Matthew Stafford: The Rams shot themselves in the foot and settled for field goals

In Monday night's 23-15 loss to the Dolphins, the Rams' offense continually settled for field goals at the end of long drives, and quarterback Matthew Stafford knows that's not good enough.

“We shot ourselves in the foot a little bit, in that strike zone area, in the 30-yard line area, and that was the difference in the game, that we didn't come away with touchdowns,” Stafford said.

Although the Rams' offense started the game poorly, each of the Rams' last six possessions came within field goal range. But they never got into the end zone, kicker Joshua Karty went 5-for-6 and 15 points weren't enough.

“We had some nice drives there in the second half,” Stafford said. “For one reason or another we didn’t finish them off and didn’t get enough points.”

Stafford was sacked four times and pressured multiple times for a 36-yard loss, and Rams head coach Sean McVay said the offensive line needed to get better.

“We didn’t do nearly a good job offensively,” McVay said.

The Rams are now 4-5 and can't afford many more games in which they don't reach the end zone.