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Kicking woes be damned, Justin Tucker ain’t worth it

The “Karty Party” has been a disaster for the Los Angeles Rams this season. There’s no easy fix to the team’s kicking woes, yet all I know is that signing Justin Tucker wouldn’t be the answer, or worth the hassle. Tucker is set to return from his 10-week suspension to begin the 2025 season, meaning […]

2 months ago | 3 reads

Rams CB Emmanuel Forbes Jr. turned his NFL career around with help from a special coach

Throughout the 2025 NFL season, SB Nation’s Doug Farrar will write about the game’s Secret Superstars — those players whose performances might slip under the radar for whatever reasons. In this installment, we focus on Los Angeles Rams cornerback Emmanuel Forbes Jr., who went from bust to ballhawk with his second NFL team, by way of some top-level […]

2 months ago | 2 reads

Week 11 NFL Picks: Will Rams seize NFC West control?

Week 10 featured six underdogs pulling off upsets – Miami, New York (AFC), Tampa Bay, New Orleans, Houston, and Philadelphia spoiled a lot of predictions. Week 11 has huge ramifications has it has a staggering 9 divisional games out of the 15 game slate. Division crowns won’t be won this week but a win can […]

2 months ago | 1 read

NFL will need to change its flex scheduling rules again

Somebody calls the Buccaneers because NFL piracy about to go wild this weekend. There’s nothing that the NFL can do about the fact that the biggest game of the week, Seattle Seahawks (7-2) at Los Angeles Rams (7-2), is just another ho-hum west coast afternoon game on FOX that won’t be broadcast in most places […]

2 months ago | 3 reads

Random Ramsdom: Cooper Kupp ‘didn’t die’ when he left L.A.

Cooper Kupp was very matter of fact when talking about taking on the Los Angeles Rams this week stating, “I didn’t die” as he responded to the idea of the team posting a tribute video for him. No, Kupp hasn’t died, but that doesn’t mean that many in L.A. aren’t forever grateful to one of […]

2 months ago | 0 reads

Who is the Rams’ MVP at the midseason point?

The Los Angeles Rams are at the midseason point, having played the first nine games of the season. With 17 games, there isn’t necessarily a defined midseason point. However, nine games in and before the Rams enter an important stretch seems like as good as a place as any to split the season. The awards […]

2 months ago | 1 read

Do Rams fans expect Stafford to retire if he wins it all?

Tom Brady recently told Matthew Stafford that he expects him to play for another eight seasons, matching the seven-time Super Bowl winners own absurd longevity when he retired at 45. Maybe that’s something that Stafford would consider and he’s playing as good as he ever has before, perhaps even better than he ever has before. […]

2 months ago | 2 reads

What grade would you give the Rams new uniforms?

The Los Angeles Rams are entering “midnight mode” this Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks. What grade would give the Rams black uniforms as they head into Week 11’s monumental matchup for the division lead between two 7-2 teams? As part of the NFL’s “rivalry uniform” series that started this season with eight teams, the Rams […]

2 months ago | 1 read

Random Ramsdom: New jerseys to debut Sunday

The Los Angeles Rams will be introducing new jersey’s this coming Sunday with their “Midnight Mode” version of their uniform. I am not here to say that I am going to rush out to buy a new piece of gear, but I am excited to see what everything looks like on the field. New uniforms […]

2 months ago | 1 read

Who will cover Jaxon Smith-Njigba?

This week’s game between the Rams and Seahawks will not only feature two of the leading candidates for MVP at quarterback, but also two of the leading candidates to win Offensive Player of the Year as a wide receiver. Seattle’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba has gained 1,041 yards in nine games, 210 more yards than second place […]

2 months ago | 3 reads

Rams-Seahawks is matchup between two juggernauts

The Los Angeles Rams are set to take on the Seattle Seahawks in Week 11 and it may be the most-anticipated game of the 2025 season up to this point. Over the past month, it feels as if these two teams were on a collision course and set to play each other in a heated […]

2 months ago | 2 reads

Rams can’t stop adding tight ends

The Rams signed tight end Nick Muse to the practice squad on Tuesday, giving Sean McVay yet another option at the position moving forward. Muse may only be on the practice squad right now but his addition to the roster in any capacity is interesting given that L.A. already has four notable tight ends on […]

2 months ago | 1 read

Rams Film Review: Is this the most complete McVay offense?

Throughout the Sean McVay era with the Los Angeles Rams, there have been several iterations of the offense. McVay took the league by storm in 2017 and 2018 with the usage of outside zone and play action passing off of that. When the NFL caught up, McVay developed a spread offense that lacked a running […]

2 months ago | 1 read

Who’s doing the work on the Rams defense?

After knocking off arch-nemesis, San Francisco 49ers, the now 7-2 Los Angeles Rams are rewarded with another NFC West face off. This coming Sunday, it’s the 7-2 Seattle Seahawks coming to SoFi Stadium for a battle culminating in league supremacy. Two weeks ago, during the bye week, I wrote about the Rams offense through the […]

2 months ago | 3 reads

Random Ramsdom: Who’s upset they have four tight ends now?

Going into the year, and maybe I am making this up, but I recall people saying (probably myself included) that the Los Angeles Rams had Tyler Higbee, Davis Allen, Colby Parkinson and rookie Terrance Ferguson, do they really need all those tight ends? Curious, who still think the Rams have too many tight ends? I […]

2 months ago | 1 read

PFF Grades: OL dominates 49ers as Rams get their revenge

Week 10 brought revenge served cold. The Los Angeles Rams got back at the San Francisco 49ers for stunning them at home. LA took a commanding lead early and never looked back. The defense did enough to get the job done—forcing two turnovers. There will be tougher days at the office when the offense doesn’t […]

2 months ago | 3 reads

Rams Rookie QB Watch: Mendoza has Heisman moment

The Los Angeles Rams now hold a top-10 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft as the Atlanta Falcons lost their fourth straight game. There is still a lot of uncertainty when it comes to which quarterbacks are going to declare for the 2026 NFL Draft. However, this past weekend was a good test when it […]

2 months ago | 3 reads

Rams have been unstoppable without Tutu Atwell

The argument for paying Tutu Atwell a guaranteed $10 million salary has taken its hardest hit yet and it’s not because of what the Rams are doing with him, but what they’re doing without him. Since Atwell tweaked his hamstring in Week 7 practice, the Rams have improved from ranking 16th in scoring at 23.3 […]

2 months ago | 2 reads

10 takeaways from Rams’ statement win over 49ers

The Los Angeles Rams avenged their Week 5 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in a big way in Week 10. After losing to the 49ers in overtime, the Rams controlled this meeting from start to finish, winning 42-26. The 16-point win against the 49ers ties their largest margin of victory in this rivalry during […]

2 months ago | 3 reads

Random Ramsdom: Harrison Mevis just went 6-6 on extra points

Going into this week for the Los Angeles Rams, it was a big deal who they would go with at their kicking position, and they went with Harrison Mevis over Joshua Karty and Mevis responded by going a perfect 6-6 on extra points. No drama at the kicking position for the Rams on Sunday, so […]

2 months ago | 2 reads

Rams crush the hopes of 49ers fans: ‘Severely out-coached’

The 49ers and their fans felt great about the team’s season after a surprising Week 5 win over the Rams, but that optimism was all but destroyed during L.A.‘s 42-26 revenge win on Sunday. That should force the Niners to look in the mirror and reconcile with the shortcomings of their roster. The Rams are […]

2 months ago | 3 reads

Rams-49ers: 5 plays that decided the outcome

The Los Angeles Rams left nothing to chance this time around when they faced off against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. The Rams (7-2) demolished the 49ers (6-4) behind another Matthew Stafford gem and a physical defensive effort. Rams legend summed it up perfectly in his postgame tweet… LA […]

2 months ago | 3 reads