Sean McVay Assigns Blame for Kyren Williams’ Fumble After Admitting Rams’ Regret

A few feet from the end zone, the ball was out. Kyren Williams, once the hero of the comeback, suddenly found himself on the wrong side of the highlight reel. And just like that, a game the Rams had clawed their way back into evaporated.

In the fluorescent hum of the post-game presser, Sean McVay didn’t duck or deflect. Asked about the fourth-down call that led to the fumble, he offered no coach-speak. “It was a bad call,” McVay said, the words hanging in the air. “It was a bad call by me.” It wasn’t just an admission; it was a confession. He said he wished he’d sent the kicking unit out, that instead, he put his players in a “shitty” spot. And that one spot, that one yard, is where this 23-20 loss to a battered 49ers squad will live in his memory.

The call was a vote of confidence in Williams, who had been cooking with 2 touchdown catches that night. It was trust in an offense that had just dragged the Rams back from a 17-7 halftime deficit. But instead of a game-winning plunge, the 49ers’ second-round rookie Alfred Collins played spoiler, punching the ball loose right at the goal line. Turnover.

A drive that should’ve ended with, at worst, a chip-shot field goal to take the lead, ended with the Niners taking over at their own one-yard line. It was the kind of gut-punch mistake a team can’t make against a rival—no matter how many of their starters are sitting in street clothes.

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