On the Thursday Night Football broadcast, a clip showed Rams coach Sean McVay talking about his offensive philosophy. “The first thing we do is every call that we’re making, we think about the quarterback in mind first,” he said. “Is this something, whether it’s the run game, is this going to set something that is going to give us a chance to make a play in the pass game?”



This philosophy was certainly on display throughout the Rams’ onslaught of the Vikings defense. So many of their big plays came as a result of their understanding of the opposing defense or if they caught a weakness in the defensive game plan early.



McVay and his staff gave a masterclass on how to set up a defense and exploit it for explosive plays.



Touchdown No. 1



The Rams’ first touchdown came on a weak-side running back seam route. The running back seam is a concept that was popularized by college teams like the University of...