Although both coaches treated the action like a preseason game, the Los Angeles Rams hung on to knock off the San Francisco 49ers 21-20 in the regular season finale. The victory gave L.A. a closing 10-7 record, a trip to Detroit for next Sunday’s Wild Card Round of the NFL playoffs, and last but not least, ended a three-game losing streak to the rival ’Niners.
For the Rams defense, the rivalry game didn’t quite reach the Charles Dickens classic “A Tale of Two Cities”, it was much closer to “A Tale of Two Halves” by compulsive gambler and tout Chucky “Teaser” Dickens.