Eric Williams
NFC West Writer
Sean McVay knows there are no moral victories in a bottom-line league like the NFL.
So the fact that his team lost a hard-fought, 37-31 overtime game to the Baltimore Ravens on a 76-yard punt return for a score by Tylan Wallace is not lost on him. Coincidentally, the last time these two teams played overtime, the Ravens won by the exact same score, 37-31 in 1996 — Baltimore’s third victory in franchise history.
The Ravens improved to 10-3 with the win, taking over the top spot in the AFC on Wallace’s first touchdown as a pro.
The setback snapped a three-game winning streak for the Rams, dropping them to 6-7 on the year. However, in the midst of a retooling effort during which few NFL observers expected Los Angeles to field a team that could compete for a postseason berth, the fact that the Rams went toe-to-toe with one of best teams in the league and remains in the hunt for a wild card spot late in the year is a win for McVay’s Rams.
“I love the way that our group competed,” McVay said. “There’s a lot of things that we can learn from, but there were a lot of great plays made. A lot of resilience, a lot of grit and a lot guts shown by this team today. And I’m looking forward to being able to respond with them.”
The Rams lost a back-and-forth affair to Baltimore in a game that saw nine lead changes — the most in a game this season — where the team that had the ball last seemed destined to win this one.
Los Angeles did a lot of things right. The Rams ran the ball effectively, finishing with 128 rushing yards — Kyren Williams finished with 114 yards on 25 carries, topping 100 rushing yards for the fourth time in his pro career. The Rams bullied the Ravens up front early with nine straight runs to open the game, leading to a Lucas Havrisik 27-yard field goal and and early 3-0 lead.
Offensively, Los Angeles scored 31 points against one of the stingiest defenses in the league….
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Publish date : 2023-12-11 00:03:05
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