PHILADELPHIA — Sometimes it is indeed darkest before dawn. It was for the Rams. It was Saquon Barkley who shut the lights, and it was the Rams who were able to turn them back on, which is why they are still alive and kicking and Sunday afternoon get another shot at Barkley and the Eagles in an NFC divisional playoff game at Lincoln Financial Field.

Sean McVay dissected the ways the Rams could potentially stop Saquon Barkley, only the ninth 2,000-yard rusher in NFL history, when he considered the consequences if they did not.

Saquon Barkley gave Los Angeles Rams rookie Jared Verse a word of caution over the latter’s declaration of hatred toward Philadelphia Eagles fans. Verse, who grew up in Pennsylvania, revealed earlier this week that he “hates” Eagles fans and called them “so annoying” to the point that simply seeing them makes the Rams linebacker upset.