Bill Plaschke: It's L.A. vs. San Francisco again, only this time a Super Bowl trip is at stake
The Rams were bent over at the knees, wheezing, gasping, choking. The greatest quarterback in history was swaggering down the field, charging, swinging, steaming. A lingering Gulf Coast chill had suddenly become a raucous inferno, thousands of flag-waving fans at Raymond James Stadium roaring and pleading as if refusing to let the defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers go down. Then with two ...
The Rams were bent over at the knees, wheezing, gasping, choking.
The greatest quarterback in history was swaggering down the field, charging, swinging, steaming.
A lingering Gulf Coast chill had suddenly become a raucous inferno, thousands of flag-waving fans at Raymond James Stadium roaring and pleading as if refusing to let the defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers go down.
Then with two lofty throws, Matthew Stafford put them down. And with two nimble catches, Cooper Kupp kept them down. And with the simple swing of a right foot in the final ticks of a great escape, Matt Gay knocked them out.
On a once-sunny Sunday darkened by rolling clouds and angry pirates, the Rams recovered from a blown
