Forty-five points, 530 (net) yards of offense, and a division rival flattened under a December surge that has become a signature of head coach Sean McVay’s best teams.
But beneath the surface of the 45–17 dismantling of the 3-10 Arizona Cardinals lies a deeper, more intriguing development -- one that could heighten the identity of the offense just as the calendar veers toward the postseason.
For the first time all year, and truly the first time in his young career, running back Blake Corum became a defining force in the Rams’ backfield. And the ripple effect of that emergence could meaningfully expand a playbook already engineered to stress defenses to their breaking point.