5 Most Interesting Facts From Patriots vs. Rams on TNF

Rematch of Super Bowl LIII between the Patriots and Rams ended in a lopsided victory for Los Angeles. The loss puts the nail in the coffin of the Patriots fallen dynasty, as they couldn’t contain Cam Akers and Cooper Kupp and suffered severely on offense. On the defensive end for LA, Aaron Donald kept Cam Newton running for his life, while Superman struggled to get the ball to his receivers with Jalen Ramsey making his presence felt.

Here are the 5 most interesting facts to know from Patriots vs. Rams on TNF:

Fall of the Dynasty

After almost two decades of incredible success, the New England Patriots dynasty is officially in the past.

Beaten by the Rams Thursday, the @Patriots incredible streak of hitting double digit win totals in a season has been halted as they can no longer finish better than 9-7 in 2020. As this shows, it was a record run & went much further than all but one franchise's has in NFL history pic.twitter.com/nkorS7bFgp
— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) December 11, 2020

Akers of Yards

Cam Akers outshined the plethora of runners in the Rams backfield, running circles around Patriots defenders.

Cam Akers finished with 171 rush yards, the most ever by a rookie against the Patriots.

That's the most rush yards by a Rams rookie since Jerome Bettis in 1993 (212 at Saints). pic.twitter.com/opUMfSUOEn
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) December 11, 2020

Cam Akers had 84 rush yards in the 1st quarter, the most by a Rams player in the 1st quarter of a game since Marshall Faulk in 2001 (143 rush yds vs Panthers).

That's also the 2nd-most rush yards allowed by the Patriots in the 1st quarter of a game in the last 20 seasons. pic.twitter.com/WKAz9h1sJt
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) December 11, 2020

Cam Akers of the @RamsNFL is the 4th-youngest player in NFL history to rush for 170+ yards in a game (21 years, 171 days).

The only players to do so at a younger age: Jamal Lewis, Barry Sanders and Clinton Portis.#RamsHouse
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) December 11, 2020

DPOY Race

The DPOY award is heating up as Aaron Donald and T.J. Watt are feasting on opposing offenses.

Aaron Donald is currently tied with T.J. Watt for the NFL lead in sacks (12.0). pic.twitter.com/ozH2zsUI7B
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) December 11, 2020

With his 3rd-qtr sack of Cam Newton, Aaron Donald (84.0) surpassed Von Miller (83.5) for the 4th-most sacks in a player's first 7 seasons since individual sacks were tracked in 1982@AaronDonald97 is 1.0 sack shy of tying HOF Derrick Thomas' 85.0 for 3rd place
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) December 11, 2020

Kupp Kupp and Away

Cooper Kupp is one of the most underrated receivers in the NFL, playing at a consistent rate year in and year out.

Extending his team's lead to 3 scores over the Patriots tonight, Cooper Kupp has passed Torry Holt (1999-2002) for the 2nd most TD catches in @RamsNFL franchise history (1937-present) recorded by a player within their first 4 career NFL seasons (24. Most: 28- Isaac Bruce, '94-97) pic.twitter.com/K73HeuYJPe
— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) December 11, 2020