Rams keep surprising: Could a ‘surreal’ playoff showdown vs. Lions happen?
LA TimesAll around the Rams locker room Sunday evening, players were stretched out on contoured beds, their legs encased in compression sleeves. He’s still a Lions legend, so much so that when Los Angeles was in the Super Bowl a couple of years ago, there were people in the Motor City sporting Detroit Rams T-shirts. Rams-Lions would be the tentative matchup given three entirely plausible outcomes in Week 16: Rams beat New Orleans, Detroit beats Minnesota and Philadelphia beats the New York Giants. “Matthew would finally get to play a playoff game at Ford Field, where he did magical things for so many years.” It’s all fantasy football now. Regardless, even though the treatment-minded Rams were scattered around the locker room floor after Sunday’s game, it was remarkable to think that they’re still standing.