2017 Week 3 Thursday Game Ball

Where was this game last year? I know that is so bizarre to say, but this game was a game of the year candidate this early in the year. This game is what you want in a football game. The Rams and 9’ers brought everything to the table that 30 other NFL teams couldn’t bring through the first two weeks. It had my absolute two favorite things in football; good line play and good special teams.

Now, it is the Rams and 49’ers so they had plays and penalties that you expect from the lesser teams. However, they did show some pieces of becoming good football teams. Sean McVey and Kyle Shanahan look like they have a culture in the works in their respective organizations and showed in Prime-Time that they could be good NFL head coaches. McVey ultimately got the road win, but that is not all what matters here. Both teams fought like they were playing in the Super Bowl and it generated an atmosphere that the NFL world just gravitated around.

This game is what the Prime-Time schedule the last two years have been missing, and hopefully the other 30 teams watched how hard these two teams fought out there last night. If this game was another wash I was going to call for the NFL to only limit the Thursday Night games until later in the season like they used to be. The NFL needed this game to bring hope back to the product especially today with the pending law suit from the lawyers of the late Aaron Hernandez. I am happy that good football can still be played, and I’m happy it was between two teams that are at the bottom of the barrel in terms of Super Bowl contention. It shows that you can’t take a game off in the NFL or you will lose. It also showed the type of energy a game like this can create on social media and in the stadium. The calls from the broadcast got better the later and later the game got, while the plays got better and better, and the crows got louder. It was just an overall fun football game.

With that said, let’s jump into this week’s game ball. There are a few great performance’s tonight from players that won’t see much spotlight for the rest of the season. But, the ultimate warrior that just laid everything out on the field was Los Angeles Rams Running Back Todd Gurley. Gurley after a sophomore slump season has come back this year so far and put the league on notice. Gurley in the first half had 3 touchdowns, and in the second half just did everything he could to help the Rams hold on for the road victory.

Gurley ran the ball 28 times for 113 yards and touchdowns on the ground, while catching the ball 5 times for 36 yards and a score. Running the ball 28 times just shows how much of a work horse that he is for this Rams offense and the final score is indicative of what they can do on offense when Gurley is right. The way Gurley ran the ball tonight made Jared Goff’s night much easier and put Goff in situations where he could succeed and look like a decent NFL quarterback. You add the play action pass to that equation and the Rams have a scary offense with the weapons that they have in the passing game (I know it’s insane to say but IT’S TRUE…kinda). What a fantastic way to start off Week 3 of the 2017 season. Hopefully this shot of adrenaline will hold up for a while and we will continue to get good games for the rest of the season. I never thought I’d be saying this but, thank you Rams and 49’ers us NFL fans needed this

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