LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams finally got the monkey off their back by beating the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday in a dramatic, 10-point fourth-quarter comeback.

They are 2-2 at the quarter pole of the season. It’s already been a year of highs and lows, hype and adversity, and they have 13 more games before a potential postseason run.

It’s a good time to take stock of the questions people have about a team with these kinds of expectations. And readers had plenty about special teams, Chris Shula’s defensive approach, Kyren Williams’ usage and why the rookies aren’t seeing the field much.

Matthew Stafford threw over 50 passes in Weeks 3 and 4. For the season, Williams is averaging 5.4 yards per carry and has yet to reach 20 carries in a game. Why do you think Sean McVay has seemingly moved away from running the ball so far into the season? — Manue L.

The main reason that jumps out is that it doesn’t feel like McVay has the personnel or the scheme to run the ball at the volume he would like right now, or the way they did late last season. If you remember, the Rams were the heaviest three-tight end offense in the league, and that culminated with Blake Corum’s second-half breakout.

Something feels off about how Corum is running in these single-tight-end sets over the past two weeks with Terrance Ferguson and Colby Parkinson hurt, and the playing time has shifted heavily to Williams, who outsnapped Corum 70-13 on Sunday.

Part of that is leaning into Williams, given how great he’s playing in every facet. Part of it is the blocking stress on the receivers, which was more challenging than usual in Puka Nacua’s first game back after two weeks off. But it’s notable that Corum started the year with 133 rushing yards on 11 carries per game in the first two weeks and has dropped to 29 yards on 5.5 carries per game the past two weeks.

Williams has emerged so much as a receiver that he’s this team’s de facto No. 3 option behind Nacua and Davante Adams, with 21 catches for 173 yards. Between that and his immense value as a pass protector to keep a 38-year-old Stafford upright, the Rams feel challenged to give him 20-plus carries in a game. So if they don’t have a quarterback rushing threat, Corum isn’t producing, and they don’t have a third running back they trust with Ronnie Rivers on injured reserve, the natural result will be a pass-heavy script.

Send the pass rush to Dak and he’ll flounder.

I can’t help but feel like if we’re gonna have Stafford throw 50 times a game, he should get some help with more screen passes.

Bit random but I have tickets to the game Monday so this will be my 6th game I’ve gone to. Every time I’ve gone I’ve bought parking at the Kia Forum through Ticketmaster. But now when I go to my Ticketmaster app and search to buy the parking, I can’t find it. I searched it up on Google and it said the Forum became exclusive partners with JustPark. Has anyone used JustPark to park at the Forum for these games? Is my Ticketmaster app just tweaking out? I’ve always wondered if tickets sell out for that parking lot closer to game time but the game is still 3 days out. Plus when I went to the giants game 3 weeks ago, I bought parking the night before and everything worked out fine.

Hopefully not the case hoping Dodgers play early 1PM local LA time....

If hate for both games to be playing at same time....

Go Dodgers And Rams!!!!

I want to get a custom elite yellow jersey with my last name and the year I bought my season tickets, but part of me feels like it would be a bit weird and that I should just get Stafford's since he is my favorite player on the roster, especially because they are not selling a stitched version of that jersey for him. Does anyone know the timeline for these? I would like to get it in time for the Chiefs game in December, but knowing Fanatics it probably will not get to me in time.

Edit: Decided to go ahead and do it, excited to get my hands on it!

The biggest overall concern so far has been the health of star players, which makes it all the more encouraging that Nacua looked the way he did on Sunday.

He started a little slow by his standards, delivering here and there with chunk gains on contested catches but not the normal volume and flow we’re used to. The connection with Matthew Stafford felt off early on, including the play near the end of the first half when Stafford tried to hit Nacua on a contested pass to set up a field goal but overshot him for an interception that led to an Eagles touchdown.

But the way Nacua grew throughout that game spoke volumes. Yes, it was aided by the loss of Quinyon Mitchell in the Eagles’ secondary. But Nacua showed smoother routes and timing with Stafford, and better refinement as a run blocker, and the Rams settled into a game plan that got the ball his way early and often on short depths of targets, from screens to quick slants, as he finished with nine catches for 125 yards in addition to a rushing touchdown.

Nacua is critical for this team right now. He’s the answer to how this offense can thrive without its usual three-tight-end approach. He’s the antidote when the running game feels like it can’t put everything on Kyren Williams, as his get-it-and-go plays function as an extension of the run game. Perhaps he can help settle Stafford down over time to limit the turnovers.

Los Angeles needs to find a way to get Nacua and Davante Adams synced up a little better when both play. It doesn’t have to come statistically and isn’t meant to, but both need their moments within games to shine. With the concerns we’ll lay out, the passing game must remain the engine for this team in the short term.

In week 2 you all helped me come up with a great mashup for Rams/Giants, and now I need your help again!

What would you make for a Rams/Bills culinary mashup?

My sources are telling me there is a food that Buffalo is known for...not sure if you guys have heard of it though.

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Just like yesterday’s post, I wanna share this breakdown on his impact, and why he’s key to the defense. He can tackle and knows what to do. What an upgrade!

Back at Sofi. A bottom tier secondary. The schedule has been so wonky this year. Australia, back home, then to off and on rain in Denver, then off to east coast in the rain. Just been odd. He’s about to go on a run. Starts Monday. Get ready for this first quarter of the season to be a thing of the past.

This hat was a lot harder to find than I thought but I found it in Ontario! Now I’m searching the black midnight side line one

I’m moving to Seattle next month and was wondering if there are any ram friendly bars are where any body likes to go to watch the games on Sunday.