NFL Week 1 Game Recap: Los Angeles Rams 30, Seattle Seahawks 13

The Los Angeles Rams descended upon Lumen Field and shocked the Seattle Seahawks in Week 1, holding them to less than 200 yards of total offense to open the season with a road win.

Offensive spotlight: This Rams team is completely different from the one that won the Super Bowl two years ago, but several relatively unknown players stepped up to make an impact for L.A. in this game.

Running back Kyren Williams led the charge out of the backfield, scoring two rushing touchdowns. Cam Akers also added a rushing touchdown to help the Rams bury Pete Carroll's squad.

On the receiving side, rookie Puka Nacua and former second-round pick Tutu Atwell led the way with a combined 238 receiving yards (119 each).

Geno Smith and the Seahawks offense couldn’t get much going outside of a touchdown pass to D.K. Metcalf early in the game. Seattle put up less than 200 yards on the day, as the Rams defense was surprisingly too much to overcome.

Defensive spotlight: Aaron Donald played just 11 games and recorded a career-low five sacks in 2022, but today he looked like the player we’re used to seeing. He tallied three total pressures for a 90.0-plus pass-rush grade on first review.

Geno Smith yelling “oh my god” as Aaron Donald is running at him 😭
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Rookie spotlight: Fifth-round rookie wide receiver Puka Nacua led the Los Angeles receiving room with Cooper Kupp on injured reserve. Nacua did his best Kupp impersonation by leading the team in targets (15), which led to 10 receptions for 119 receiving yards. Nacua may have dropped his first target but commanded a 41% target share on the day and more than made up for a couple of drops by becoming a reliable option for Stafford in the passing game.

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