NFL / Sports

Everything to know from Los Angeles’s come-from-behind win

For the second straight year, the Super Bowl will be hosted by one of its participants.

The Los Angeles Rams outlasted the San Francisco 49ers 20-17 on Sunday, giving the team the NFC crown and setting up a title showdown with the Cincinnati Bengals. The Rams scored 13 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to take a lead they would never surrender. Aaron Donald’s pressure of Jimmy Garoppolo and the quarterback’s subsequent interception sealed the result for Los Angeles, which snapped a six-game losing streak to Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers.

The result puts Sean McVay’s crew back in the Super Bowl for the first time in 4 years. Los Angeles embodied an all-in mentality, acquiring quarterback Matthew Stafford last offseason while adding outside linebacker Von Miller and wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. during the season. Stafford won his first playoff game two weeks ago in the wild-card round, and now he and his teammates will be staying home for the Super Bowl.

Here’s a look back at how it all unfolded.

49ers-Rams final score: Los Angeles wins 20-17 to head to Super Bowl

Aaron Donald’s pressure made all the difference.

The perennial All-Pro didn’t notch a sack, but he reached Jimmy Garoppolo and forced the quarterback into a game-sealing interception by linebacker Travin Howard.

The Rams will get to stay home and face the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl 56 after all.…

NFL / Sports

49ers beat Cowboys as time expires on Dallas’ comeback attempt

Down 6 with 14 seconds remaining, the Cowboys couldn’t stop the clock after a Prescott run to the middle of the field. An official bumped Prescott trying to get the ball set, which threw Prescott off as he rushed to spike it. Time ran out and the Cowboys’ season was over.

Video Transcript

– You need someone, San Francisco, to get to the quarterback here.

– Prescott takes off, running the football. Whoa, I don’t think this is going to work out!

– It will. They’ll be able to clock this. They were planned for it. It’s [? downtown. ?] Oh my gosh.

– The official gets in the way. The game’s over! The game is over.

– Oh, he did!

– Oh, they’re going to look at this.

– It’s, it’s going to be over because the umpire has to touch the ball. Of course, that’s ridiculous for a game to end like that, Jim. Wow. I am livid, if I’m a Cowboy fan. And if I’m a Niner fan.

– That’s the end of the game.

– The game is over! The game is over. And San Francisco survives and advances.

– You called it. It was risky. They had time. Dak’s supposed to go. But you’re not supposed to go past 10 or 12 yards.

– Remember we saw this, on the play after the fake punt? The same scenario, where the umpire got in the way?

– He has to touch it, though.

– Yep.

– Dak doesn’t realize this. These guys don’t realize, he has to touch the ball.

– Gene Steratore, your take.

– You guys were all over it, Jim. You and Tony are all over it. The umpire, an official, has to touch the football after it’s set down to start the next play.

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