More reasons to like Rams emerge from close loss than from blowout winDavid Steele @david_c_steele
The Rams looked more impressive losing in Week 2 than they did winning in Week 1. And Los Angeles won by 37 points in Week 1.
Yes, the 46-9 blowout of the Colts at home on opening day does count. But the Rams’ opponent Sunday at the Los Angeles Coliseum, Washington, didn't hand them the game. The Rams pushed them hard enough on both sides of the ball to make them take it from them.
In the end, Washington did. They marched 70 yards for the game-winning touchdown with 1:49 left, then intercepted Jared Goff on the first play when the Rams got the ball back to try to tie or win it. They lost a winnable game 27-20, yet putting themselves in position to beat a team that wasn't in total chaos is something the Rams can build on — for now.
It was coach Sean McVay's first NFL loss. It was against the team that groomed him for the job, and it definitely stung. He has to get everybody to shake it off before Thursday's NFC West game in San Francisco.
McVay didn't make excuses afterward, but he did praise his players' "football character" and the way they stayed in a game they seemed on the verge of losing track of several times.
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