The Los Angeles Rams produced a well-rounded performance to take down the Chicago Bears 24-10 in the NFL on Monday.
Los Angeles claimed their first victory over a team with a winning record this season thanks to a solid defense and lethal offense at SoFi Stadium.
The Rams improved to 5-2 for the season as defensive tackle Aaron Donald pressurised Bears quarterback Nick Foles, whose Chicago (5-2) were held to a season-low 10 points and 279 total yards of offense.
Foles was intercepted twice and sacked four times – Jalen Ramsey, Taylor Rapp and Leonard Floyd flexing their muscles for the Rams.
Bears signal-caller Foles finished 28-of-40 for 261 yards and no touchdowns in Los Angeles, where Rams counterpart Jared Goff was 23-of-33 for 219 yards and two TDs without an interception.
The Rams fell to the San Francisco 49ers last time out but bounced back emphatically on home soil.
Goff found Josh Reynolds on a four-yard touchdown pass with less than four minutes remaining in the opening quarter and it was a lead the Rams never relinquished.
Chicago's Cairo Santos and Samuel Sloman traded field goals in the second quarter before the Rams pulled clear with two unanswered touchdowns in the third for a 24-3 advantage – Malcolm Brown setting the tone with a one-yard run before Gerald Everett caught a Goff pass during the closing stages of the period.
Eddie Jackson scored the Bears' only touchdown of the game at the 7:30 mark in the final quarter but it was too little too late for the visitors.
The Rams' Johnny Hekker became the only NFL punter in the last 30 years to punt five-plus times in a game and pin the opponent to their 10-yard line or inside on every occasion, per Stats Perform.
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