Bonsignore: Jared Goff and the Rams delivered more than a win on Sunday, they created hopeBy VINCENT BONSIGNORE |
vbonsignore@scng.com | Daily News
LOS ANGELES — Just before Rams quarterback Jared Goff disappeared into the Coliseum tunnel late Sunday afternoon to celebrate his first win as an NFL quarterback, he paused, peeked over to a hundred or so fans shouting his name from the stands and raised his right arm to the sky.
The roar that immediately erupted was unlike anything we’ve heard from the Coliseum for an NFL team in what seems like forever.
Not two minutes before, 31-year-old Rams coach Sean McVay did the same exact thing as he exited the stadium on the way to his team’s excited locker room after dropping a 46-9 hammer on top of the Indianapolis Colts.
The eruption was just as loud.
There was hope in the air. You could feel it, sense it and even hear it.
So were confidence and faith.
It was everything the Rams let slip through their fingers upon returning home to Los Angeles last season after spending the previous 21 years in St. Louis. Their 4-12 finish did more harm than anyone cares to admit, although one look at the crowd Sunday revealed a humbling reality.
The Rams distributed just over 60,000 tickets for their home opener, but the guess is only about 48,000 decided to show up. That’s an absurdly low turnout for an NFL game in a city as big as Los Angeles.
But also somewhat understandable, given how the Rams stumbled all over themselves last year. It was a bad look. And it had devastating effects.
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