By Herbie Teope - Around the NFL Writer | NFL.com
METAIRIE, La. -- The Los Angeles Rams defense had their way against the 10th-ranked rushing offense in the Divisional Round.
Anchored by interior defensive linemen Aaron Donald, Ndamukong Suh and Michael Brockers, the Rams held Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott to 47 yards rushing on 20 carries en route to a 30-22 win.
Rams coach Sean McVay during a Wednesday teleconference credited his defense, which finished the 2018 season ranked 23rd against the run, for doing an "outstanding job" of maintaining gap integrity and overall tackling.
The Rams will need to replicate the effort in Sunday's NFC Championship Game against the New Orleans Saints, owners of the sixth-best rushing attack in the league. But McVay knows there is a looming test at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, where running backs Alvin Kamara and Mark Ingram await.
"Any time you got two elite players at the running back spot with Alvin and Ingram, it presents a great challenge," McVay said. "And the different personnel groupings, the way that Coach [Sean] Payton mixes it up, you just know it's a great challenge and there's a reason why they're the [No.] 1 seed and they have the best record in the league, and they're playing at home for the conference championship." ...
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