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If you like your Thursday nights with a side of chaos, SoFi served it up piping hot. San Francisco jumped out 14-0 behind Mac Jones carving early and a goal-line flip to Jake Tonges before the Rams countered with Puka Nacua and a heavy dose of Kyren Williams. The fourth quarter was pure vertigo: Eddy Piñeiro drilled a cold-blooded 59-yarder, Williams put the ball on the paint and lost it, and rookie Joshua Karty coolly knotted it at 23 with six ticks left. Then OT hit, Piñeiro banged another, and the Niners slammed the door, 26–23. (espn.com)

Overtime even started weird, with L.A. flagged for a short-landing-zone kickoff — a byproduct of the league’s new hybrid kickoff, which spotlights a defined “landing zone” and punishes kicks that don’t find it. Welcome to 2025 football, where special teams are back in style. (nfl.com)

In the trenches of this one, Jones was poised and precise: 33/49, 342 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT. Kendrick Bourne was his security blanket and his flamethrower all at once, racking up 10 catches for 142 yards, while Christian McCaffrey did the two-way thing — 82 receiving yards and a TD, plus tough yardage on the ground. The Rams kept swinging with Matthew Stafford dealing for 389 yards and 3 TDs, a red-zone bully stretch from Williams (8 grabs, 66 yards, 2 TDs) and chunk shots to Nacua (10 for 85 and a score) and Tutu Atwell — but one blocked PAT and that goal-line fumble were the kind of razor’s-edge moments that separate “almost” from “oh no.”

Big Dill of the Game: Eddy Piñeiro — the man with the nerve. A bomb from 59 to seize control, the 41-yarder in OT to cash the check, and all the swagger a road team needs under the dome lights. That’s clutch currency, folks. Until next time, I’m Dillon “Big Dill” Smith, and this has been Big Dill Sports — where ballin’ is a big dill.