NFL-The Super Bowl is coming to LA, and neither home team is likely to make the party
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES, Oct 19 (Reuters) Los Angeles will host the Super Bowl in February, and at this rate, neither of the city s NFL teams will be there unless they buy a ticket like everyone else. The Rams and Chargers began the season with big expectations. Through the first third of the campaign, both have tripped over them. The Rams, a popular pick to win the Lombardi Trophy, fell to 2-4 on Sunday with an 18-16 home loss to the Arizona Cardinals. Kicker Chad Ryland was the only Cardinal who needed to show up. He made all six of his field goal attempts and scored every one of Arizona s points. There s nothing positive that I can say, Rams coach Sean McVay said. It s a steep fall for a team that won the title after the 2021 season, when the Super Bowl was also played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Hopes rose even higher when the Rams added defensive end Myles Garrett and talked Aaron Donald out of retirement in the offseason. On paper, that looked like a