The Rams’ offense repeatedly forced field goals at the end of long drives in Monday night’s 23-15 loss to the Dolphins, and quarterback Matthew Stafford knows that’s not good enough.

“We kind of shot ourselves in the foot, in that offensive zone, 30-yard line area, and that was the difference in the game, not coming away with touchdowns,” Stafford said.

Although the Rams’ offense started the game poorly, each of the Rams’ final six possessions came within field goal range. But they never got into the end zone, kicker Joshua Karty went 5-for-6 and 15 points weren’t enough.

“We had some nice drives there in the second half,” Stafford said. “For some reason we didn’t finish them off and didn’t score enough points.”

Stafford was sacked four times for a loss of 36 yards and was pressured several times, and Rams head coach Sean McVay said the offensive line needs to be better.

“We didn’t do nearly well enough offensively,” McVay said.

The Rams are now 4-5 and can’t afford many more games where they don’t reach the end zone.