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Dylan Hernandez: Don't blame Rams for sorry spectacle of 49ers fans flooding SoFi Stadium

LOS ANGELES — Matthew Stafford wasn't voicing a wish as much as he was making a desperate plea to his team's fans. "Hopefully," the Rams quarterback said, "it's one of those games where we come out and it's heavy blue and yellow and we have a nice, live, loud crowd that makes it tough on them." In other words: Please. Please don't let SoFi Stadium be turned into Candlestick South on Sunday. ...

LOS ANGELES — Matthew Stafford wasn't voicing a wish as much as he was making a desperate plea to his team's fans.

"Hopefully," the Rams quarterback said, "it's one of those games where we come out and it's heavy blue and yellow and we have a nice, live, loud crowd that makes it tough on them."

In other words: Please.

Please don't let SoFi Stadium be turned into Candlestick South on Sunday.

Please don't give the San Francisco 49ers home-field advantage in the NFC championship game.

Please don't make the Rams relive their regular-season finale when their stadium

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