LOS ANGELES -- As Los Angeles Rams players stood in the locker room after their divisional round loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, a sense of shock filled the air.
Down six points with 1 minute 14 seconds remaining, the Rams had been just 13 yards away from a win that would send them to a NFC Championship game. That game would have been at SoFi Stadium, an unlikely opportunity for a No. 4 seed that had their first playoff game moved to a neutral site as wildfires ravaged Southern California.
"It just seemed like a lot of things were going to maybe line up for us to be able to host an NFC Championship," head coach Sean McVay said in his end of season press conference.