That’s it, folks. It’s over. Done with. The 2018 NFL season has come to a close in the most perfect way possible. The matchup no one wanted resulted in a game no one wanted to see that featured defensive battle without many great defensive plays.
Sure, Stephon Gilmore took a punch to a face and forced a fumble that skittered out of bounds, and he caught a pop fly interception. Aaron Donald and Ndamukong Suh were nasty, but invisible, on the interior against the Patriots’ power run game. One of the Chungs knocked away an open touchdown to Brandin Cooks after Jared Goff saw it late and threw it fat; Cooks had another touchdown jarred out by a big hit.