Bonsignore: Despite deficiencies, Rams keep finding a way to win

Bonsignore: Despite deficiencies, Rams keep finding a way to win

By VINCENT BONSIGNORE / STAFF COLUMNIST

PHOENIX – What would you have said if someone told you before the season Todd Gurley would not have a 100-yard performance four games in, Brian Quick would be the Rams’ top wide receiver and Aaron Donald’s first sack wouldn’t happen until the fourth game of the season?

Same old Rams, right?

Not so fast.

The Rams are 3-1 and in first place in their division, and with the Buffalo Bills coming to town this week they have a legitimate chance to open their first season in L.A. 4-1.

They’ve gotten there in the most unusual way, exemplified by the way the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday nearly doubled the Rams in offensive yards, had 26 first downs to the Rams’ 12, ran 75 plays to the Rams’ 55 and had six penalties for 45 yards to the Rams’ nine for 85 – yet still fell to the Rams, 17-13.

Nothing is adding up for the Rams right now except the scoreboard. And really, that’s all that counts.

Which is why the Rams are in first place.

Crazily so.

Four games into a surprising season, some observations.

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