Good, Bad and Ugly: Joshua Karty has to go IMMEDIATELY

The Los Angeles Rams showed that they could put together a complete game on American soil. A couple weeks after soundly defeating the Jaguars in London, L.A. returned from their bye and crushed the hopeless Saints 34-10. The Rams are continuing to keep pace in the NFC West with a 6-2 record, tied with the Seahawks for first in the division.

Let’s dive into the good, the bad and the ugly from the home win over New Orleans.

The Good

Rams firing on all cylinders after playing another complete game

Can you believe that it took the Rams eight games to notch their first conference win? Wins over the Ravens and the entire AFC South will do that.

Los Angeles carried over their success from the Jaguars win and used it to obliterate a painfully bad Saints team. The Rams jumped out to a 20-10 lead in the first half, and that was the closest New Orleans got all game, except when the scoreboard read all zeroes. Don’t look now, but the team has the second-best point differential in the NFC, behind Seattle.

It goes without saying that this has been an incredibly strange NFL season, coupled with the fact that there are no truly great teams out there. All 32 teams have two losses, and anyone has a chance at the Lombardi Trophy this season, excluding crappy teams like the poor Saints.

L.A. might be the best of the bunch in the NFC right now, and that’s despite losing to the reigning champion Eagles earlier this year. The Packers are frauds, the Lions are vulnerable, the Commanders are finished and who the heck knows about the Seahawks and 49ers’ long-term outlooks.

This might be the Rams’ best chance to take command and win the franchise’s third Super Bowl.

Matthew Stafford continued boosting his MVP chances

Stat Padford my fanny.

In the last two games, Matthew Stafford has thrown 9 touchdown passes, and his 21 passing scores are already one more than he had in 16 games in 2024.

I can guarantee that absolutely no one had Stafford making a run at MVP this season. No writer on this site was anywhere close to predicting it. Shame on us!

Fellow MVP hopefuls like Patrick Mahomes and Jonathan Taylor both lost on Sunday. Currently, Stafford is standing above them, and if he maintains his red-hot play, no voter in their right mind will deny him.

Stafford’s supporting cast was top-tier all around

Puka Nacua made his glorious return—and got injured once again, but thankfully isn’t too serious. Nacua caught 7 passes for 95 yards and a touchdown. Davante Adams tacked on 2 more receiving scores, bringing his yearly total to 8. In fact, Adams has caught 5 of Stafford’s 9 touchdown passes in the previous two games.

Amazingly, the tight ends got in on the action, as Terrance Ferguson, Tyler Higbee, Davis Allen and Colby Parkinson combined for 10 catches for 114 yards and 1 touchdown. Could...