Rams star running back Todd Gurley was forced to sit out a number of plays in the middle of Sunday night's matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum.

Gurley would only miss one full offensive drive in the third quarter before being integrated back into the game, but appeared to still be dinged up even as the Rams attempted to make one last scoring drive in the final two minutes of the game. He still managed too finish with more than 100 yards from scrimmage, a team-high 10 catches and a pair of rushing touchdowns, but the Rams simply can't afford to lose him for any considerable amount of time as the playoff race tightens.

Coach Sean McVay provided an update on Gurley's status in his postgame press conference.

"He got banged up a little bit," McVay said when first asked about Gurley. "But what a warrior he is. I love that guy, love the way that he continued to fight through just the natural grinds of a game. His toughness was personified, and the snaps that we didn't have him in we missed him because we made some mistakes that forced us to come off the field, and we didn't execute on some standard things that we should've."

McVay later added that the Rams' attempts to establish the run throughout the game were interrupted by Gurley being hobbled.

"It affected it, and also some of our down-efficiency when we did run it affected it a lot," McVay said. "That was tough to get any sort of continuity going, and then you put yourself behind the eight ball when you go down 30-13 and really you kind of get yourself into a one-dimensional game."

The 32-year-old coach later stated Gurley would be having his knee examined for injuries.

"We'll get that thing checked out, he did a great job battling to finish the game and we'll go from there," McVay said.

Gurley is up to 21 touchdowns on the season (including a league-high 17 rushing touchdowns), has broken 1,800 yards from scrimmage and is in the running along with Ezekiel Elliott to finish the 2018 season as the NFL leader in rushing yards.

Gurley's injury history includes a torn ACL during his junior year at Georgia, but with the exception of a turf toe injury that kept him out for a game in late 2015, he hasn't missed any games for the Rams due to health.

The Georgia alum punched his way into the history books during Sunday's loss, as he became the third player in Rams history (alongside Eric Dickerson and Marshall Faulk) to produce at least 20 touchdowns and 1,700 from scrimmage in a single season. If he's able to continue playing this season, he'll also likely become the first player since LaDainian Tomlinson to score 40 touchdowns and produce 4,000 yards from scrimmage across two seasons.