INGLEWOOD, Calif. – When he made the defense's game-clinching play, Rams inside linebacker Nate Landman wasn't fully present.

"I actually kind of blacked out," after the peanut punch forced fumble, he said postgame.

When he regained consciousness, his first instinct was to go celebrate with his teammates on the sideline, because he said it wouldn't have been possible without the rest of them.

That takeaway – also made possible by defensive end Braden Fiske extending his right arm to make a one-handed recovery – was the difference between a potential go-ahead touchdown by the Texans and Los Angeles winning its Week 1 home game over Houston 14-9 on Sunday.

"It meant a lot," Landman said. "... Just a great moment for us, for the Rams."

Landman became known not just for his penchant for

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