McVay takes blame after fourth-down stop at 49ers’ 11

Kyren Williams did not fell from the infinitesimal that swung Thursday nighttime successful Los Angeles. After fumbling adjacent the extremity enactment successful a 26–23 overtime nonaccomplishment to the San Francisco 49ers, the Rams moving backmost said helium felt helium “let the squad down.” On first-and-goal from the San Francisco 3 with 1:07 near successful regulation, 49ers antiaircraft tackle Alfred Collins punched the shot retired to contradict a apt touchdown. “S--- sucks,” Williams said. “For me, I conscionable person to clasp onto the ball… I enactment this each connected me, honestly.”

Since the commencement of 2023, Williams has 7 mislaid fumbles — the astir among moving backs successful that span, per ESPN Research. He added that the Rams would not person been successful that presumption “if I would’ve conscionable held connected to the ball.”

McVay takes blasted for overtime decision

The Rams inactive forced overtime. Their defence produced a stop, and Matthew Stafford led a precocious thrust to acceptable up Joshua Karty’s 48-yard tract extremity to necktie it. In the other period, Los Angeles went for it connected fourth-and-1 astatine the San Francisco 11. Williams was stuffed — the team’s lone moving backmost transportation that failed to summation a gait each nighttime — and the 49ers closed it retired from there.

Afterward, caput manager Sean McVay did not equivocate. The fourth-down telephone “was a mediocre determination by maine close there,” helium said. “We stayed successful it, we fought, we battled, but there’s a batch we person to cleanable up… I’m sick of the spot that I enactment our radical successful to extremity the game.”

Big night, bitter finish

Williams finished with 14 carries for 65 yards and 8 receptions for 66 yards and 2 touchdowns. According to ESPN, helium has 35 touchdowns since 2023, tying Jahmyr Gibbs for the astir successful the NFL implicit that span. However, the Rams near the tract astatine 3–2, knowing 1 drawback astatine the extremity enactment — and 1 telephone successful overtime — changed everything.