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Bill Plaschke: Rams' offense is a revelation, and so is their will to survive

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - They tried to give it away, but couldn't.

They did everything humanly possible to blow it, except blow it.

On a nutty night at Levi's Stadium on Thursday, these new Rams backed up the precipice of 2016, stared over their shoulders into its flaming abyss, and ... survived?

Yeah, survived, won, barely, ugh, wow, beating the San Francisco 49ers 41-39 after nearly squandering a 15-point lead during a fourth quarter that nearly worried their young head coach out of his fancy haircut.

"Anybody got a beer?" asked an exhausted Sean McVay.

Anybody got some

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