Baker Mayfield ‘to start Monday Night Football for the Rams against the Green Bay Packers’
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Baker Mayfield ‘to start Monday Night Football for the Rams against the Green Bay Packers’ a week after leading the sensational comeback victory after just 48 hours with the new team
Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay told reporters that Baker Mayfield will start with the team for their upcoming game against the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football.
Mayfield made his debut for the Rams on Thursday Night Football last week, just days after he was claimed off waivers.
Just 48 hours after arriving in Los Angeles, Mayfield was leading the team on a game-winning drive to claim his fourth win of the season over the Raiders.
Impressed with his performance, Rams coach Sean McVay plans to start at QB Baker Mayfield.
Mayfield had 230 yards and a touchdown, despite only spending 48 hours with the team.
The 2017 Heisman Trophy winner was in the midst of his first season as a member of the Carolina Panthers, but he wasn’t performing up to standards.
Carolina put him on waivers last week, prompting the Rams to claim Mayfield and bring him on board.
The Rams have a long list of injuries, especially for quarterback Matthew Stafford, who has been placed on Injured Reserve.
Even after last week’s win, the Rams are on the brink of playoff elimination.
Even with two of his top three wide receivers on injured reserve, Mayfield was able to throw for 230 yards and a touchdown while completing 63 percent of his passes.
The Rams face an impossible climb to make the playoffs. Even if they win the rest of their games, they only have a two percent chance of qualifying for the wild card.
If they win it all, they’ll still need an almost unimaginable combination of losses by the Commanders, Seahawks, Packers, Saints, Panthers, Buccaneers, Falcons, Lions and others to get back to the playoffs.