LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams are facing the conundrum of the comeback loss.
They must decide whether to feel good about the first-half effort Sunday that allowed them to take a 19-point lead on the defending Super Bowl champions early in the third quarter — or to feel bad about the mistakes and shortcomings that allowed the Philadelphia Eagles to come all the way to back to beat them in catastrophic fashion.
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