As we continue our recap of the 2024 season, theRams.com will look back on the top five offensive plays and top five defensive plays by the team.
Here's the best of the defense:
5) S Jaylen McCollough's pick-six vs. Packers
Byron Young's pressure in the endzone set up this opportunity perfectly for McCollough, who needed just three yards to reach the end zone by the time he caught the pick thrown by Green Bay's Jordan Love.
4) NT Neville Gallimore's sack vs. Vikings (Wild Card Round)
Gallimore beat his blocker, then had a clear path to Minnesota's Sam Darnold which he capitalized on.
3) CB Ahkello Witherspoon's interception in the endzone vs. Cardinals in Week 17
This finger-tip grab in the endzone clinched the game and set the Rams up to win the NFC West later that weekend.
2) OLB Jared Verse's 57-yard fumble return for touchdown vs. Vikings (Wild Card Round)
Witherspoon was involved in another game-changing play this season, causing the strip-sack on Darnold that led to Verse's scoop-and-score in the Rams' 27-9 route of the Vikings.
1) S Kam Kinchens' 103-yard pick-six vs. Seahawks in Week 9
Another season-defining play, this Kinchens interception marked the longest defensive touchdown in franchise history, the longest return by a rookie in NFL history (tying Pete Barnum in 1926) and the youngest interception return by a player younger than 23 in NFL history.
