INGLEWOOD — If there were really any doubts that Matthew Stafford would be ready for the Rams’ opening day, I suspect he didn’t share them.

For much of training camp and the preseason, Stafford’s back was the most important topic, and when he was supposed to begin throwing but didn’t, those who care about the Rams were on high alert. But that seems to have been more of a case of slow-playing his activity to make sure he’d be ready.

And ready he was Sunday afternoon, in L.A.’s 14-9 victory over the Houston Texans. He didn’t necessarily light up the scoreboard; Kyren Williams ‘ 1-yard scoring run gave the Rams a 7-6 lead less than a minute before halftime, and Stafford found tight end Davis Allen with a 13-yard touchdown pass early in the third quarter to make it 14-9. Most of the rest

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