Los Angeles Rams vs. New York Giants | 2023 Week 17 Game Highlights
HE’S PLAYING AT A RED-HOT, WHITE-HOT LEVEL. LOOK FOR HIM TO CARRY THIS TEAM WITH SOME YOUNG TALENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH. >> Kevin: ON FIRST DOWN, HERE COMES PRESSURE. THE TOSS TO HIGBEE ON THE SIDELINE. HIGBEE WITH A FIRST DOWN AND MORE. ADOREE’ JACKSON RUNS HIM OUT OF COLEMAN SHELTON, YOU BETTER BE READY AND PACK A LUNCH. >> Kevin: SECOND AND THREE FOR THE RMS. THERE’S PUKA NACUA, TIB TOES HIS WAYS UP THE SIDELINE FOR A RAMS FIRST DOWN AT MIDFIELD. >> Mark: YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE THE NFL BECAUSE OF HIS ATTITUDE, WILLINGNESS TO
BLOCK, WILLINGNESS TO LAY IT ON THE LINE FOR THE TEAM. >> Kevin: KYREN WILLIAMS WORKS HIS WAY UP TO THE 40 YARD LINE. ANYTHING TO EZEKIEL ELLIOTT’S ROOKIE YEAR, YOU KNOW YOU’RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. I WAS WITH THE COWBOYS THAT YEAR. >> YOU HAD A SEAT TO SEE IT. >> Mark: IT WAS IMPRESSIVE. >> Kevin: COOPER KURP WITH THE CATCH, FIGHTING THROUGH THE TACKLE OF NICK McLEOD WHO STARTED FOR DEON DAY BANKS, THE ROOKIE WHO IS INACTIVE TODAY. THAT TIME THEY GOT A FREE RUNNER AND HAD A FREE RUNNER ON STAFFORD. >> Kevin: FOURTH
DOWN AND THREE. 10 OF 16 ON FOURTH DOWN THIS YEAR. STAFFORD LOOKING FOR PUKA NACUA. DOES HE MAKE THE CATCH? THEY’LL RULE IT A CATCH
ABOUT THAT. LOOKS GOOD ON YOU, BUDDY. >> Kevin: WILLIAMS AGAIN, PROBING, FINDS A CREASE. KYREN WILLIAMS GETS TEN. ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR THE RAMS. YOU CAN SEE WHY THIS OFFENSE REALLY THRIVES WITH KYREN A FIRST DOWN FROM THE 30 YARD LINE AS THE RAMS GO BACK TO WORK. KYREN WILLIAMS THE CARRY. TURNS THE CORNER. PICKS ITS WAY THROUGH TRAFFIC. WILLIAMS GETS EIGHT MORE. >> Mark: A LITTLE LOOSE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL GO BALLS, THAT SHOULD BE CAUGHT BY HYATT. >> Kevin: NACUA IN MOTION. BLOCKERS IN FRONT. HIGBEE RUMBLING INSIDE THE FIVE AND OUT OF BOUNDS, FIRST
AND GOAL RAMS. >> Mark: JUST AN EXCELLENT IN THE END ZONE. CONSIDERING FIRST AND GOAL. NACUA IN MOTION. WILLIAMS PLOWING TOWARD THE GOAL LINE. TOUCHDOWN RAMS. HIS TENTH RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE YEAR AND LOS ANGELES TAKES A 6-0 LEAD. >> Mark: WHO WAS THE LEAD SAFETY, HAVE TO PLAY THOSE ZONE Ds PERFECTLY. >> Kevin: THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN FOR THE RAMS DV COORDINATE IR. YOU CAN SEE WHY. SAQUON BARKLEY DOWN TO THE 41 YARD LINE. WHEN YOU TALK TO RAHEEM MORRIS, SOMETIMES AND FINDS THE ROOKIE HYATT TO KEEP THIS DRIVE ALIVE. >> Kevin: AND
SET HIM UP ON THIRD AND MANAGEABLE RIGHT NOW, THIRD AND FIVE. RAMS RUSH FOUR. GOOD TOSS AND CATCH TO WAN’DALE ROBINSON. HE WAS BATTLING A QUAD INJURY. ABLE TO MAKE THE ACTIVE ROSTER >> Kevin: THAT’S WHY YOU HAVE ERIC GRAY OUT THERE AS BARKLEY IS BEING LOOKED AT BY THE AG ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF. THROWS TOWARD THE SIDELINE. THE CATCH IS MADE BY HYATT! HE WAS ALL ALONE AND WAS ABLE TO GET HIS FEET INBOUNDS, WAITING GRAY’S BLOCK WAS COMING UNHINGED AND HE WAS GETTING PRESSURE. LOOK FOR THAT ALL GAME. >> Kevin: ROBINSON HAS GREAT SPEED
AND ILLUSIVENESS. ROBINSON ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GOAL LINE! AND WAN’DALE ROBINSON IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! WITHOUT SAQUON BARKLEY, THE COULD HAVE AT LEAST LAPSED INTO C.W. McCAUL LYRICS. THAT’S ALL RIGHT. STAFFORD TO THE AIR ON FIRST DOWN. THERE’S PUKA NACUA ALL THE WAY TO THE 40 YARD LINE AND A FIRST LINE FOR LOS ANGELES, A PICKUP THAT’S ELITE COMPANY. HIS PARENTS GREW UP IN THIRD WORLD POVERTY AND SAID, IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET HERE UNDER OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE WITH YOUR PRIVILEGE. NAMES, WHETHER IT’S BUCKNER, JONES OR DONALD. >> Kevin:
THIRD AND 16. TAYLOR, BELLINGER AGAIN. BELLINGER TRYING TO TURN IT UP FIELD. LIKE A HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE, EAST WAS ON TOP OF HIM. SO DANE BELTON TAKES CENTER STAGE IN THE SECONDARY FOR THE GIANTS. SECOND AND EIGHT AT THE 27. PRESSURE COMING, FINDS ROBINSON, ROBINSON TO THE 41 YARD LINE BEFORE McKINNEY CAN BRING IT DOWN, AFTER A 15-YARD GAME, THE RAMS MOVE THE CHAINS. >> Mark: WATCH MATTHEW STAFFORD. BLITZES MORE IN THE LEAGUE. JUST FOUR THIS TIME. STAFFORD, TOO TALL. WAS IT INTERCEPTED? PICKED OFF BY DANE BELTON, IN FOR THE INJURED JASON PINNOCK. BELTON’S FIRST INTERCEPTION
OF THE SEASON. 50%, 2 FOR 4. >> Kevin: PRESSURE COMING. TAYLOR GETS RID OF IT. COMING BACK TO GET IT IN SLAYTON. BUT HE ENDS UP A YARD SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN. HE PICKS UP FOUR. SAVE SPACE ON THIRD DOWN. >> Kevin: AND A FUMBLED SNAP! TAYLOR POUNCING ON IT. IT’S A TURNOVER ON DOWNS! THE ONUS HAS BEEN ON 91 TO LET THIBODEAUX AND OKEREKE WORK THE EDGES. >> Kevin: SECOND AND SIX. STAFFORD LOOKING, BUMPS IT OVER THE MIDDLE. HIGBEE AGAIN. HIS SAFETY VALVE HIS TIGHT END. A PICKUP OF NINE. OKEREKE AND WARD THERE
TO STOP >> Kevin: SO FAR JUST THE ONE SACK ALLOWED BY THE RAMS OFFENSIVE LINE. STAFFORD TO WILLIAMS, TRYING TO FIND BLOCKERS. HE’S GOT THEM. WILLIAMS PICKING HIS WAY THROUGH TRAFFIC. WILLIAMS GETS NINE ZIGGING AND ZAGGING THROUGH GIANTS ON THE SCREEN. ALMOST A HOME RUN. >> Kevin: SECOND AND ONE. THE PLAY FAKE. STAFFORD, HIGBEE, A ONE-HANDED GRAB AND BACKS HIS WAY FOR THE CLOSER TO THE PLAYOFFS. THEY WOULD CLINCH IF THEY WIN AND SEATTLE LOSES TO PITTSBURGH. NACUA IN MOTION. STAFFORD WILL SWING IT OUT TO NACUA. BLOCKERS OUT IN FRONT FOR THE ROOKIE WIDE RECEIVER.
HE’S INSIDE THE 10. IT WILL BE FIRST AND GOAL FOR HIS HEAD DOWN. >> Kevin: SECOND AND GOAL. STAFFORD SPRINTS OUT, FINDS COOPER KUPP, TOUCHDOWN RAMS! REF. HE WAS ALL OVER IT. >> Kevin: MOTION OUT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. LOW SNAP. TAYLOR PICKS IT UP. LOOKING DOWN THE SIDELINE. IT’S INTERCEPTED. JORDAN FULLER. THE PENALTY A PLAY BEFORE, HIS THIRD INTERCEPTION THE VERY NEXT PLAY. AND THE RAMS GET IT BACK WITH 1:07 IN THE HALF. >> Referee: RULING ON THE FIELD IS INTERCEPTION — >> Kevin: TWO TIME-OUTS FOR THE RAMS. REMEMBER THEY’VE HAD KICKING
PROBLEMS THIS YEAR. SO A FIELD GOAL, MAYBE NEED TO GET A LITTLE DIAPER TO GET THE FIELD GOAL GOING. THIS WILL HELP. ROBINSON FUMBLES THE FOOTBALL! THE GIANTS GET IT BACK. BOLTON HAD A PICK EARLIER. BOY, WHAT A TURN OF EVENTS FOR THING WITH A RIGHT HOOK. OH, MAN, POPPED THE BALL OUT. >> Kevin: WAN’DALE ROBINSON WITH SOME SPACE AND SOME SPEED. ROBINSON INSIDE THE 25, DOWN AT THE RAMS 23. IN OUR STUDIOS IN LOS ANGELES. 31-YARD TRY NOW FOR MASON CROSBY. CROSBY’S KICK IS GOOD, AND THE GIANTS PUT THREE ON THE BOARD BEFORE HALF-TIME.
LITTLE MOMENTUM HERE AFTER A QUICK COMPLETION BY TYROD TAYLOR. >> Kevin: THIRD DOWN AND FOUR, RAMS RUSH. TAYLOR THROWS. WALLER WITH A CATCH, FIRST DOWN AND MORE. JORDAN FULLER BRINGS HIM DOWN. >> Mark: SAQUON BARKLEY IS GOING RECEIVER ROOM, TIGHT END ROOM, THE INJURIES HAVE MOUNTED UP. >> Kevin: THIRD DOWN AND SIX FOR THE GIANTS. RAMS RUSH FOUR. TAYLOR UNDER PRESSURE. ABLE TO GET AWAY FOR A MOMENT. DOWN HE GOES. AARON DONALD FINISHED HIM OFF. KOBIE TURNER GOT HIM AROUND THE ANKLES TO START THE SACK PROCESS. A LOSS OF FOUR. >> Mark: ONCE AGAIN IT’S
ALL THIRD DOWNS. >> Kevin: 0 FOR 2 TODAY ON THIRD. GIANTS BRINGS PRESSURE. THERE’S NACUA. DOWN THE SIDELINE! TRYING TO FIND THE EXTRA GEAR! THE ROOKIE TAKES IT INSIDE THE 10, AND IT WILL BE FIRST AND GOAL RAMS! ADOREE’ TRIED TO STRIP THE FOOTBALL. >> Kevin: NOW THE HANDOFF TO KYREN WILLIAMS, AND HE’S GOT A TOUCHDOWN! THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY. THEY WENT WITH TEMPO. SO NOTHING COULD GET CHALLENGED. PUKA DIDN’T STEP OUT. HE PROVIDED THE SPARK. >> Kevin: AND MISSES THE EXTRA POINT. AND THE KICKING WOES CONTINUE FOR THE L.A. RAMS. O >> Kevin: PUKA
NACUA, ONE-MAN PR TEAM IS MARK SANCHEZ FOR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. HANDOFF BARKLEY, AND A BURST. JONES TRIPS HIM UP. NOT BEFORE SAY KWON GETS THE FIRST DOWN. PICK UP OF SIX. THE GIANTS DIDN’T GET THE >> Kevin: INSTEAD THIRD AND 10 WITH 5.5 TO GO IN THE THIRD. TAYLOR AGAIN FROM THE GOAL LINE. THROWS OVER THE MIDDLE. IT’S THE TIGHT END. DARREN WALLER WITH THE TACKLE HE KNEW THEY WERE COMING WITH PRESSURE ON THIRD AND LONG. >> Kevin: THE 21st DOWN, BRINGS EXTRA PRESSURE. TAYLOR LLOYDING UP. WANTS TO GO DEEP FOR SLAYTON. HE’S GOT
HIM! SLAYTON ON THE RUN. HE’LL TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE FOR A GIANTS TOUCHDOWN! BYE WEEK. >> Kevin: STAFFORD, HAD A LITTLE TIME. IT’S INTERCEPTED! HE AIRMAILED IT PAST ROBINSON AND DANE BELTON HAVING A DAY! HIS SECOND PICK OF THE AFTERNOON. HE RECOVERED A FUMBLE. DANE BELTON HAS SET THE GIANTS THINGS HAVE NOT GOTTEN BETTER IN THE THIRD QUARTER. SECOND AND SIX FROM THE 30. TAYLOR, AND WAN’DALE ROBINSON A YARD SHORT OF A GIANTS FIRST DOWN AT THE 25. UNDERSTAND WHY HE’S GOING TO WANT TO GO FOR THIS. >> Kevin: FOURTH AND ONE. AGAIN, UP
THE MIDDLE, BARKLEY MOVES THE CHAINS. FIRST DOWN GIANTS. HE DOES, BUT TYROD TAYLOR, HE GOT PRESSURE INSIDE FROM KOBIE TURNER. SHORT ON THAT THING AND MISSED. >> Kevin: SPIN MOVE, STEPS THROUGH THE TACKLE. FIRST DOWN AND MORE. DOWN AT THE 10. AFTER THE INJURY. MATT PEART COMES IN FOR PHILLIPS. THROWS FOR THE END ZONE. INCOMPLETE. HE WANTED ISAIAH HODGINS. ALMOST A HUGE ONE FOR THE GIANTS. >> Kevin: 32-YARD FIELD GOAL TRY FOR CROSBY. HE MISSED FROM 33 IN THE EXTRA POINT. HE HITS FROM 32 FOR THREE. BUT INSTEAD OF A TIE GAME, IT’S YOU KNOW
A’SHAWN ROBINSON, HE’S HAVING IT FOR HIS TEAM. >> Kevin: STAFFORD LOOKING. ROBINSON, DOWN THE SIDELINE. BIG PLAY FOR THE RAMS. OUT OF BOUNDS NEAR THE 30 YARD >> Kevin: FIRST DOWN AFTER THE PENALTY, 28 OF THE GIANTS. IN MOTION. THE HANDOFF, WILLIAMS. INTO THE SECONDARY! HE’S GONE FOR A RAMS TOUCHDOWN! HIS THIRD RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE DAY. THAT’S THE WAY SHE USED TO TEACH KYREN WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE GUY. WELL DONE. GREAT TECHNIQUE. SIGN HER UP. >> Kevin: TAYLOR BACK IN THE AIR. WAN’DALE ROBINSON WITH THE CATCH. ROBINSON WITH A GOOD GAIN. PICKS UP
TEN AND A FIRST DOWN FOR THE GIANTS. >> Kevin: THAT’S HIS SECOND HOLD TODAY. HIS SIXTH PENALTY THIS YEAR. AND ON THE CROSS, IT’S DARIUS SLATE TON. GOOD YARDAGE TRYING TO BOUNCE BACK. THE TACKLE BROKEN FROM CHRISTIAN BACK, STAYED CALM. KEPT HIS DEMEANOR ABOUT HIM. GOT A COMPLETION RIGHT AFTER THE BIG PENALTY. >> Kevin: TAYLOR, PRESSURE COMING. THROWS. WIDE OPEN AS ISAIAH HODGINS, HODGINS DOWN TO THE RAMS 42 YARD LINE. HITS HIM ON THE FRONT SHOULDER. HE MIGHT STILL BE RUNNING. >> Kevin: TAYLOR. PRESSURE COMING. IT’S DONALD AGAIN. TWO SACKS TODAY FOR AARON CATCH THEY
NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK, TO AVOID THIS EXTRA LONG. >> Kevin: THIRD DOWN AND 19. TAYLOR, BELLINGER, PUTS ON THE BRAKES. LUNGING FOR THE FIRST DOWN YARDAGE. >> Mark: THINK HE MIGHT HAVE HAVE GONE OUT. EITHER WAY, DABOLL SAYS LET’S DO THIS. >> Kevin: FOURTH AND ONE. >> Mark: YOU HEAR HIM UP FRONT SAYING FIVE-OH ACROSS THE BOARD. >> Kevin: CAUGHT, BUT HYATT WENT BACKWARDS. IT’S A TURNOVER ON DOWNS! >> Mark: WE JUST MISSED A LITTLE GET READY FOR PRESSURE. >> Kevin: THIRD AND SIX. THAT’S KUPP IN MOTION. PRESSURE COMING, STAFFORD THROWS WIDE OF
ROBINSON. STAFFORD ENDED UP ON HIS BACK GUYS ALONG AND EARNING THEMSELVES A SPOT IN THIS PLAYOFF RACE. >> Kevin: THIRD AND 11. TAYLOR, PRESSURE COMING AGAIN. HE’S WIDE OF THE TARGET. WANTED SLAYTON WITH DURANT IN COVERAGE. FOURTH DOWN, AND THE PUNT UNIT COMING ON FOR NEW YORK. IN VEGAS. >> Kevin: THE HANDOFF TO NACUA. UP THE SIDELINES. BOUNCING OFF CONTACT. PUKA NACUA OUT TO THE 43 YARD LINE. A FIRST DOWN. A PICKUP OF 15 ON THE GROUND FOR NACUA WHO IS A PRETTY GOOD RUSHER IN HIS TIME AT BYU, OVER THEY’RE GOING TO NEED SOMETHING
WITH WINK MARTINDALE COMING AFTER THEM. >> Kevin: THIRD AND SEVEN. STAFFORD IN TROUBLE. PRESSURE GETS HIM AGAIN. OKEREKE DIDN’T HAVE A SACK BEFORE TODAY. HE GETS STAFFORD FOR A SECOND TIME TODAY! WHAT A STUNT AND WHAT A SHOW AND GO BY WINK MARTINDALE AGAIN. >> Kevin: OLSZEWSKI FROM THE 6 YARD LINE. IT WILL BE BREAKING TACKLES. HE’S STILL ON HIS FEET. OLSZEWSKI LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING DOWN. HE MAY TAKE IT ALL THE WAY! OLSZEWSKI TO THE HOUSE. NO FLAGS! 94 SEASON, NO PLAYOFF ON THE LINE, LET YOUR GUYS GO PLAY. USE YOUR MOMENTUM. >>
Kevin: TAYLOR TO THROW. BARKLEY WAS WIDE OPEN. IT WAS GOING TO BE A WALK-IN, TOO. TAYLOR CAN’T BELIEVE IT. NO TIME-OUT FOR THE GIANTS LEFT. >> Kevin: THIRD AND NINE. STAFFORD, PRESSURE UP THE MIDDLE. BACK FOOT. RESET IN THE BACK POCKET, GET THEIR HIPS AND MOMENTUM INTO THESE THROWS. THAT’S WHAT’S LEADING TO SOME OF THESE DROPS. >> Kevin: TAYLOR PRESSURE AGAIN. HE’S GOT ROOM TO RUN. TYROD TAYLOR IN OPEN SPACE SLIDES ACROSS THE 35! IT’S ALL ON CROSBY. >> Kevin: 54-YARD TRY FOR THE LEAD. HIS CAREER LONG IS 58. GOOD SNAP. GOOD HOLD. CROSBY’S KICK
IS NO GOOD! AND THE RAMS ARE GOING TO >> Kevin: MY GOODNESS. >> Mark: TALK ABOUT FINISHING
