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The Los Angeles Rams improved more quickly and won more games than almost anybody expected this season. “Nobody gave us a chance to even be sniffing where we are right now, and (we) gave a really good football team a run for their money,” Stafford said. One year after the worst season by a defending Super Bowl champion in NFL history, the Rams started out 3-6.
Not many teams are heading into the postseason playing better football than the Los Angeles Rams, who have won seven of eight since their bye week to earn a history-rich playoff showdown in Detroit. The Rams even finished the regular season strong while resting their most important players. LA’s 21-20 victory over San Francisco featured plenty of backups but also plenty of reasons for the Rams to be optimistic both this week and next season.
Kobie Turner and Byron Young trained together for months before the Los Angeles Rams drafted them 12 picks apart in the third round. As you might expect, there's already a tight bond between nose tackle Turner and edge-rushing linebacker Young. Beyond their professional connection, beyond their similar backgrounds as well-traveled collegiate players who had to fight to the top, Turner and Young have gotten along famously ever since they met.
Figuring out how many players he can rest for the playoffs while still fielding a team in a meaningless Week 18 game is a new challenge for San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan. The NFC West rivalry between the 49ers (12-4) and Los Angeles Rams (9-7) will have a decidedly different feel when they meet on Sunday with both playoff-bound teams approaching the game almost like an exhibition. “This is just stuff that’s a little annoying to think about but once you kind of do, which we had time to do the last couple days, I just had to talk to some players so they understand it,&#...
RAMS OFFENSE: OVERALL (7), RUSH (10), PASS (8), SCORING (8) RAMS DEFENSE: OVERALL (19), RUSH (12), PASS (24), SCORING (19) 49ERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (2), RUSH (3), PASS (2), SCORING (3) 49ERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (7), RUSH (3), PASS (15), SCORING (2) TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Rams minus-4; 49ers plus-10. RAMS PLAYER TO WATCH: QB Carson Wentz. Los Angeles is giving starter Matthew Stafford the week off, clearing the way for Wentz to make his first start for the Rams.