Lots for Rams to clean up after win at Carolina if team is going to make deep playoff run

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If not for the heroics of one Matthew Stafford, we’d have had a very a different conversation about the Rams on Saturday night.

Because for a while there at Bank of America Stadium, it looked like the Rams were about to squander a two-touchdown lead for the third time this season. And that special teams were about to play a role in a fourth loss, one this time that would have ended the Rams’ season.

Instead, Stafford and head coach Sean McVay orchestrated the seven-play...