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The lights were bright and the scoreboard was busier than L.A. traffic as the Rams outlasted the Lions 41-34 at SoFi. This one was a coastal shootout—yards on yards, big plays on repeat—and Sean McVay’s crew found just enough answers late to close it down. Ballin’ is a big dill, and tonight it came in chunks. (nfl.com)

Detroit actually landed the first haymaker: Aidan Hutchinson’s tip-drill pick set up Amon‑Ra St. Brown for a 17‑yard score, and the Sun God kept cooking. St. Brown: 13 catches, 163 yards, 2 TDs, with Jared Goff slinging 337 yards and 3 TDs while Jameson Williams turned the jets on for 7 grabs, 134 yards, and a 31‑yard TD before halftime. Lions 24, Rams 17 at the break—motown melody humming in a Hollywood dome.

Then the third quarter flipped the script like a director’s cut. Matthew Stafford dialed up chunk after chunk to Puka Nacua, and the Rams poured in 17 unanswered—Harrison Mevis from deep, an end‑zone dart to Colby Parkinson, and an 11‑yard burst from Blake Corum. With the run game tagging in—Kyren Williams: 15 carries, 78 yards, 2 TDs; Corum: 11 for 71 and a TD—Stafford (a clean 24/38, 368 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INT) had Detroit’s secondary on a yo‑yo. Nacua? Pure neon: 9 catches for 181 yards, the field-stretcher that kept the motor revving.

Detroit wouldn’t go quietly—David Montgomery punched in late to make it a one-score game—but L.A. bled the clock with power and poise. Notable sidebar: the Rams’ offense now features offseason headline grabber Davante Adams, another star in the supercharged cast, and nights like this show how wild the ceiling is. (espn.com)

Big Dill of the Game: Puka Nacua (9 for 181). No touchdown needed—his gravity bent the whole coverage shell and opened the runway for those red‑zone daggers to Colby Parkinson (5 for 75, 2 TDs). That’s the show, folks. I’m Dillon “Big Dill” Smith, reminding you to keep it crispy, keep it spicy, and keep ballin’—because ballin’ is a Big Dill.