INGLEWOOD, Calif. - The story we've been told about the Los Angeles Rams is that they "went all-in" to win this particular Super Bowl. That they were willing to mortgage their future for it. That what defines their team-building approach is the fact that they continually trade away first-round picks for win-now helpers, risk be damned.
But when they were about to lose the Super Bowl to the Cincinnati Bengals, the guy who saved the Rams was the receiver they drafted out of Eastern Washington in the third round five years ago.