THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. reached up to make a two-handed grab in the end zone, then went high for a celebratory bump with teammate Cooper Kupp before dropping to the ground.
“I didn’t know what he was doing,” a puzzled coach Sean McVay said, smiling. “I thought he was doing some ab crunches or something like that at first.”
Beckham’s 1-yard touchdown reception in a victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars was his second in as many games, giving the eighth-year receiver his first scores in back-to-back games since the 2019 season.
Extra crunches? Not needed.
When Beckham went to turf, he enacted a self-revival jab, marking a career reboot since the Rams signed him to a one-year, $1.25 million free-agent deal last month.
“It’s just from Call of Duty,” Beckham said with a grin. “Sometimes you get down in life and it’s always good to have a self-revive.”
Now, if only the Rams can revive an offense that spent November dealing with significant regression that included a three-game losing streak, the loss of receivers DeSean Jackson and Robert Woods and a plethora of turnovers from quarterback Matthew Stafford.
“The later you get into the season, the games, you don’t have that many left,” Stafford said. “You got to go out there and make them count.”
The Rams (8-4) play the Arizona Cardinals (10-2) at State Farm Stadium on Monday Night Football (8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN) in a game that certainly means a lot in terms of the playoffs and seedings.
The rematch against quarterback Kyler Murray and the NFC conference leaders, who soundly defeated the Rams in Week 4, will provide a chance to prove that their star-powered roster is one that’s capable of big wins and remains in contention to make a Super Bowl run. The Rams are 2-4 against teams with winning records,…
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