How Sean McVay Took Advantage of the 49ers' Weakness

Matthew Stafford is playing the best football of his career and should be the front-runner for MVP through the first 10 weeks of the season.

He leads the NFL with 269.7 passing yards per game, has an absurd 25-2 TD-INT ratio, and has thrown 5 more touchdown passes than the next-closest quarterback.

Over his last 6 games, Stafford has been lights out, tossing 20 touchdowns and no interceptions. He added 4 more on Sunday against the 49ers as the Rams dropped 42 points on their NFC West rival.

Just take a look at the anticipation on this throw to get a feel for how clearly Stafford is seeing the field. This was a Dagger concept:

Look at the picture Stafford saw when he had already made his decision and just started his throwing motion. He would target the dig coming from the outside. Does that look open to you?

There were a lot of bodies and clutter in there, but Stafford saw it with absolute clarity, as you can tell by the way he confidently delivered this ball before Davante Adams was out of his break:

That’s an unbelievable throw that Stafford made look routine. He made several other throws like this on Sunday (as he does every week).

But it wasn’t just Stafford being Stafford that led to the Rams’ offensive explosion. Sean McVay’s unique opponent-specific approach was also a huge factor and made it impossible for the 49ers defense to have any chance of competing.