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The Los Angeles Rams' big Week 1 victory has propelled them into the top 3 of the NFL's Power Rankings ahead of the Week 2 weekend schedule.
The Rams jumped three spots from No. 6 to No. 3 after their 34-14 Sunday Night Football victory against the Chicago Bears.
"Pretty much a perfect opener for the Rams, who executed on both sides of the ball in a blowout win over the Bears under the lights at SoFi Stadium," NFL.com's Dan Hanzus wrote. "The breathless offseason hype around the new Sean McVay-Matthew Stafford partnership counts as one summer narrative that was worth all the honking. Stafford looked extremely comfortable running the Rams' offense, throwing three touchdown passes while returning the deep-strike element that went M.I.A. from McVay's scheme in the final years of the Jared Goff era. Late in the fourth quarter, with the game well in hand, NBC cameras caught a beaming Stafford working his way down the Rams' sideline. The man had a glow. This is a career rebirth with championship-level upside."
Stafford's big performance in his Rams debut earned him NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors for Week 1.
The 13-year veteran threw for 321 yards and three touchdowns on 20 of 26 passing.
The Rams will face the Indianapolis Colts on the road in Week 2.