Thursday wasn’t a big night for the Rams’ wide receivers or Jared Goff. No player had more than 34 yards receiving, with Goff only throwing for 137 yards on 25 attempts. Cooper Kupp and Robert Woods each caught five passes, with Kupp gaining 33 yards and Woods 32.
They may not have made many big plays, but it was Kupp’s 2-yard touchdown that helped seal the win for the Rams by putting them up 24-3 at the end of the third quarter.
It capped off the best drive of the night for L.A., a 16-play, 90-yard possession that took 9:42 off the clock. They had only thrown the ball three times on the drive prior to Kupp’s touchdown catch, with Woods gaining 13 yards and Josh Reynolds picking up a 6-yard reception.
Most of the work was done by Cam Akers on the ground, which is why Kupp felt bad for sneaking in right at the end for the touchdown.
“It felt good. I felt a little bad,” he explained on NFL Network after the game. “Rob and Josh and Cam really took the ball all the way down the field. I think it was 16-, 17-play drive so I felt a little guilty just hopping in there at the end for the touchdown. Just kudos to those guys, to the offensive line and the way Cam was running the ball. Obviously it felt great to get in, but I felt a little bad about it.”
"I felt a little guilty just hopping in there at the end for the TD." 😂@CooperKupp joined our crew after the @RamsNFL big win on #TNF pic.twitter.com/y8iBYF9QH8
— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) December 11, 2020
Kupp has no reason to feel bad, especially considering how difficult a touchdown grab it was to make. Goff hit him with a perfect pass near the boundary, and Kupp dragged both feet to complete the catch for six points.
Cooper Kupp toe dragging his way to a TD 🙌 @CooperKupp @RamsNFL
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— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) December 11, 2020
It was Kupp’s first touchdown since Week 4, so you can bet it felt great to finally get back into the end zone. But he couldn’t help but feel guilty for being the one to score after Akers did most of the work to get the Rams down there.
