Tutu Atwell leads 5 winners and 3 losers for Rams in Week 4 loss to the Bears
By Bret Stuter
(3) Winner - RB Kyren Williams
As far as the LA Rams offense, Kyren Williams has accounted for six of the team's seven touchdowns. And in Week 4, Williams was the only player on the team to taste the Bears end zone. That is both incredibly impressive and frightently scary. While no defense has been able to keep Kyren Williams out of their end zone, only WR Cooper Kupp has been able to cross the plane to score.
And this offense has four games in the record books.
I get it. With such upheaval on the offense, it's tough to secure the best players who are suited to work their magic in the Red Zone. But scoring is something this team focused on in the offseason, after getting shut out 0-3 in the Red Zone in the Wild Card Round of the 2024 NFL Playoffs against the Detroit Lions.
It's not especially difficult for a defense to key on Kyren Williams in the Red Zone.
Hey, even as he is not rushing for 100+ yards in a game, Williams continues to be the most effective offensive weapon on the team. And so far, he has been holding up to the pressure of being THE guy in four games. Let's hope that he remains healthy. He is, after all, 86 percent of the offense's ability to score a touchdown. Great for Kyren Williams. But this is horrible for the LA Rams offense.
(2) Winner - K Joshua Karty
Rookie kicker Joshua Karty has been far better than the brochure. So far, he has been kicking 90 percent of his field goals, and 100 percent of the team's extra points. While he only made two of three field goals, we cautioned that a blustery Sunday afternoon would make rather difficult conditions for a kicker to score.
And yet, after missing one field goal, he was able to connect on two other field goals.
That's impressive for a rookie. On his final attempt, he successfully played the wind, aiming to the right of the uprights and letting a strong wind blow the football to the left for a successful kick. Right now, the Rams are not playing very well. But that is despite the team landing an incredibly effective rookie field goal kicker. So far in 2024, Karty is the sixth ranked placekicker, having kicked nine field goals in just four games so far. And his 90 percent success rate places him tied at 13th place among all NFL placekickers.
In four games, Karty has scored 33 points. The All-Time single season kicking record for the Rams is held by Jeff Wilkens, who score 163 points in 2003. Right now, Karty is at a pace to flirt with challenging that record.