Next Monday night’s tilt with the Arizona Cardinals should be viewed as a defining game for Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams.
Not because a win will make a great difference in the standings—the Cards are effectively three games ahead of the Rams, with five to play and LA has the same lead over their #5 wild card slot competitors—But rather, they desperately need to play a good game and win against a playoff-caliber team to build confidence for a tough closing stretch of regular season games and life on the road in the playoffs.