"They did a good job keeping the ball away from us. Teams are going to do that, and we've just got to respond accordingly," I think we only ran 20 plays or so in the first half. And whenever that happens, it's hard to get in a little bit of a rhythm. We scored quick and then we went three-and-out — couldn't really sustain long drives, I guess. And that can hurt. But in the second half, we were able to do that and responded well."

The Rams did respond well, largely flipping the time of possession and the number of plays run. L.A. had 40 plays in the second half to Oakland's 25, converted 4-of-8 third-down opportunities, and ended up possessing the ball for 28:29. That led to the 23-0 final 30 minutes.

"I don't think we played up to our standards in the first half," Goff said. "And the second half, we came out and we did."

4) NEW DEFENSIVE PIECES SEEM TO FIT

The Rams are integrating seven new starters into their defense, and they all seemed to fit pretty well on Monday night.

Two of them — inside linebacker Cory Littleton and cornerback Marcus Peters — had key interceptions during the game. And defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh recorded four tackles and a quarterback hit.

"Ah, that [stuff] was fun," Peters said of playing extended minutes for the first time as a unit. "We just getting started though — you feel me? You see how we looked. We looked pretty cool."

"It was fun," Suh said. "It was fun. I enjoyed it — to say the least. But I think there's a lot of things that we'll learn on film, things that we've got to correct and go from there."

5) ROOM FOR RED ZONE IMPROVEMENT

Los Angeles was only 2-of-5 in red-zone efficiency, scoring two touchdowns but kicking three field goals. Gurley's 19-yard touchdown and wide receiver Cooper Kupp's eight-yard touchdown reception were successful trips inside the 20-yard line.

But even though kicker Greg Zuerlein was able to win NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for kicking four field goals through the uprights — including a 55 yarder, two from 20-yards out, and another from 28-yards out — McVay and the Rams would like to improve in the red zone.

McVay was particularly self critical on Tuesday when discussing that aspect of Los Angeles' offensive performance from Monday night.