LOS ANGELES -- The resurgent Los Angeles Rams season that nobody saw coming is suddenly over, a little earlier than many would've expected.
On Saturday night, in their first playoff game at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in nearly 40 years, the Rams ran into a battle-tested Atlanta Falcons team that suffocated Todd Gurley, dominated the time of possession and took advantage of a couple of early special-teams turnovers. In front of a season-best crowd of 74,300, the Rams suffered a 26-13 loss in the wild-card round, their uplifting season under first-year head coach Sean McVay evaporating in a matter of 60 minutes.