As heartbreaking as it may feel to lose to the Eagles on a blocked field goal in Week 3, surely the Rams do take some positives away from the game. They did jump out to a 19-point lead on the road against last year’s Super Bowl winners. They did contain Saquon Barkley for the first time. They did get a hell of an effort from kicker Joshua Karty despite not always blocking for him.

However, the NFL is not a league of moral victories. It’s a league of actual victories and that’s why losing a game to a potential number one seed in the NFC, when you’re already in a tight race within the division, could come back to haunt the Rams in Week 18 and the playoffs. The NFL is, by and large, decided by conference and division tiebreakers.

The Rams were within striking distance of not only giving the

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