Rams’ trade for Myles Garrett makes them Super Bowl favorites
The Rams were six yards from the Super Bowl. The Rams’ celebrated young defense needed only to smother immobile Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold deep in his territory in the final five minutes to regain possession and have a real shot at winning last season’s NFC championship. They couldn’t touch him. For more than four minutes Darnold drove downfield, connecting on three of four passes, baffling the pass rushers, bleeding the clock, and by the time the Seahawks finally gave the ball back, the Rams had only 25 seconds to live. Final score: Seahawks 31, Rams 27. Final verdict: The Rams needed a closer. The Rams needed somebody to chase Darnold into submission the way Aaron Donald once famously chased down Joe Burrow in the final seconds of Super Bowl LVI. The Rams needed a closer the way the Dodgers needed Edwin Díaz. The Rams needed … Myles Garrett? Are you kidding me? They got him? He now plays for them? The Rams needed an edge rusher and they acquired an edge destroyer? The Rams …


