Rams head coach Sean McVay was apparently curious about new Cowboy Aldon Smith, like the rest of the world, because on McVay’s first play-call of the season he went right at the pass-rusher taking his first snap of professional football since Nov. 15, 2015.
The Rams sent Robert Woods in jet motion after the snap, forcing the now 31-year-old defensive end to carry the unenviable responsibility of both chasing down the wide receiver and maintaining some kind of containment on Jared Goff. He was trapped, maybe as a way for McVay to get a gauge on one of the offseason’s biggest mysteries and evaluate his rust.