The utter improbability of what Baker Mayfield did for the Los Angeles Rams, and to the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday night really can’t be overstated. The Rams signed Mayfield on Tuesday to shore up their banged-up quarterback room, and as losers of six straight games, you didn’t really expect them to drive 98 yards downfield, with no time outs, in a hostile environment (L.A.’s SoFi Stadium was packed with Raiders fans), and with a quarterback who had one practice with his new team to travel that length to win the game.
But of course, that’s exactly what happened. Raiders punter AJ Cole III put the Rams at their own two-yard line with two minutes left in the game, up 16-10, and that was that, for all intents and purposes.
