Four canicule afterwards assault Josh Allen and Buffalo 44-42 in the NFL’s highest-scoring bold of the season, the Rams (8-6) outlasted the 49ers (6-8) on a backing night to move aural a half-game of division-leading Seattle. Los Angeles won a bold afterwards a touchdown for the aboriginal time back 2016.
The Niners led 6-3 branch into the fourth analysis but came up short, ambidextrous a above draft to the abbreviating playoff hopes for the arresting NFC champions.
This apparent the fourth time this analysis that the Niners absent to an analysis adversary afterwards arch by at atomic three credibility in the fourth quarter, authoritative them the aboriginal aggregation to do that back New England in 2000 in drillmaster Bill Belichick’s aboriginal analysis with the Patriots.
Karty capped a 17-play drive with a game-tying 23-yard acreage ambition aboriginal in the fourth analysis and again hit a 27-yarder afterwards Matthew Stafford affiliated on a 51-yard canyon to Puka Nacua.
The Niners again collection into field-goal ambit but Brock Purdy was intercepted on a abysmal canyon into the end area by Darious Williams, allowance the Rams defended their aboriginal alternation ambit adjoin the 49ers back 2018.
Stafford again led a clock-killing drive that was capped by Karty’s fourth acreage ambition with 18 abnormal to play. Stafford went 16 for 27 for 160 yards with about all of the accident advancing in the additional half.
Purdy accomplished 14 for 31 for 142 yards as the Niners bootless to account a touchdown in a bold for the aboriginal time back 2019.
The aboriginal bisected was played in a cloudburst and it had a above ampules on the abhorrent performances with neither aggregation able to move the ball.
The Rams had no aboriginal downs on their aboriginal four drives of a bold for the aboriginal time back 2013 afore accepting a backward acreage ambition to tie the game. The Niners went three-and-out three times and got one acreage goal.
The teams accumulated for 11 punts, nine aboriginal downs and 197 yards four canicule afterwards they both had analysis highs in points.
The rain mostly chock-full at halftime but the offenses still struggled.
Injuries
Rams: LB Nick Hampton (chest) larboard in the additional half.
49ers: LB Dre Greenlaw alternate for the aboriginal time back disturbing his larboard Achilles bond in the Super Bowl after most season. He had eight tackles in the aboriginal bisected but played sparingly in the additional half. ... S Jiayi Brown (groin) larboard in the additional half.