Only a few days have passed since the Los Angeles Rams’ stunning 24–9 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football.
When the division rivals meet in three weeks, the loss will still seem fresh since the friendship between pals Sean McVay and Kyle
Shanahan has produced some of the greatest moments in the NFL in the previous five years, including the 2021 NFC Championship.
Sadly for the Rams, Shanahan is mostly to blame for those victories. Fortunately, McVay remains the owner of the Lombardi Trophy.
What are the 49ers and Rams doing next?
Let’s go back and review the prior events first.
When the All-America Football Conference and the National Football League combined in the 1950s and the 49ers and Rams were
assigned to the National Conference, the two teams were destined to remain bitter rivals.
The two have seen each other twice a year ever since that choice was made. Due to their geographically based differences in beliefs and
cultures, as well as their close vicinity in the state of California, the rivalry between the two clubs and their fan bases was stoked. The
two fan bases’ utter hatred for one another has been a tradition passed down from generation to generation; in fact, this historical
animosity is ranked ninth among the NFL’s greatest rivalries of all time.
With a combined 35 division titles (Rams: 15, 49ers: 20), the Rams and Niners have dominated the division since the NFC West was
formed. Both teams have achieved historic brilliance. The 49ers, led by quarterback Steve Young, went 17-0 versus the Los Angeles
Rams and St. Louis from 1990 to 1998. That same year, 1999, Kurt Warner led The Greatest Show on Turf to the Super Bowl and the
championship.
The Rams’ thrilling 20-17 comeback win in the NFC Championship Game this past year was the two teams’ next postseason meeting.
The team that wins would go on to win the Super Bowl, making history repeat itself.
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