Los Angeles Rams @ San Francisco 49ers
Final Score: Rams 42, 49ers 26
Writer: Kevan Downs (kdsporsnet on Instagram)
The Rams have one of, if not the, most complete offenses in football right now. A quality offensive line keeps Matthew Stafford upright and running lanes open for Kyren Williams. Williams and Blake Corum running efficiently helps out the play-action passing attack, which Stafford already excels at, where he continues to connect with arguably the best receiver duo in the league in Puka Nacua and Davante Adams. The recently incorporated 13 personnel grouping has seen an increase in usage, adding another layer to the offense. The Rams jumped out quick against a depleted 49ers defense scoring 21 points before the Niners’ offense put them on the board. Their day was slowed by the Jauan Jennings fumble followed by a turnover on downs on the ensuing drive. After that, Mac Jones had a very efficient day, doing everything he could to try to keep the team in it, but the six Rams touchdowns proved too much to overcome.
Three Up
- Matthew Stafford — Stafford has the Rams’ offense firing on all cylinders. He is playing the best football of his career with the help of possibly the best receiving group in the league with Davante Adams and Puka Nacua and threw for his seventh multi-touchdown game of the season.
- George Kittle — Kittle got a lot more looks Sunday with the Niners facing an early 21-point deficit so he was relied upon far more as a receiver than a blocker. With the defense not as strong as recent years, we may continue to see more pass-heavy game scripts.
- Jauan Jennings — Another recipient of the pass-heavy game script, Jennings saw his highest amount of targets since Week 2. A fumble in the first half was the only blight on an otherwise very productive day for Jennings.
One Down
- Puka Nacua — It appears that the Rams are managing Nacua’s snaps following several injuries to the star receiver so far this season. They ran a lot of 13 personel featuring, with that receiver oftentimes being Adams. He is still Stafford’s go-to guy in big situations, but it may take a couple weeks of increasing his snaps to get close to the target share Nacua was seeing at the beginning of the season.
Los Angeles Rams
Quarterback
Matthew Stafford: 24/36, 280 Yards, 4 TDs | 3 Carries, -3 Yards
Matthew Stafford logged his 400th career touchdown pass in this game and is playing the best football of his career. He now has seven multi-touchdown games as well as three straight with at least four touchdowns. Stafford and Sean McVay have the offense humming off the back of the play-action passing attack and continue to be one of the most efficient offenses in football.
Notes
- Stafford is excellent out of the play-action pass game. It helps having a quality offensive line and running back in Kyren Williams to keep the defense honest. The 13 personnel looks have added yet another dimension to the offense and their play-action looks to sell the run to the defense.
- Adams with eight targets, Nacua with six, another 14 distributed between Colby Parkinson, Tyler Higbee, Terrance Ferguson, and Davis Allen, Stafford spreads the ball around to all his available weapons.
Missed Opportunities
- Stafford tried to hit Adams deep down the field and sailed the pass just over his head near the goal line.
Running Back
Kyren Williams: 14 Carries, 73 Yards, 2 TDs | 3 Targets, 2 Receptions, 11 Yards
Kyren Williams‘ steady presence in the offense helps make life easer for Stafford. He ran efficiently, making positive play after positive play and found the end zone twice in the game, after only recording three touchdowns in the first eight games.
Notes
- Kyren kept his negative plays to a minimum. All day it seemed he was able to at least get a couple yards and not force the offense into a second- or third-and-long situation
Missed Opportunities
- Blake Corum was given the first rushing attempt instead of Kyren on first-and-goal in the second half, one that was lost yards on the goal line.
Blake Corum: 13 Carries, 56 Yards
People might look at the rushing attempts for Blake Corum and Kyren and think Corum is coming for more touches, however, Corum got much of his in the second half and once a larger lead was established. The offense still goes to Kyren early and often in the rushing attack.
Notes
- Five of Corum’s rushing attempts came on the first drive of the second half. While he and Kyren ended their days very close in total attempts, most of Corum’s did not come until later, after Kyren had already done a lot of damage in the rushing attack.
Missed Opportunities
- On the first drive in the second half, when Corum started seeing more touches, he was stuffed on first-and-goal. Adams would go on the get a receiving touchdown.
Wide Receiver/Tight End
Davante Adams: 8 Targets, 6 Receptions, 77 Yards, 1 TD
Davante Adams was everywhere Sunday in the short and intermediate areas of the field. He was great at getting open, especially out of the slot where he converted a number of his first downs. With Puka Nacua fighting a handful of injuries in the first half of the season, Adams has been on the field for more snaps than Nacua and should keep seeing a large share of opportunities.
Notes
- Adams was used out of the slot a lot in this game. His route tree was kept varied out of the slot, getting open on in breaking routes, corner routes and comebackers.
- The Rams utilized a lot of 13 personnel where Adams was often the receiver on the field in those formations.
- Adams went to the sideline late in the game grabbing at his lower back. Something to monitor during this week’s practices.
Missed Opportunities
- Adams was targeted in the deep middle of the field on the third drive where the pass went off his hands, a play Adams would usually make.
- Stafford targeted Adams deep down the field and the pass sailed just over his head near the goal line.
Puka Nacua: 6 Targets, 5 Receptions, 64 Yards, 1 TD
Puka Nacua is still Stafford’s guy. When he needs a big play, you can bet he’s going to look Nacua’s way. During the Rams’ first drive of the second half, they were facing a fourth-and-3. With the 49ers starting to creep closer (21-14 at this point) they opted to keep the offense on the field and, of course, Nacua was the target and converted the first down.
Notes
- While missing time earlier in the season, the Rams had more of their tight ends be involved in the offense, more often lining up with 13 personnel. During these sets, Nacua was on the sideline while Adams was the lone receiver lined up on the field. It could be that the Rams are going to be monitoring Nacua’s snaps at least for a couple games while he works back to being fully healthy. As good as the Rams have been, it’s looking like they’ll be playing January football this season and will want their star receiver as healthy as possible. Despite fewer targets compared to earlier in the season, Nacua is still just as electric with the ball in his hands
PUUUUUUUUKAAAAAAA!!!
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— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) November 9, 2025
Colby Parkinson: 5 Targets, 4 Receptions, 41 Yards, 1 TD
One of the tight end group that has seen an increase in workload in recent weeks. It will be tough to predict which might outproduce the others on any given week but the tight end group as a whole looks like they’ll continue to see a bump in targets.
Tyler Higbee: 3 Targets, 3 Receptions, 33 Yards
Similar to Parkinson, Tyler Higbee will have increased chances to have a productive week but none of the tight end groups seems to be favored over the others as far as target distribution goes.
San Francisco 49ers
Quarterback
Mac Jones: 33/39, 319 Yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT | 1 Carry, 3 Yards
Mac Jones did about everything he could Sunday for the 49ers’ offense. He never really tried to force anything and took what the defense gave him. The 49ers had a slow start to the day, they struggled to establish the run, their second drive was cut short by a Jauan Jennings fumble, and they were unable to convert on fourth-and-1 on their third drive of the game.
Notes
- Jones was great at placing his throws where his receivers needed them. He completed several tightly contested throws to George Kittle and Jennings allowing the offense to keep drives going.
- Jones was able to make several excellent reads of the defense. On one play, Jennings was in motion pre-snap moving towards the outside of the formation, the defensive back wasn’t going to be able to get out there with him in time so the defensive backs switched assignments, the corner now responsible for Jennings had outside leverage on him, making for an easy cut over the middle of the field where Jones connected with him for the touchdown
Getting things rolling 👏
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— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) November 9, 2025
Running Back
Christian McCaffrey: 12 Carries, 30 Yards | 10 Targets, 8 Receptions, 66 Yards
Not the most efficient rushing day for Christian McCaffrey in this one, as has been the story much of the year so far, but he is still seeing the most targets in this offense. Jones has no problem taking the easy ones the defense allows him to have and dumps off to McCaffrey, or finds him short on wheel routes to make second and third downs manageable.
Notes
- It doesn’t matter what the game script calls for, CMC will be involved. Facing a large deficit early, the offense went much more pass-heavy and McCaffrey recorded his fourth game with at least eight receptions.
Missed Opportunities
- On a second-and-goal in the second half, Brian Robinson Jr. was given the goal-line carry and punched it in for the touchdown.
Brian Robinson Jr.: 8 Carries, 41 Yards, 1 TD | 1 Target, 1 Reception, 4 Yards
It will always be tough to justify taking touches away from McCaffrey, but Brian Robinson Jr. continues to be efficient with his touches and got an opportunity on the goal line, which he took in for a touchdown.
Wide Receiver/Tight End
George Kittle: 9 Targets, 9 Receptions, 84 Yards, 1 TD
Pass blocking, run blocking, pass catching, somewhere, somehow George Kittle will be involved. As the run game struggled to get going early in this one, the 49ers rode Jones and the passing attack where Kittle’s sure hands were relied upon in big downs to haul in the catch for the first, Kittle had 3 catches for first downs in the game.
Notes
- Even if Jennings out-targets Kittle in games, it looks like Kittle might be the go-to guy in big moments to bring in the catch. Jones was able to connect multiple times despite tight coverage and Kittle was able to hang on.
- If the run game continues to be inefficient, Kittle might start having more weeks like this one compared to weeks earlier in the season where he was used more so for his run-blocking prowess.
Jauan Jennings: 9 Targets, 6 Receptions, 71 Yards, 1 TD
Jauan Jennings came up big at times in the game. The fumble aside, he was lined at at different positions all over the field, schemed open using pre-snap motion, and was Jones preferred target in intermediate distances down the field. He’ll continue to get a solid amount of targets until at least when Ricky Pearsall returns from injury and, like Kittle, may start seeing more if the 49ers’ run game struggles persist.
Getting things rolling 👏
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— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) November 9, 2025
Missed Opportunities
- Jennings had the ball punched out on one of his receptions, recovered by the Rams.
- Jones overthrew Jennings in the end zone late in the game.
Demarcus Robinson: 4 Targets, 3 Receptions, 34 Yards
Demarcus Robinson made a couple nice plays in this one but is still clearly behind Kittle, Jennings, and CMC in terms of targets, as well as Pearsall if/when he returns from injury.