, catch number five on the day if it holds.
03:17Personal foul.
03:23Hit on a defenseless receiver.
03:25Number 48 defense.
03:26That 15 yards will be added to the end of the play.
03:28Automatic first down.
03:30Big penalty on Omar Spades.
03:32And outpushed the Colts into Rams territory already.
03:40There's the catch across the middle.
03:42You can come in.
03:42You can see it.
03:43Right as he makes the catch, it's helmet to helmet right in the face.
03:46So, good call.
03:48That's the hit they're trying to get out of the game.
03:52Top part of that helmet right into the face mask of Tyler Warren.
03:55Great shot from our crew.
03:58And it's first to 10 from the 48-yard line.
04:01Hand off Taylor.
04:03Bouncing off his own blocker.
04:05Trying to find some room.
04:06Trying to take a page out of the Kyron Williams book.
04:09And stiff-armed Darius Williams.
04:11But Williams and Curl combined to throw Taylor for a loss.
04:15Now, that was the other one, right?
04:17Sean McVay talked to us about population tackling.
04:20It helps when Jared Burst is able to stop Jonathan Taylor's feet.
04:23That's the one thing.
04:24You get that penetration.
04:26And all of a sudden, he's coming up to the line of scrimmage.
04:28And he's got to stop his feet.
04:30Now, that's advantage defense.
04:32Because your pursuit is going to swarm him.
04:34Jared Burst has been living in the Colts backfield today.
04:38Second and 13.
04:44And flags some motion early.
04:47It'll be a false start.
04:49False start.
04:50Number 79.
04:51Offense.
04:52Five-yard penalty.
04:53Second round.
04:54Says, not then, the M.O. for Indianapolis through three games.
04:59Negative plays, penalties, miscues.
05:02We've seen it today.
05:03Yeah, they have made it really, really hard on themselves.
05:06And being away against a very good team.
05:09Coming off a heartbreaking loss.
05:11You had to come out here and play really as clean as you have been the first three weeks.
05:15And they have been far from that.
05:16Second and 18.
05:28Low snap.
05:30Jones.
05:31Short and incomplete.
05:33Wanted downs.
05:34Quentin Lake on the coverage.
05:36And here comes the flag.
05:38Well, that came in way after the celebration had begun.
05:41And it's going to give an automatic first down to the Colts.
05:46Goodness.
05:47Pass interference, number 37.
05:49Defense automatic first down.
05:53Came from well behind the play, the flag.
05:57And Sean McVay can't believe it.
05:59Yeah, let's keep our eyes on 37.
06:01So it's a pivot route.
06:02You're coming in and out of the break.
06:04I'd give it.
06:05Ball's in the air, right?
06:06So you saw the handful of jersey.
06:08That's automatically defensive holding.
06:10But with the football in the air.
06:12Not a huge yardage penalty.
06:18Just three yards.
06:20But the first down, it gets you out of that hole.
06:23Which they have, you know, good for them.
06:25They haven't been in those situations the majority of the season.
06:27But they have struggled with them today.
06:29Ogletree motioning out of the full house backfield.
06:32It's Taylor, the carry.
06:35Taylor finds a crease.
06:37Taylor spinning free.
06:38Taylor on the run with the speed.
06:41Down the sideline.
06:42Touchdown, Indianapolis.
06:45But there is a flag back at the 45.
06:48And this one looks like it's coming back.
06:51Erasing a dynamic 53-yard run.
06:55Olding, number 10.
07:03Oh, boy.
07:0410-yard penalty.
07:05First down.
07:06Adonine Mitchell, who dropped one as he came across the goal line.
07:12That would have been a sure touchdown.
07:14A second off the board with a holding call.
07:17You always have to be ready with Jonathan Taylor because you never know when he's going to break a play.
07:22I mean, that is such an easy call.
07:26It's going to be right where the run is.
07:27I thought maybe it was going to be late in that run.
07:30And Adonine Mitchell was adjusting because he wasn't in position.
07:33But that was from the start.
07:34And we touched on it.
07:35He had to let that earlier play get out of his head because you don't want to compound that by making another big mistake.
07:42And he just did.
07:43Jones backpedaling down the sideline incomplete.
07:47He wanted Pittman well covered over there on that sideline.
07:52And not a lot of room for Pittman to work.
07:54And it's second down and 15 with 2-10 to play in a tie game.
07:57And that is so devastating because that is what Jonathan Taylor has done for this team.
08:04He did it at Denver.
08:05He did it last week at the Titans.
08:07He'll have a run in the second half.
08:09It's a highlight reel.
08:11And he's doing it on a weekly basis.
08:13And that was his work of art here today for this Rams game.
08:17And Adonine Mitchell cancels it out.
08:18Four-man pressure, but it gets to Jones.
08:29The ball pops out.
08:31Stripped out by Verst.
08:33And recovered by Ryman to save it for the Colts.
08:38But Jared Verst, we said earlier he's living in the backfield.
08:42He can now vote in the Colts' backfield.
08:49Jared Verst to the quarterback.
08:53The strip.
08:55Colts recover.
08:57But a third and 28 at the two-minute warning.
09:04Huge mistake by DJ Giddens right here.
09:06I don't know what he's thinking.
09:07He has to come outside.
09:09Help out your tackle and give it chip.
09:11How many times have...
09:12What are you doing in here?
09:13That doesn't help anybody.
09:15How many times have we seen Kyron Williams help his tackles in that position?
09:19I just don't understand why you would take an inside release in that situation.
09:23Now here they've got to get about 15 yards so they can kick in effectively.
09:29And they're going to try to get that with Jonathan Taylor.
09:32Who picks up 11 to the 40-yard line.
09:35And now Sean McVay will use his first timeout.
09:38Two remaining for the Rams.
09:39All three left for the Indianapolis Colts.
09:44Well, next Sunday we have a Fox NFL doubleheader including America's Game of the Week from right here in Los Angeles.
09:49Justin Herbert and the Chargers taking on the Commanders who hope to have Jayden Daniels back in the lineup.
09:54That's next Sunday right here on Fox.
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09:59Yeah, not bad.
10:02I would have been aiming for that 15, you know, if you want to do a screen or a throw pass.
10:07But hey, we got Jonathan Taylor.
10:08He's going to get us at least 10 in that situation.
10:11So fantastic job.
10:12Get you there.
10:13We've watched Rigoberto Sanchez kick today.
10:17And it's been phenomenal.
10:17This is the biggest punt for him this season.
10:20Can he get them down inside the 10?
10:24He only had one all year before today.
10:27So Sanchez, who pinned the Rams inside the 10 in the first half, trying to do it again.
10:34Going to be inside the 10.
10:35Caught and a fair catch by Xavier Smith right around the 13-yard line.
10:40Well, Pukunakua came in as the NFL's leading receiver this year.
10:44He's done nothing to lose his lofty status today.
10:47It's been phenomenal to watch this today because you know that Lou Anarumo has told all of his guys,
10:55we've got to take 12 out of the game.
10:57We can't let him be a game wrecker like he's been through the first three weeks.
11:01And that's exactly what he's been.
11:03And at times, I think it's one of those situations where it's just like, hey, great job.
11:08Let's minimize the impact because Stafford and Nakua sometimes look unstoppable.
11:16It's down and 10 at the 12.
11:18Matthew Stafford, 49 game-winning drives in his career.
11:23Trying to start one here.
11:24And he's got Atwell all alone.
11:262-2 Atwell.
11:28And it's 2-2 goodbye.
11:31One play, 88 yards, and 2-2 takes it for six.
11:53Nothing like saving your first catch for your best catch.
11:582-2 Atwell to the house from 88 out.
12:02How about that?
12:03Being patient, right?
12:04Everybody's like, where's 2-2 Atwell?
12:05What's his role going to be in this offense this year with this group of wide receivers?
12:10And he's kind of fought it back and forth.
12:12And to stay locked in, and when your opportunity comes, you take advantage of it.
12:16Just a great job by 2-2 Atwell.
12:18And a 27-20 Rams lead.
12:281-33 to play in the fourth.
12:31Well, you know something happens when you find somebody that wide open down the field.
12:36And he crosses back underneath.
12:39You tangle your feet up.
12:41And all of a sudden, Cameron Bynum has got no shot.
12:44He's gotten out leveraged because he's playing his responsibility.
12:48And you can see right here, he just clicks his heels together.
12:54It's like Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, Kevin, except he's not going home.
12:58He's going to the ground.
12:58Well, Atwell's going home.
13:00He handled the home part.
13:0288 yards for the touchdown.
13:06And just like that, Matthew Stafford, 375 yards passing and three scores.
13:13And just like that, the Rams are a minute 33 from knocking the Colts from the ranks of the unbeaten.
13:20But Indianapolis, all three timeouts.
13:23Can you finish?
13:23Because last week you didn't finish, right?
13:25So they've got almost got you.
13:27You want to get better.
13:28You want to really kind of get put back in that same situation and see how you react.
13:33It's almost identical, right?
13:34You've got the game won against the Eagles last week.
13:37You've just got to finish it.
13:38They get an opportunity here to finish with their defense.
13:42Well, it's already hard enough, Daryl, to stop Matthew Stafford and this Rams offense.
13:49A very difficult task at any time with a flag down on that kickoff.
13:53When you lose 2-2 Atwell like that, it's impossible to stop this Rams offense.
14:01He goes 88 yards for the score.
14:06Carl Sheffers will tell us about the flag.
14:07And holding, number 85 return team, 10-yard penalty, first down, Indianapolis.
14:12But Daryl, even harder to stop the Rams offense when you don't have the requisite 11 on the field.
14:17Yeah.
14:18I mean, as good as this offense has been today, you don't want to play him with 10 players.
14:24Take that extra guy.
14:25Get the 11 out there.
14:28A critical, critical first snap of a drive.
14:32And you have a play that happens where, hey, those things happen during the course of a football game.
14:36But to be out there with only 10 men, that's going to drive Lou Anarumo crazy.
14:43Daniel Jones checking it short with pressure coming to Jonathan Taylor.
14:47And Taylor pulls it to the 20-yard line, a 9-yard gain on the play.
14:51Landman there to help out on the stop with Jalen McCullough.
14:56Hurry to the line.
14:59Second and one.
15:01Down a touchdown.
15:02Low snap to Jones.
15:05To the sideline and Adonine Mitchell with the catch.
15:09And he goes out of bounds.
15:13Exactly 60 seconds remaining.
15:15You know, sometimes life writes a script that even a Hollywood writer couldn't come up with.
15:24Do you think Adonine Mitchell makes a play on this drive to tie this game up?
15:28Wouldn't that be something?
15:31You're joining us late.
15:32Mitchell earlier in the game.
15:34Had a walk-in touchdown from 76 yards out.
15:37The problem was at the 75-yard mark on that 76-yard touchdown.
15:41He lost the ball.
15:43It went out of the back of the end zone for a touch back, not a touchdown.
15:47And flags fly.
15:49And a false start against the Colts.
15:52The 11th penalty against Indianapolis today.
16:03False start, number 56.
16:05Offense, 5-yard penalty, remains first down.
16:09And that's your rock in the front, too.
16:13I mean, Quentin Nelson, you know, multiple Pro Bowl player, All-Pro.
16:18It's just been one of those afternoons for this Colts offense and the team.
16:26First and 15.
16:29Jones heaves it for Pittman on the sideline.
16:32Intercepted!
16:33Cam Curl's done it again!
16:36His second pick of the day!
16:39And that might salt it away for the Rams!
16:49Very similar to the interception we saw on the opening drive when the ball was underthrown.
16:55It's going to go down the left side.
16:57Cam Curl playing that deep half and
17:04just the whole, you know where it's going.
17:08It's, you've got to hold that safety.
17:11You know, hopefully you've got a route that's going down the middle of the field.
17:14And then as a quarterback, you've got to look him off.
17:17But Daniel Jones was locked onto Michael Pittman that whole time.
17:20He made it easy for Cam Curl to trust his read and get over there and make that interception.
17:26Colts do have all three timeouts left.
17:30So the game is not over yet.
17:34Kyron Williams trying to end it as he gets good yardage on a first down run.
17:40And the Colts will use a timeout.
17:43A first down for the Rams and that'll end it.
17:45And the story has been mistake-free football for the first three weeks.
17:50Mistake-filled football today in what looks like it's trending towards the Colts' first loss.
17:56Yeah.
17:56It just does not look like them at all out there today, especially on the offensive side of the ball.
18:01And let's not take anything away from the Los Angeles Rams.
18:05And that defense that made this Colts offense struggle mightily.
18:10You know, this is the group, and I love the words that Sean McVay shared with us.
18:17And, you know, hey, you know, confidence is built through work, not words.
18:20You know, we've got to get our confidence back.
18:22And they worked hard last week to do that.
18:23You can see, you know, the results of all the effort they put in during the work week.
18:28This was a very confident team, and we sensed that vibe at practice on Friday.
18:33Had a first down for the Rams.
18:36Timeout used by the Colts, but they only have one remaining.
18:40And you see the smile on the face of Sean McVay.
18:43He knows that this one about to go in the win column.
18:47And after the disappointment of last week, Moose, this team had a 26-7 lead
18:53and let the win get away against the Philadelphia Eagles.
18:57He was so encouraging all week long at practice, said there were so many things
19:01that I liked about this game other than the ending.
19:05Yeah.
19:06Well, there's a lot to like today, including the ending for the Rams today.
19:11Yeah.
19:11My favorite is that there's 161 plays in that game.
19:16And if I stop the film and play 161, would everybody take that situation?
19:21All we've got to do is kick the field goal to win after we were ahead
19:24and gave up the lead and then came back and put ourselves in a position
19:28to retake the lead on the home field of the Super Bowl defending champions.
19:33And he said, absolutely.
19:34So we just, we'll go back.
19:36We'll celebrate the things we did well.
19:38We'll fix the things we didn't do well.
19:40And then we'll just take this game on.
19:41And what a great opponent to have because the Colts, the Colts are for real.
19:45Yep.
19:46I mean, this is, this is not smoke and mirrors here.
19:48This is a very, very good team.
19:50And now it's going to be interesting to see how they bounce back next week.
19:54So the Los Angeles Rams bounce back from their disappointment
20:00against the Philadelphia Eagles and their first three-in-one start
20:05since they won the Super Bowl in the 2021 season.
20:09They knock off the Indianapolis Colts from the ranks of the unbeaten 27-20.
20:16And the Rams get the win in Los Angeles.
20:21We'll be back here in just a moment to wrap things up.
20:23Matthew Stafford's 50th game-winning drive.
20:26The difference in a Rams win.
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