Well, lots of good news and some bad news...

Good news first.

By tonight there will be only 8 teams left in the playoffs and Rams are one of them. Two more Ram wins and we’re back in the SB. And we all know that in the playoffs anything can happen in a short series.

We’ve got the best D in the playoffs and they seem to still be improving. That’s huge.

Cam Akers must really be healthy after all. Ram running game was crucial in that win over Seahawks.

Everybody knows that strong D’s and running games travel very well.

Ram ST are playing better although they still need to tighten up their coverage units.

In all, that’s quite a lot of substantial good news.

Now, the bad news.

It’s a shame that Rams must deploy either a starter with an injured thumb and possibly some confidence issues or a youngster with a whopping 5 quarters of NFL experience AND literally just returning from the hospital. NOT the way any sane Coach or fan would draw it up, that’s for sure.

Also, there are a few new injury questions about key starters.

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Kupp
Hendy
Edwards

Here’s hoping that all will be able to play and play effectively for the next game.

Don’t know about you, but I’m pretty happy and hopeful right about now. Rams are in a relatively good place and while they will surely be underdogs this weekend, they are NOT gonna be hopelessly outclassed. Could be another entertaining playoff game for Ram fans.

As an aside, I wonder if there’s another fairytale ending in store? Like ‘99, maybe? Injured and underestimated QB with fractured thumb comes off the bench to win playoff game after playoff game? And eventually the SB? Don’t laugh outright because Ram fans have seen this kind of a movie before.