We’re now down to the final four teams for this weekend’s AFC and NFC Championship Games with the Broncos and Patriots (AFC) and Seahawks and Rams (NFC) playing for the opportunity to represent their conferences in two weeks in Super Bowl LX in San Francisco. So, let’s jump right in and take a look at […]
Don’t take Sean McVay for granted, and don’t be fooled when McVay talks more about how HE needs to do a better job coaching, than he does specifying where some of his players likely let him down too. McVay is the “we not me” guy, but when it comes to taking blame, he publicly puts […]
In Today’s Links: our Seattle Seahawks have played D better against the Los Angeles Rams than one might recall, how the ‘Hawks can contain Puka Nacua, reasons why pundits are bullish on Sam Darnold, more on Rashid Shaheed and the impact Jay’s Jiants have made on our squad’s success, John Schneider finally gets his flowers […]
The Arizona Cardinals remain in the hunt for a new head coach. They began with a long list of names, and a few took jobs elsewhere or were not invited back for another interview. One of the names that remain is Mike LaFleur, the Los Angeles Rams’ offensive coordinator. He is fairly young at 38 […]
Sean McVay will coach in his third NFC Championship game with the Los Angeles Rams this upcoming weekend. He has already earned two Super Bowl berths since taking over as head coach in 2017 with a victory in 2021. From the turn of the millennium to 2016, the Rams made only a single Super Bowl […]
The Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams are fittingly playing for the NFC Championship Game on Sunday. In a year in which three NFC West teams made the playoffs with 12 wins, it felt inevitable that at least one would make it to Conference Championship weekend, and it’s appropriately the top two teams. This trilogy […]
The Seattle Seahawks are gearing up for their biggest game in a decade with lingering questions surrounding the roster, thanks to a lengthy injury report. All three of the Seahawks’ left tackles missed practice with lingering injuries for the second day in a row. Seattle’s head coach, Mike Macdonald, did give a favorable projection on […]
As a Chicago Bears fan, do you ever find yourself thinking, Man, life’s just so much better when the Bears are good? Well, that’s how the National Football League feels, too. The Bears are a ratings juggernaut even when they are in the midst of a down year, so it’s no surprise that with Chicago […]
For the third time in nine seasons as the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams, Sean McVay will be coaching in the NFC Championship. McVay and the Rams have been here before and this is a stage of the playoffs in which he’s never lost. His first win came with controversy as the Rams […]
The Bears’ season ended in heartbreak Sunday night, but the stage couldn’t have been any bigger.
According to numbers released by NBC Sports , the Chicago Bears’ divisional-round loss to the Los Angeles Rams delivered the most-watched NFL Divisional Playoff game in NBC Sports history, averaging 45.4 million viewers across NBC, Peacock, NBC Sports Digital platforms, and NFL Digital properties.
The thriller at Soldier Field only grew in audience as the night went on. Viewership increas...
And then, there were four. With the Divisional Round in the rearview, we have just four teams left in the NFL’s tournament to see who gets to play in Super Bowl LX on Sunday, February 8. The NFC Championship game is a particularly interesting pier-sixer in that it has two teams that have already faced […]
And then, there were four. With the Divisional Round in the rear view, we have just four teams left in the NFL’s tournament to see who gets to play in Super Bowl LX on Sunday, February 8. The NFC Championship game is a particularly interesting pier-sixer in that it has two teams that have already […]
The Rams hope to have both Byron Young and Quentin Lake available for Sunday’s NFC Championship game against the Seahawks, although both are dealing with health issues this week. Head coach Sean McVay told the media on Thursday that Lake, who has an illness, returned to practice, but Young won’t practice due to a knee […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ head coach search continues as a handful of names seem to pull away from the pack. The Steelers have had in-person interviews with Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores, Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver, and former Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy. Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator […]
Ok, I know it might not mean a whole lot in terms of where he plays next season, and pretty much everyone who watched it knew how special Caleb Williams’ TD pass to Cole Kmet was on Sunday night, but hearing Maxx Crosby get excited about it, well, got me excited too.
On his podcast, “ The Rush “, Crosby talked about the improbable TD pass from Williams to Kmet to tie the game with just seconds left in the 4th quarter of Sunday’s Divisional Round matchup with the Rams. Obviously, the Bears...
It’s only fitting that the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks are playing for the NFC Championship this year. Both games were among the best in the NFL this year. Both teams are 1 and 2 in DVOA. Both teams have been considered by the media to be the best. The Rams are battle tested […]
Survive and advance has been the Los Angeles Rams playoff mantra and the mystical potentialities are still in force. This Sunday it’s on to the NFC Championship and a third matchup of the season with the Seattle Seahawks. The game pits the League’s #1 offense (L.A.) against the #1 defense (Seattle). While the Seahawks have […]
The Seahawks arrive at the NFC Championship riding their most complete performance of the season. The Divisional Round tape against the San Francisco 49ers showed a defense capable of controlling games through structure, discipline, and communication, paired with an offense that dictated terms early and finished drives. But there is an important and uncomfortable reminder […]
The Los Angeles Rams may not beat the Chicago Bears in the NFC divisional round of the playoffs without the key contributions of second-year linebacker Omar Speights. Speights’ standout play last weekend was an important fourth down stop at the goal line to slow Chicago’s comeback attempt. He stepped in front of a Caleb Williams […]
In Today’s Links: Sunday’s score is likely to be closer than last Saturday’s, areas of weakness in the Los Angeles Rams’ O, Coach Macdonald highlights togetherness that our Seattle Seahawks forged this offseason (and a bit earlier, as well), injury updates and the most up-to-date status on the left side of our squads’ O-line, Derick […]
It’s Thursday, we’re closer to the AFC and NFC Championships then we have been all season, and I still see people talking about last week’s Divisional Round games (for good and fair reason!), and some pivotal/controversial plays which helped to decide the contests. For the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Rams, there were two […]
The NFL playoff field is down to just four teams. In the AFC, the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos will fight for a spot in the Super Bowl. While in the NFC, it’s between the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams. With no NFC North rival team to root against, Detroit Lions fans no […]
Only one of the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks can earn a trip to the Super Bowl out of the NFC. Whichever team claims victory on Sunday evening is likely to become the presumed favorite over the entrant from the AFC conference—either the Denver Broncos or the New England Patriots. As of today, these […]
The Seattle Seahawks have a very lengthy initial injury report for their NFC Championship tilt against the Los Angeles Rams. Not one, not two, but three Seahawks left tackles didn’t practice on Wednesday. Charles Cross, described as “day-to-day” by head coach Mike Macdonald due to a foot injury, was a DNP. Josh Jones, who didn’t […]
Tom Brady posted his top-10 throws of the NFL season and broke down what made each pass so special, including several by Matthew Stafford. In fact, Brady also said that the best throw of his career came against the Rams in the 2021 playoffs, a deep shot bomb to Mike Evans for a touchdown over […]