Could the Rams being in a fading hometown star?" DraftFull ArchiveLibrary 2019 NFL calendar2019 Rams regular season sched2019 Rams preseason schedMasthead Community Guidelines NFL Odds StubHub 鉁?019 Los Angeles Rams Offseason2019 NFL Free AgencyRapoport: Los Angeles Rams interested in LB Clay MatthewsNew Youth David Long Jersey ,83commentsCould the Rams being in a fading hometown star?CDTShareTweetShareShareRapoport: Los Angeles Rams interested in LB Clay MatthewsGreen Bay Packers LB Clay Matthews during a game against the Detroit Lions, Dec. 30, 2018.Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY SportsPer NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport, the Los Angeles Rams are interested in LB Clay Matthews as free agency continues to develop:Three things.1.) I’m not sure Clay Matthews qualifies as a “really good veteran.” He’s a veteran. He used to be really good. Is he a really good veteran?2.) There is a bit of misleading here on the nature of LA being the attracting factor for free agents. It’s not that Los Angeles as a destination isn’t alluring. Of course it is. And yes, there are professional factors at work that have drawn in players like Ndamukong Suh in the NFL and LeBron James in the NBA recently as Suh himself recently explained. But not all athletes are either capable or interested in exploring that added value of Los Angeles. And the idea of playing for the Rams just because it’s nice to live in LA...Matthews lives in LA already. And that’s the point. Perhaps the team that has improved the most this offseason is the Cleveland Browns. Anyone going to talk about how players are just dying to move to Cleveland, Ohio?3.) A lot of people do live in LA.We’ll see if this rumor has legs to it or is more just about a veteran that is highly respected by the Rams’ brass that has affectations himself for the state of the franchise. Those were certainly the circumstances around signing S Eric Weddle, but Matthews certainly looks to have dropped off faster and deeper than Weddle has to this point. The way the schedule fell for the Los Angeles Rams gave them every opportunity to be perfect through the first quarter of the season.The real test for the Rams started on Sunday. They passed by overcoming more adversity than they could have expected."The toughness and the resolve of this football team was certainly tested today and guys delivered in a big way," Rams coach Sean McVay said.The Rams escaped from Seattle with a 33-31 win over the Seahawks on Sunday that kept Los Angeles as one of two unbeaten teams in the league. Los Angeles moved to 5-0 by leaning heavily on Todd Gurley and Jared Goff Womens David Long Jersey , making a key defensive stand in the fourth quarter and a gutsy fourth-down call to clinch the victory.It was the kind of victory the Rams needed. They were down two of their top offensive stars after Brandin Cooks and Cooper Kupp suffered concussions. They trailed in the fourth quarter and watched Goff respond. And they prevailed in a venue that's been exceedingly difficult for road teams recent years."You need to know when these games come around, can you finish. That's what we did today," Gurley said. "Tough environment. Doesn't matter which team it is. You've just got to be able to close out those close games."Gurley rushed for three touchdowns, despite being held to only 77 yards rushing. He's got seven total TDs in the past two games against Seattle, and even with Kupp and Cooks missing the entire second half, the Rams were still able to put up 468 total yards and average 7.4 yards per play against a Seattle defense that, for the most part, played well.For all the big yards the Rams racked up David Long Los Angeles Rams Jerseys , it was the 2 yards Goff got on fourth-and-1 with 1:39 left that sealed the victory, as he plunged forward to convert the risky call by McVay. For some longtime Rams, winning again in Seattle is a sweet feeling."This just continues the rivalry," Rams guard Rodger Saffold III said. "A lot of these guys weren't here, but I remember the days when Golden Tate used to taunt us before he got to the end zone. I remember the close games in the Edward Jones Dome. You could say that sways my decision about what I think about this team, but at the end of the day we knew it was going to be a tough, physical game."Here's what else to know from the Rams third win in the past four seasons in Seattle:SEATTLE'S CHANCEThe Seahawks were noticeably upset about a key holding call against guard D.J. Fluker late in the fourth quarter that knocked Seattle from field goal range and eventually led to a punt. The holding call put Seattle in second-and-23 at the Rams 45 and after a pair of incomplete passes, the Seahawks were forced to punt.While some Seattle player claimed it wasn't a penalty Los Angeles Rams Jerseys Stitched , Seattle coach Pete Carroll was particularly miffed about the call."I haven't seen the play, there's a lot of plays in that game that probably could have warranted a penalty throw and it happened on that play right then," Carroll said. "It's unfortunate."CAIRO'S REDEMPTIONNew Rams kicker Cairo Santos was in line to get blame. He missed an extra point early in the fourth quarter that left Los Angeles facing a 31-30 deficit. But he came back later in the fourth and hit a 39-yard field goal for what proved to be the winning points.COMMITTED TO THE RUNThere is no question Seattle has found an offensive plan that works and is based around its run game. Seattle had a running back top 100 yards rushing for a third straight game with Chris Carson rushing for 116 yards on just 19 rushes and averaging 6.1 yards per carry. Seattle finished with 190 yards rushing as a team and got zero yards from Russell Wilson.Carson has two of those three games reaching the century mark, with the other belonging to Mike Davis. It's the first time Seattle has gone three straight games with a running back topping 100 yards since late in the 2012 season.OUT OF THE HOSPITALSeattle defensive end Frank Clark had a sack and an interception off a deflected pass. That's a good game for any defensive end, but Clark's performance was slightly more impressive considering he twice spent time in a local hospital this week dealing with what he believed was food poisoning.Clark said he lost about 12 pounds and ended up receiving eight IVs to replenish his fluids and try to be able to play."Once I knew I got my fluids back, I knew I was going to be able to come out here and compete," Clark said.