Football Preview: Cleveland Rams vs. Clayton Comets
Cleveland has won four straight games at home, while Clayton has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Cleveland Rams will welcome the Clayton Comets at 7:30 p.m. Cleveland is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 40.3 points per game this season.
Last Friday, in a tight contest that could have gone either way, Cleveland made off with a 29-28 win over Garner. The 29-point effort marked the Rams' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Jackson Byrd was his usual excellent self, throwing for 343 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.1 yards per attempt. The team also got some help courtesy of Malachi Thomas, who picked up 120 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Cleveland didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Braxton Lowe and Sawyer Lowe. Sawyer is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made eight or more in the last 22 games he's played dating back to last season. Darrell Herriott was another major factor on D, making ten total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Clayton was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Willow Spring 35-7. The Comets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by 20 points or more this season.
Cleveland's victory bumped their record up to 9-0. As for Clayton, their win bumped their record up to an identical 9-0.
Cleveland skirted past Clayton 33-31 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will Cleveland repeat their success, or does Clayton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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