Key Highlights
- The grip on the season was as numb as the wet fingers frozen from heavy snow. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSean McVay looked at his players, their breath clouding the frigid air, and delivered a three-word sermon that would become a prophecy, a plea, and a lifeline."Find a way."What followed was 90 minutes of playoff football distilled to its raw, brutal essence.
- The Los Angeles Rams' 20-17 overtime victory over the Chicago Bears is a continued quest for redemption after their season ended a year ago in the Divisional Round. In a contest where the Los Angeles Rams' most maligned units became their saviors, where their brilliant quarterback battled his own form, and where their meticulous coach nearly cost them everything. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhen the final, arcing kick from Harrison "The Thiccer Kicker" Mevis sliced through the gray haze and between the uprights, it was more than a game-winner. It was an answer. All year, the Rams' special teams had been in disarray, a festering wound. Kicks were blocked.
- Field goals sailed wide. They fired their coordinator.
- They released a long snapper.
- They cut our kicker. The move to Mevis was a desperate Hail Mary. And in this frozen hell, their kicker became a Godsend. His 42-yard winner was an act of supreme pressure, a redemption arc written in ice."I felt really confident," McVay said.