The Falcons and Rams are both 0-1 and have something to prove this week. For the Falcons, it’s that their first three quarters of dominant play against the Saints are the essence of who they are as a football team in 2022, and the late collapse was a sobering breakdown that won’t be repeated. For the Rams, it’s that they are not subject to the post-Super Bowl swoon, or less elegantly put, that they don’t stink.
Because the Bills made the Rams look awful. This is hardly a surprise—the Bills are going to make many of their 2022 opponents look like freshly exploded septic tanks—but it was striking just how incapable Los Angeles looked.