Actually, I see it just a little differently.

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of course nightmare scenario is losing to the Pats again after all these years, but go big or go home!

Goff is young. Real young. McVay is young. Real young. For both of them together to win a Super Bowl at this point would be incredible. More than that: historic. Literally and truly historic.

So, in a way, just getting to the Super Bowl is kind of a win-win. The Rams will be obvious underdogs to the Cheatriots. I dunno, maybe the Vegas line gives them a three-point edge or something. But you just know the vast majority of sports pundits will pick the Cheatriots to win. So if it's Rams vs. Cheatriots in the Super Bowl and the Rams lose, no one is going to be massively surprised. And we still have a very bright future ahead of us.

But if the Cheatriots lose...

Now, of course, it will definitely sting to get that close and to lose to the Cheatriots again. But, for me, I don't think it will sting nearly as much as SB36.