The Los Angeles Rams are still reeling from their heartbreaking loss to the San Francisco 49ers Thursday night. While the team has suffered two extremely tough defeats this season due to self-inflicted mistakes in games they were in position to win, there is some silver lining going forward as LA’s schedule seems to lend a relief of sorts in the coming weeks. It’s a schedule a team looking to get back on track could desperately use.

After three straight weeks of games against divisional leaders, the Rams will now head into a stretch where they play a Raven’s team likely...

Taking away a coach’s livelihood and firing him in the middle of a season is nothing that should be taken lightly, but the nature of the NFL is that it happens over and over again because this is a production business. It’s only been 10 days since we wrote about the awful season being had by Rams special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn and those woes got worse on Thursday.

Should Sean McVay fire Blackburn and send a message or forgive and forget because it’s only been five weeks?

McVay once fired John Fassel, one of the best special teams coordinators...

Teams with ties win playoff tiebreakers more than you think. Should the Rams have played for a tie against the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday and at least tried to match the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys, both of whom earned a tie on Sunday (the first tie game in three years), just in case the NFC playoff wild card picture comes down to L.A. against either of those teams?

Winning is better than tying, but think of it this way:

**What if this game happened in Week 18 and the Rams knew for sure that a tie would...

Kyren Williams and Joshua Karty will rightfully get much of the blame for the L.A. Rams’ loss to the 49ers on Thursday night. However, the defense should shoulder most of the outrage for last night’s debacle.

The Rams came out with absolutely zero energy against San Francisco, and much of that was reflected in the defense’s efforts, or whatever the hell you called that. How on earth could L.A.‘s defense be considered a “top-tier” unit when the Niners moved the ball with ease despite being without Brock Purdy, their top three wideouts AND George Kittle?

Backup Mac Jones looked the...

It always feels cathartic after a stinging loss to take a step back and review the Pro Football Focus (PFF) from an objective perspective. I give my initial reaction in “Winners & Losers” and that is mostly based off of raw emotion. The grades allow us to take the game as a whole and dive in to attribute blame in losses and credit in wins.

Let’s get started. How did the Los Angeles Rams lose to the short-handed San Francisco 49ers on Thursday night?

Top five grades on offense

I usually do not add players to the list who...

Over the offseason, the Los Angeles Rams made the decision to extend running back Kyren Williams to a three-year, $33 million extension with $15 million guaranteed. In average per year, it made Williams the eighth-highest paid running back in the NFL with the seventh-most guaranteed money for a running back.

At the time, there were questions about whether or not the Rams were doing the right thing. This is a running back that had the third-most fumbles with five while being one of the least explosive and least creative players at the position. He ranked 30th out of 31 qualifying...

If there is one guarantee about the 2025 version of the Los Angeles Rams, it’s that they are going to make games more interesting than they need to be. That was once again the case on Thursday Night, but this time, playing with fire burned them as they lost to the San Francisco 49ers in overtime, 26-23. Despite blowing a 26-7 lead two weeks ago, this loss may be the most disappointing one in the Sean McVay era. Let’s get to our 10 takeaways.

1. Rams came out with no energy

If Thursday night proved anything, it’s that you...

“It was a bad call by me.” said Sean McVay as he addressed the media after what may have been McVay’s worst look as the Los Angeles Rams head coach as L.A. fell to the depleted San Francisco 49ers on Thursday Night Football. Is McVay’s response enough for you to think this team can bounce back in Week 6 and beyond? Or would you like to hear and see more from the still young head coach?

You either appreciate his accountability, his willingness to take the blame or you would like more detail on what went wrong and what went...

Sean McVay addressed the media after the game and said “It was a bad call by me”, was it a bad play call, or a bad decision in general? I don’t know. Did you trust Joshua Karty to make that field goal in overtime after how spotty (at best) the Rams’ kicking game has been?

If the Rams had kicked a field goal to tie the game, the 49ers still had plenty of time to march down the field and kick a game winning field goal of their own, so again I don’t know that McVay made the right call...

I never lost faith that the Los Angeles Rams would find a way to beat the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday night.

LA entered the evening as 8.5 point favorites with Brock Purdy, George Kittle, Ricky Pearsall, and Jauan Jennings all sidelined. Even after the 49ers built a sizeable lead I still assumed Matthew Stafford would turn in a vintage fourth quarter performance and dig out a win. If these players were healthy the Rams are still probably the more talented and complete team. San Francisco’s weak spots are obvious and were evident throughout this game.

Stafford certainly did his...

Sean McVay has a problem calling plays and picking players to use in the red zone, so the L.A. Rams lost to the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday night. One two huge moments in the fourth quarter and overtime, the Rams had a chance to win the game and failed, so McVay falls to 3-2 and loses to Kyle Shanahan again, this time with San Francisco starting its backup quarterback and receivers.

Will McVay make any changes to how the Rams call plays and who they use in the red zone because of this loss?

Down 23-20 in the fourth...

The San Francisco 49ers (4-1) beat the Los Angeles Rams (3-2) by a final score of 26-23 on Thursday Night Football when Kyren Williams was stopped on a fourth and short in overtime, but before that sequence, Williams fumbled on the goal line to give SF life, instead of scoring what could’ve functionally been a game winning touchdown.

The Rams played a horrible game, and still had a chance to win, but they played a horrible game and they got the outcome that usually happens when you play a horrible a game. A loss.

It was a statement win for...