The fifth-seeded Los Angeles Rams must travel to face the fourth-seeded Carolina Panthers on the road for Round 1. This game is a rematch of Week 13, a game that the mistake-marred visiting team lost by a mere three points. While the first game went to the Panthers, the rematch promises to be a different game altogether.
While that loss hurt LA in many ways, the team did get a badly-needed wakeup call. Adversity, as head coach Sean McVay pointed out in his post-game presser, forges a group of players into a team. Now, that re-forged team is readying for a rematch.