Every veteran player and coach in the NFL knows that unless the Super Bowl trophy is in your hands and confetti is falling, it pays not to get cocky about where the good times may lead.

One moment you’re feeling froggy. The next moment, George Atkinson is forearming you in the jaw.

Humbled six years ago in his first Super Bowl, Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay knows this immutable truth. So do not expect the Rams to strut this week just because on Sunday they outlasted the Seattle Seahawks inside the Kroenke Dome to win 21-19 and move alone atop the NFC West.

The Rams cannot watch the game film and decide, “Yep, we’re best in the West for sure. Let’s hit the town this week.”

Not when the film confirms in detail that, yes, Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold really did throw four passes t

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