Jared Goff turned a phenomenal first half into the biggest game of his career, and it was still just barely enough to beat Kirk Cousins.
Goff passed for career highs of 465 yards and five touchdowns, winning a scintillating duel with Cousins, his Minnesota counterpart, and leading the undefeated Los Angeles Rams to a 38-31 victory over the Vikings on Thursday night.
Goff hit Cooper Kupp with two of his four scoring throws during a 251-yard first half in which the third-year quarterback flawlessly executed Coach Sean McVay’s offense.
“It was just great command by him,” McVay said of Goff.
Todd Gurley finished with 83 yards rushing and 73 yards receiving while the Rams (4-0) held off the Vikings (1-2-1) and Cousins, who passed for 422 yards and three touchdowns.
The Vikings got the ball back with 2 minutes 20 seconds left, but the Rams rookie John Franklin-Myers stripped Cousins of the ball near midfield. Los Angeles recovered and ran out the clock on its first win in the franchise’s last six meetings with Minnesota.
McVay was the offensive coordinator for Cousins in Washington before he became Goff’s head coach on the West Coast last season. McVay’s current and former prize pupils put on a show at the Coliseum, but Goff finished 26-of-33 passing with a perfect 158.3 quarterback rating.
Goff picked apart the Vikings’ secondary in the first half with one pinpoint throw after another. The former No. 1 pick has three consecutive 300-yard games during the Rams’ unbeaten start.
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