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Two days before their divisional round playoff game against the Chicago Bears, Rams coaches are extremely busy interviewing for other jobs. Meanwhile the Bears coaches having nothing to distract them. Nobody is trying to poach from Ben Johnson’s staff this year. Compare that to Chris Shula, Nathan Sheelhaase, and Mike LaFleur. They have a combined […]
The Los Angeles Rams are favored on the road (for now) for the second week in a row in the playoffs, and that’s fairly remarkable. According to the information I’ll share below, it would be historic if the Rams can win their second away game in the playoffs while being favored by four or more […]
Buried in the Los Angeles Rams’ playoff win over the Carolina Panthers is one of the more positive developments for Sean McVay’s team: they possibly solved their recent tackling issue. At risk of sounding like a broken record, I have spent the last month documenting the Rams’ challenges in bringing ball carriers down: Dec 30: […]
Matthew Stafford went from not winning a single playoff game in more than a decade with the Detroit Lions to being known for playing his best ball when the postseason rolls around for the Los Angeles Rams. In Stafford’s first season in LA, he was amidst a slump over the second half of the year. […]
Temperature estimates for Sunday’s divisional playoff game between the Rams and Bears in Chicago are sitting around 20 degrees, leading to a snowball effect of opinions that the home team has an advantage. So why does history not support that theory whatsoever? Over the last 20 years, divisional round playoff games at 20 degrees or […]
The Los Angeles Rams started the season 9-2 before losing three of their final six games. After remaining relatively healthy for much of the season, injuries to Quentin Lake and Kevin Dotson created a speed bump in the middle of what was an otherwise strong season. It was the polar opposite from the last two […]
The #5 seed Los Angeles Rams (13-5) will travel to Soldier Field to face the #2 seed Chicago Bears (12-6) this upcoming Sunday for the opportunity to play in the NFC Championship Game. The Rams are currently road favorites (-3.5) but are 0-2 at Chicago during the Sean McVay era. LA will be getting some […]
The Rams are one win away from Sean McVay’s third NFC Championship appearance in nine seasons, they just need to get past a Bears team that has self-exposed quite a few flaws on both sides of the ball. Most people in the media are predicting that the Rams will beat the Bears. Some think that […]
Back in 2018, one of the more important football games of the modern era took place when the Los Angeles Rams took on the Chicago Bears. On that Sunday night, it was Sean McVay’s offense going up against Vic Fangio’s defense. The Rams had scored 30 or more points in 10 of their previous 12 […]
Just curious, do you know what the Los Angeles Rams win/loss record is against Caleb Williams? It’s 0-1. That’s right, Williams beat the Rams last year in his rookie season, and he’s 1-0 vs. the Rams, Matthew Stafford and Sean McVay. So, I ask, how do the Rams beat the Bears this weekend? If Williams […]
The Rams have been sliding backwards since they lost Kevin Dotson in the middle of their loss to the Seattle Seahawks, but Sean McVay is hopeful that the guard can return to action this Sunday against the Bears. McVay told reporters on Wednesday that Dotson intends to play, but he was listed as ‘limited’ for […]
A trip to the NFC Championship is on the line when the Los Angeles Rams take on the Chicago Bears in the Divisional Round. The Rams haven’t won at Soldier Field since 2003, and are 3-2 against the Bears under Sean McVay. Before both teams freeze their keisters off in the Windy City, I spoke […]
Now that we’re full-on into the playoffs, it’s time to stop looking in the rearview with our Secret Superstars series, and start looking forward to the next game with Postseason X-Factors. The principle is the same — using game tape and metrics to uncover those hidden gems for every team who are primed to bring […]
One of the primary talking points when it comes to the Los Angeles Rams playing the Chicago Bears on Sunday at Soldier Field is the weather. The Rams play in California while the Bears have played their last three home games in the cold. Matthew Stafford is 1-9 in cold, rainy, or snowy conditions since […]
With as good as the Rams offense and as bad as Bears defense has been this season, Sunday’s divisional round game could come down to the matchup between Matthew Stafford and Sean McVay against Chicago defensive coordinator Dennis Allen. Although he wasn’t directly involved in the play, will Allen remember the last time he faced […]
The Los Angeles Rams are set to play the Chicago Bears on Sunday in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs. While it should be a good matchup between two similarly skilled teams, it will also give the Rams an opportunity to right the wrongs of two of their losses this season. While the Rams […]
Wild card weekend did not disappoint for the first three games as the Rams-Panthers, Packers-Bears, Bills-Jaguars, and 49ers-Eagles all delivered one score games coming down to the final possession. The divisional round is now set with the Bills-Broncos and 49ers-Seahawks playing on Saturday. On Sunday, the Texans-Patriots and Rams-Bears will play for their opportunity to […]
It’s Hump Day, let’s have some fun, and a topic I thought would be fun would be: Should the Los Angeles Rams put Puka Nacua at cornerback? If you watched last week’s game against the Carolina Panthers, then you saw Matthew Stafford almost throw a second interception on the day, instead Nacua punched the ball […]
The Chicago Bears sent their division rival, the Green Bay Packers, home packing with a wildcard win. The victory came with a hefty price tag as the Bears lost two key starters in LB TJ Edwards and LT Ozzy Trapilo. These two injuries will loom large when Chicago hosts the Los Angeles Rams in the […]
A Cinderella story in Chicago? Probably not. This is the worst possible divisional round matchup for the Chicago Bears and the best possible divisional round matchup for the Los Angeles Rams. Only two teams have allowed 36 passing touchdowns this season. One of those teams has the second pick in the 2026 NFL Draft and […]
Prior to the Los Angeles Rams’ Week 16 game against the Seattle Seahawks, wide receiver Puka Nacua went on a controversial podcast. While the timing wasn’t great, what Nacua said was even worse. The Rams wide receiver implied that NFL referees make calls just to get shown on TV during games. On a livestream with […]
Following the NFL’s Wild Card Weekend, there has been a lot of discussion around fourth down decisions and teams opting not to ‘take the points’ and instead going for it in a big spot. That was the case for the Los Angeles Rams when they decided to go for it at the end of the […]
We don’t know exactly what the weather will be like when the Los Angeles Rams travel to face the Chicago Bears, but we should have a pretty good idea. It’s Chicago in January; it’s going to be frigid. Take away the temperature though, and consider this will be Matthew Stafford and Caleb Williams going at […]
The Rams traveled to Carolina to take on the NFC South-winning Panthers in the Wild Card Round, and after a 34-31 win, Los Angeles advances to the Divisional Round. The Rams were the third of three NFC West teams to land in the postseason this year, and for a stretch of the season, they looked […]
Can a number one pick take his team to the Super Bowl and still be considered a bust? Caleb Williams, the NFL’s least accurate quarterback of 2025 according to Next Gen Stats, is two wins away from seriously challenging that theory. Although Williams is the toast of the league this week because of a league-leading […]