Rams snatch victory from jaws of defeat with wild fourth-quarter comeback
PHILADELPHIA — Maybe the rain didn’t wash away the Rams’ season.Maybe it shocked it back to life.For three quarters Sunday afternoon at a rain-soaked Lincoln Financial Field, the Los Angeles Rams looked determined to drown themselves in their own mistakes.
Matthew Stafford threw two interceptions.Special teams surrendered another enormous punt return.
Harrison Mevis missed a field goal.Tyler Higbee dropped a fourth-down pass.
The Rams trailed the Philadelphia Eagles by 10 points entering the fourth quarter and appeared headed toward a 1-3 start that would have invited some uncomfortable questions about where this season was headed.Then, somehow, everything changed.Kyren Williams scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns, the Rams defense produced a monumental goal-line stand and Los Angeles erased a 10-point deficit to stun Philadelphia, 24-20, snapping a four-game losing streak against the Eagles and escaping the rain with one of the most improbable victories of the Sean McVay era.Call it stealing one.
Call it survival.Just don’t call the Rams dead yet.For most of the afternoon, they looked determined to give this one away.Stafford was intercepted by Andrew Mukuba on Los Angeles’ opening possession after badly overthrowing Konata Mumpfield.Special teams joined the misery when Ethan Evans launched a 51-yard punt only for Britain Covey to return it 41 yards, turning a booming kick into a measly 10-yard net change in field position.Two plays later, Jalen Hurts found Darius Cooper for an 18-yard touchdown and a 13-3 Philadelphia lead.Puka Nacua, playing for the first time since Week 1, finally provided a spark.
He scored on an awkward jet-sweep handoff from Stafford with 1:55 remaining in the first half, cutting the deficit to three.But Stafford gave the momentum right back.With Higbee wide open underneath, Stafford inexplicably tried to hit Nacua deep and was intercepted by Cooper DeJean.Philadelphia eventually cashed in when Hurts connected with Cooper for...