head into the final game of the regular season with a playoff position locked up. The Rams would surely love to keep the sixth seed in the NFC, but when the only ramifications of a loss is to drop from the sixth seed to the seventh, keeping the starters healthy outweighs the risk of injury for head coach Sean McVay.
While I personally agree with keeping players like Matthew Stafford, Aaron Donald and Cooper Kupp on the bench and healthy for the playoffs, admittedly, it does sting a little that it’s in a game against the hated rival San Francisco 49ers (-4.