Rams’ Taylor Rapp leads secondary in win over New York Giants

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Time flies, and truthful does Taylor Rapp.

At property 23, aboriginal successful his 3rd NFL season, Rapp finds himself an elder statesman successful a Rams secondary that gets younger by the play and by the injury.

“Our secondary is truthful young,” Rapp said Sunday. “Our squad is truthful young.”

The information looked similar the experienced manus successful the Rams’ 38-11 triumph implicit the New York Giants connected Sunday, making 2 heady interceptions to pb the antiaircraft effort.

He besides enjoyed seeing the results of his offseason mentorship of rookie cornerback Robert Rochell, who made the Rams’ different interception of a walk by Daniel Jones.

“I’ve seen him turn truthful overmuch successful beforehand of my eyes,” Rapp said of Rochell. “I got to enactment retired with him each summer. I benignant of took him nether my helping and tried to propulsion him arsenic overmuch arsenic I could. He’s truly answered the bell.”

Said Rochell of Rapp: “That’s my member close there. After I came in, helium was the archetypal feline that came to me. We worked each day, consistently.”

In summation to his 4th and 5th NFL interceptions, Rapp was credited with 4 tackles, a deed connected the quarterback, and a 3rd walk breakup.

“He’s specified an instinctual player,” Rams manager Sean McVay said. “He’s got large short-space quickness. He’s got a chemoreceptor for the football, whether we’re sending him guardant oregon it’s immoderate of those underneath zones.”

As a rookie successful 2019, Rapp played his archetypal games alongside information Eric Weddle, 34, Aqib Talib, 33, and Marcus Peters, 26.

Sunday, helium started with Rochell, 23, cornerback Jalen Ramsey, 26, and second-year information Jordan Fuller, 23, and antiaircraft backmost Terrell Burgess, 22.

Last week’s wounded to cornerback Darious Williams brought Burgess into action, brought David Long backmost in, and forced Donte Deayon’s callup from the signifier squad.

“A batch of guys had expanded roles. We had a member down, D-Will, and everyone had to measurement up,” Rapp said. “I’m arrogant of everyone.”

HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Johnny Mundt, the Rams’ No. 2 choky extremity arsenic good arsenic a special-teams player, injured a genu successful the archetypal fractional Sunday and didn’t instrumentality to the game.

McVay didn’t person details, but said: “It doesn’t look bully close now.”

Jake Funk, the No. 3 moving backmost and a special-teams player, re-injured a hamstring and didn’t spell backmost in.

NEXT

The Rams look the Detroit Lions connected Sunday astatine SoFi Stadium, with quarterbacks Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff facing their erstwhile teams.

The Lions are 0-6 aft losing to the Bengals.

WINNING AWAY

The Rams are 3-0 connected the road, having beaten the Colts, Seahawks and Giants.

“Resilient,” Stafford explained, referring to the information the Rams trailed successful each 3 games.

FAKE NEWS

McVay was asked Friday erstwhile the Rams would propulsion a fake punt, and said, “This mightiness beryllium the week.”

He wasn’t conscionable teasing. Johnny Hekker passed to Ben Skowronek for 15 yards connected 4th and 11 astatine the Giants’ 42 successful the archetypal quarter. But the archetypal down was wiped retired by offsetting penalties, and Hekker punted connected the replayed down.