I don't think we would have won anyway, but there were 3 or 4 plays that I think changed the game quite a bit:
1) The pretty ticky hands to the face call on Byron Jones, negating what would have been a punting situation, instead the Rams got a cheap 1st down on 3rd and 14 and scored a TD a few plays later.
2) Not completing that gimmee first down to Gallup on the final possession of the 1st half. We'd have easily been in FG range and Gallup might have even come close to scoring a TD himself.
3) The subsequent ridiculous sack ruling on the play Prescott got tangled up with Lael Collins.
3) The horrendous 4th and 1 play-call that resulted in Elliott getting stuffed to start the 4th quarter. It was still a game at 23-15 and we were driving.
4) The pretty obvious holding call that was ignored on Taco Charlton on the Rams 4th and goal TD to make it 30-15.
I kept thinking back to specifically to the "in the grasp" and the non-holding call on 97 as that, conservatively, took 3pts off the board for us (I think we were pretty close to FG range and this is of course assuming Maher makes the FG but we know 30-40yds is his kryptonite) and gave the Rams 7 (though I doubt 97 makes the play but still a blatant hold)
Thats 10pts though agree that we didn't play well enough v the run to win this thing
I'm still shocked, though I guess I shouldn't be, that we did dick to adjust to the run
The hands to the face was real, just stupid on 31 to do that...we needed to get off the field there...that put 7 on the board for them when maybe we could have held to 3 or 0
Despite being boat raced on the ground, it still seems that a few plays here or there would have changed the complexion of the game
