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The LA Rams loss drops the team out of the NFC West top spot, and into the white water rapids race for a wild card spot of the NFL Playoffs
The LA Rams really could not afford a loss right now. But that’s what they did, for the second time this season, to the San Francisco 49ers. Division losses cut the deepest when a team is fighting for a playoff berth. A team’s division record is one of the first tiebreakers, and it carries over into conference tiebreakers as well.