NFL playoffs: Revitalized Rams make hotly anticipated return

NFL playoffs: Revitalized Rams make hotly anticipated return

Los Angeles — Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons went by the Coliseum late keep going season on their way to the Super Bowl, and they effectively piled on a victory triumph over the woebegone Los Angeles Rams.

When they return this evening for their NFC trump card playoff opener, they may scarcely perceive the folks in the horned head protectors on the other sideline.

That 42-14 misfortune to the Falcons was an impetus in the Rams' change from L.A. fools into NFC West champions, since mentor Jeff Fisher was terminated the following day. After one month, Sean McVay was employed to lead the most mind boggling one-year turnaround in late history.

"Individuals are energized, and that was our objective when we returned here," McVay said. "We needed to have the capacity to give a decent football item that our fans can be glad for, and they need to turn out and bolster."

Driven by the 31-year-old McVay, who grew up close Atlanta, and a list of playmakers including Jared Goff, Todd Gurley and Aaron Donald, the Rams (11-5) are in the playoffs without precedent for a long time. The NFC's third seed drew an intense matchup with 2016 group MVP Ryan and the Falcons (10-6), who seem fit for influencing another meeting to run.

Be that as it may, the Rams hope to encourage off the energy of a city facilitating its first playoff amusement since the L.A. Plunderers' last postseason trip 24 years back.

"It's unquestionably a cool thing," Goff said. "After football has been gone from here for so long, and we return Year 2 and can convey a playoff diversion to the Coliseum, that is extremely cool."

Goff, the second-year ace falling off a transformative 3,804-yard season , is anxious to go head to head with Ryan, who is in the playoffs for the 6th time in 10 years. The two groups have an abundance of hostile playmakers, from Rams MVP applicant Gurley to star Falcons beneficiary Julio Jones.