The noise came from deep within Kevin Dotson’s chest.

The Rams right guard’s baritone belly-laugh bellowed out of him when asked if he had seen his quarterback, 17-year veteran Matthew Stafford, shimmy his shoulders with arms spread wide, palms up to the sky, after his fourth touchdown pass of the day, a no-looker to Colby Parkinson in the Rams’ 42-26 victory over the San Francisco 49ers .

“That’s the type of thing that gives us energy, man,” Dotson said once the laugh had subsided, “to see our quarterback like that.”

The moment was the talk of the locker room after the win. Parkinson was eager to see a replay. Receiver Puka Nacua said it was the perfect summation of how Stafford is feeling in the midst of the best stretches of his career.

“I loved it,” head coach Sean McVay said.

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