Thursday Night Football Wrap-Up: Rams Survive 49ers Comeback Attempt

One game down, 15 more to go. 

After one game, my predictions are so far accurate - albeit barely! Indeed, the Rams won, but they had to withstand a furious comeback rally at the end of the game to do so. 

The Rams had built up a considerable lead, aided in no small part by capitalizing on San Francisco mistakes, including a pick six on the 49ers first play of the game. Los Angeles had one of the lowest scoring offenses last season, and there were concerns that offensive production would continue to be a problem this year.

However, the Rams exploded yesterday. In fact, both teams did, combining for a total of 80 points overall, as the Rams eventually outlasted the 49ers for a 41-39 win. Neither team went into the game with impressive looking offenses, but both offenses showed something by producing some great numbers last night.

So yes, my prediction was accurate...sort of. I never would have expected for either team to put up the kinds of offensive numbers that each team did, let alone both teams. I never would have expected this game to be a wild, wild NFC West showdown being the highest scoring game thus far in this young season to date! And I must say, I am a bit surprised by it.

Los Angeles rebounds from their loss to Washington last week, to raise their record to 2-1, while the 49ers remain winless at 0-3, but easily put up their most impressive game this season, which has to give them some sort of a lift. 

One more thing: both teams wore their "color rush" uniforms. The Rams one was extremely bright, as they wore their older helmets, the ones that are dark blue with the bright yellow rams horns that they used to wear until after the Super Bowl season in 1999. San Francisco, by contrast, wore very dark uniforms, wearing black jerseys and pants. I prefer the Rams old look, the one that they wore up until that 1999 season, while the 49ers just look better with their traditional, standard uniforms.

Am I the only on getting a bit tired of these color rush uniforms? Seems like just another money making gimmick to me, a reason to try and sell more jerseys, these ones with a different feel. But there is nothing radically different about the NFL's self-serving greed over the years, is there?