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Bijan Robinson rushed for 195 yards and one touchdown, and the Falcons took a 21-0 lead before a furious second-half rally by the Rams tied the game at 24 with 2:46 remaining in the fourth. But Zane Gonzalez made a 51-yard field goal with 25 seconds left for the game-winner.
Entering Week 18, the Rams are currently the No. 6 seed but could move up to No. 5 if things fall their way in the finale
Already, there are two open jobs in the NFL in the New York Giants and the Tennessee Titans after they fired their head coaches midseason. However, more are expected to follow and be open by this time next week.
The Los Angeles Rams were unable to keep pace with the San Francisco 49ers for the NFC's No. 5 seed on Monday night.
ESPN's NFL insiders each named one Rams assistant who could be a head coaching candidate in the next hiring cycle.
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Despite an impressive 11-4 record, the Rams are no longer the top seed in the conference, nor do they lead the NFC West following last week's overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Los Angeles needs to win to avoid going into the playoffs as the bottom wild-card seed.
Los Angeles has been a team that soared due to the No. 1 scoring offense in the NFL, and the shared DNA in four of those five losses was an inability to hit their season scoring average. The only outlier was their loss to the Seahawks, in which their overtime touchdown prevented them from falling below the mark.
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