Rams' Higbee scores winning TD in return from ACL, MCL tears

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- As Rams tight end Tyler Higbee prepared for his first game of the season, he reflected on the 11-month journey since he tore his ACL and MCL in Los Angeles' playoff loss to the Detroit Lions in January.

Higbee said he's not much of a crier but that he did get emotional before the Rams' 19-9 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday, watching a video his wife put together of the injury and the rehab process back to the moment he was about to experience.

While Higbee finished the game with just one catch, it was an important one: an 11-yard touchdown from quarterback Matthew Stafford to give the Rams the lead in the fourth quarter. It was…