LOS ANGELES -- It’s a dangerous formula for winning, and Sunday afternoon it blew up in their faces.
The Los Angeles Rams rely heavily on their defense to win, a method made necessary by having one of the NFL’s worst offenses. They have won four games this season, and all were close -- by six, five, four and three points.
They tried to complete their first double-digit victory of the season on Sunday against the Miami Dolphins, and they would have pulled it off -- if their defense suddenly had not gone into unexpected retreat.