The Los Angeles Rams managed to start the 2025 NFL season off on the right foot with a 14-9 win over the Houston Texans. It wasn’t the prettiest game, but the Rams came away with a hard-fought dub over a team expected to have one of the league’s best defenses. With everyone riding the victory high, here is the good, the bad and the ugly in L.A.‘s Week 1 performance.

Most of the talk leading into this game was about how good the Texans’ defense was. That was fair, as Houston should finish this season with a top-five unit. However, more people need to give L.A.‘s D more credit, as they held one of the game’s top young signal callers in check all afternoon.

The offense was off to a sluggish start in the first half, and the defense did its job, preventing the game from getting away from them

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