The Los Angeles Rams took care of business in Week 4 with a 17-9 win over the New York Giants at SoFi Stadium to improve to 3-1 on the year.
Despite the win, most of the headlines came from what happened after the game as Rams star cornerback Jalen Ramsey got into a scuffle with Giants wide receiver Golden Tate, forcing the two to be separated by players from both teams.
The two players clearly don’t like each other and it goes beyond the football field as Ramsey has two children with Tate’s sister Breanna but the couple had a public breakup last year.
On the field, Ramsey was able to get the better of Tate with this big hit on a huge third-down play in the third quarter:
.@jalenramsey bringing the 💥! pic.twitter.com/Ivg8GaEAMo
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) October 4, 2020
It’s hard to tell from the video who started the fight, but it’s clear that they got into it at the center of the field after the game:
Following their game today, the Rams and Giants had a huge fight at midfield which included Golden Tate and Jalen Ramsey in the middle of it. pic.twitter.com/nq7A4Qphv1
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) October 4, 2020
Rams head coach Sean McVay commented on the incident, although he was not willing to go into detail, via Gary Klein of the L.A. Times:
“I didn’t get into the, ‘He said, she said,’ ” McVay said. “It was really more along the lines of ‘Let’s be smart. Let’s make sure we don’t let this take away from what we just were able to accomplish as a team.’ ”
McVay noted that Ramsey’s third-down stop of Tate was “all within the legal parameters of how we play football,” and sparked the Rams to score on the ensuing possession.
“That’s how we can get out some frustration if we have it,” McVay said.
McVay added that he has already had a conversation with Ramsey to ensure it doesn’t happen again:
“Just making sure that we’re all on the same page of, we can’t allow some of those things to get in the way, whether it ends up something bad happening for you or for our football team,” McVay said during a video conference with reporters.
It’s unclear if Ramsey and Tate will be disciplined for their actions, although it has been reported that there won’t be any suspensions, which is certainly good news for the Rams, who play the Washington Football Team in Week 5.
The Rams do not see the Giants again this season, so hopefully this was a stand-alone incident and won’t be an issue for Ramsey moving forward. It’s no secret that he plays with a lot of passion, but that needs to be limited to between the lines when the game is going on.
