Failed fourth-and-goal with Todd Gurley costs the Rams

Failed fourth-and-goal with Todd Gurley costs the Rams

Alden Gonzalez

DETROIT -- Todd Gurley was supposed to cut left, but the Los Angeles Rams' star running back darted up the middle. It was fourth-and-goal from the Detroit Lions' 1-yard line, with the score tied and the first half down to its final seconds. Gurley was stuffed for a loss. The Rams' gamble had backfired, and it showed up big in a 31-28 defeat at Ford Field.

"They made a good play, we didn’t," Gurley said, plainly.

Gurley seemingly had a hole to his left, with Cory Harkey blocking his man while acting as a fullback and right guard Jamon Brown acting as a pulling guard to create a hole on the left side. But Gurley ran straight ahead, and the penetration came quickly.

"Sometimes it’s hard to get to the gap that you want to get to if there’s quick pressure," Rams left guard Rodger Saffold said. "At the end of the day, you have to give Todd space to make things happen, and we didn’t do it that play.”

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