Shockingly, Thursday night’s Los Angeles-San Francisco tilt turned out to be an exciting, dramatically entertaining affair. (All those who had Rams-49’ers as a Game of the Year candidate raise your hand? No...no one? Not surprised). The Rams’ victory featured 80 points, 800+ yards, numerous big plays, a successful onsides kick and (of course) dubious official decision-making.
Perhaps lost among all the excitement, however, is the fact a missed extra point was the difference in the game. Had San Francisco kicker Robbie Gould not missed an early fourth-quarter extra point the 49’ers wouldn’t have been forced to go for 2 with 2:48 remaining and instead would have been in position to kick a game-tying extra point.