ORDINARY NEVERMORE

The Rams won't be in London until the end of the week.

- BY GARY KLEIN

RAVENS tight end Mark Andrews (89) and teammates push for extra yardage in the first half.

(STEPHANIE SCARBROUGH Associated Press)

But they got something of a preview and head start on Sunday.

On a cloudy, gray and very London-like fall afternoon at M&T Bank Stadium, they slogged through the kind of sloppy game that is more typical of NFL matchups abroad.

And the Rams emerged with an important 17-3 victory over the struggling Baltimore Ravens, and a huge sigh of relief after star receiver Puka Nacua returned from what initially appeared to be a serious ankle injury.

Matthew Stafford passed for a touchdown, Kyren Williams ran for another and linebacker Nate Landman, edge rusher Jared Verse and safety Quentin Lake led a defense that shut down the Lamar Jackson-less Ravens as the Rams bounced back from their overtime defeat by the San Francisco 49ers and improved their record to 4-2.

"It was a weird one," receiver Davante Adams said. "But we can move on and turn the page with a W at least."

Or, as Stafford put it: "We did just enough to win the game — which is the name of the game, so we'll take it."

The Rams will remain in Baltimore this week before jetting to London to play a Jacksonville Jaguars team that fell to 4-2 after a loss on Sunday to the Seattle Seahawks. And the Rams are sure to flush their low-on-style-points victory just as quickly as they tried to forget their loss to the 49ers.

Oh, there were some highlights.

Stafford moved past Dan Marino into ninth place on the NFL's all-time list with 61,391 career yards passing.