After entering halftime down 13-10, the Rams flipped a switch in the second half. Quarterback Matthew Stafford locked in and led the Rams to victory with 298 passing yards and two touchdowns, while the run game created more explosives than they have in years.

On defense, outside linebacker Byron Young's huge day included a strip-sack of Titans quarterback Cam Ward, which led to points and turned the tide for L.A.

Here are five interesting stats from the Rams' 33-19 victory over Tennessee in Week 2.

Stafford had a near-perfect passer rating in the second half (152.7)

After throwing an interception during the final minute of the first half, Stafford went back to the sideline and slammed his helmet on the ground. But then he thought to himself, "What's the one thing I can do? I touch it every play. Let me go make up for it right now," Stafford said postgame, and that's exactly what he did.

In the second half, Stafford completed 14 of his 17 pass attempts for 191 yards and two touchdowns. His 152.7 passer rating in the second half was the third-best of the week, and was 5.6 points away from perfection. It was better than any second-half passer rating Stafford had last season and secured 10.8 expected points added to the Rams' score, meaning his second-half performance raised the Rams' expected score by nearly 11 points, via nflverse data.

Puka Nacua's 45-yard rushing touchdown was the Rams' longest run since Week 12 of 2023

Not only was it the Rams' longest run in over a year, but it was also the longest of Nacua's career and the third-longest all-time by a Rams receiver. Nacua was only expected to get three yards on the play, according to Next Gen Stats, giving him the seventh-most rush yards over expected on a carry this season with 42.

After the game, Nacua said that head coach Sean McVay has a saying: "Get ours and then get yours." On a 4th-and-1, the first few yards were ones he had to have for the team to convert. When he realized he was still on his feet after the first wave of tacklers whiffed, the rest of the run was all his. Nacua's burst of speed into the open field got him to 19.8 miles per hour before he crossed the goal line.

The Rams' four breakaway runs (15-plus yards via Pro Football Focus) were their most in a game since 2021

The last time Los Angeles had at least four runs of 15-plus yards was in Week 8 of 2021, its Super Bowl-winning season. Nacua's touchdown was the first, then two of running back Blake Corum's five carries went for exactly 15 yards, and running back Kyren Williams broke off one of that same distance late in the game.

The Rams finished with 149 rushing yards on 25 attempts, an average of 6.0 yards per carry. That would have been 155 yards on 23 carries (6.7 yards per carry) if not for Stafford's kneel-downs at the end of the game. The Rams never surpassed 5.4 yards per attempt in any game last season, so this shows significant improvement with regard to efficiency as well as creating explosives.

Young's six pressures tied for sixth-most in the league in Week 2, via PFF

After the win, McVay said Young "took his game to the next level," and for good reason. He was constantly around the quarterback, and punctuated a stellar performance with the strip-sack that McVay described as the "game-changing play," which increased the Rams' win probability from 73% to 88%, according to Next Gen Stats.

His 25.9% pass rush win rate ranked 10th among qualified rushers in Week 2, according to PFF, and resulted in a two-sack game for the third-year pro.

The Rams' defense allowed the second-fewest yards per play in Week 2 (3.8; pre-Monday Night Football)

The Rams' defense was as stifling on the back end as they were up front in Nashville. Only the Bills allowed fewer yards per play than L.A. did on Sunday.

Despite only blitzing 14.6% of the time, the Rams pressured Ward on 41.5% of his dropbacks, ranking seventh so far in Week 2. And in the secondary, even after cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon exited with a broken clavicle, three other cornerbacks and a safety registered a pass breakup.

Among teams who have played in two games, the Rams rank first in points per game allowed with 14. Second-year defensive coordinator Chris Shula seems to be hitting his stride early in 2025.