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How to Defend Rams’ Bread and Butter Plays

Over the past three years, Sean McVay and the Rams have put a pasting on the Cardinals’ defense—-McVay is 6-0 versus the Cardinals—-and his teams ihis six games, have averaged 32.5 points (for) and 9.3 points (against).

2017: McVay/Phillips vs. Arians/Bettcher: 33-0 and 32-16.

2018: McVay/Phillips vs. Wilks/McCoy/Leftwich: 34-0 and 31-9.

2019: McVay/Phillips vs. Kingsbury/Joseph: 34-7 and 31-24.

Last year, the Cardinals had two weeks to prepare for their first meeting with the Rams just as Bill Belichick did 10 months earlier in the Super Bowl.