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The Los Angeles Rams' road to Super Bowl LVI goes through Raymond James Stadium, where the defending champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers await on Sunday afternoon. The Bucs, led by the ageless wonder Tom Brady and Head Coach Bruce Arians prepare for their second straight divisional round game since pairing up in 2020. This is the first matchup between the two squads since the Rams dominant 34-24 victory over the Bucs this season. On the other side is Rams Head Coach Sean McVay, coaching in his third divisional round game in four years with quarterback Matthew Stafford, who'll be making his first ever start in the second round of the playoffs in his career. Stafford is coming off of a nice, yet quiet performance in the 34-11 wildcard round win over the Arizona Cardinals. The vet completed 13 passes for 202 yards on just 17 total attempts against AZ, his fewest pass attempts ever in a victory in his NFL career. In his late season efforts, the QB has established a connection with wideo...

The Los Angeles Rams are coasting onto the divisional round for the second consecutive season, after a thorough thrashing of QB Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals. In notching his first ever playoff win after going 0-3 with the Detroit Lions, QB Matthew Stafford had an incredibly tight performance on Monday. Stafford completed 13 passes on a mere 17 attempts for 202 yards and 2 touchdowns and finished the game with a career best 154.5 passer rating. Stafford would also nab a rushing touchdown on a goal line sneak play. One of the QB's passing scores would go to receiver Odell Beckham Jr., whose role has grown exponentially since being picked up by the Rams in November. OBJ's six touchdown total as a Ram is just one away from eclipsing his total as a Cleveland Brown, which was 7 in his two years as a Brown. Cooper Kupp would, of course, make his presence felt in this game as he grabbed the other Stafford touchdown toss. The defense played an absolute flawless game. Linemen A...

Sunday's 27-24 overtime loss against the San Francisco 49ers marked the 6th straight defeat at the hands of Head Coach Kyle Shanahan and division rival Niners. It ultimately would knock the Rams down to the 4 seed in the NFC playoff picture when the Rams could've achieved the 2 seed and ultimately a home field advantage through the entire playoffs, unless they had to face the 1 seed in the Green Bay Packers. It was a frustrating outcome to close out the 2021 regular season for Head Coach Sean McVay and the Rams. Up 17-0 against the downtrodden Niners late in the second half, it seemed almost guaranteed that L.A. would get over the insurmountable hump against San Francisco, break a 5 game losing streak and send their NFC West foe back to the Bay with expired playoff hopes. Instead, a single play call made by McVay in the second quarter would shift momentum for the rest of the game. With 51 seconds left, on a 3rd and 1 on their own 42 yardline, McVay elected to go empty set and a...

It was a massive spot to get right for the Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night Football in week 14. In a divisional matchup in which the Cardinals totally dismantled L.A. in an earlier meeting this season, the Rams did everything to correct those mistakes that costed them in week 4 and ultimately played one of their cleanest games of the entire year. It was a game in which the defense set the tone early. Defensive tackle Aaron Donald pushes a Cardinals offensive lineman all the way into AZ QB Kyler Murray's face for the sack. It was an outstanding precedent set and a way to show that this game would not at all go the way the last one would. The Rams defense would account for four sacks, three of them coming from Donald who got one on the first play from scrimmage and the last one, as well. Murray would be picked off twice by Rams linebackers Ernest Jones and Leonard Floyd. It was a total statement by the Rams defense in coming out and holding one of the hottest quarterbacks in the lea...

The Los Angeles Rams are back in the win column for the first time in over a month. After a gauntlet of some very decisive losses to some of the toughest competition in the NFL, the Rams regroup after beating up on lost Jags team that's basically begging for the offseason to stop the bleeding. Simply put: Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford made it a point to get back on track after three straight games with pix-sixes. He would throw for 295 yards in this game and toss 3 touchdowns while accomplishing zero turnovers. It was a big spot for Stafford to show he can get right and put up a lot of points against a bad team. Now that the Rams showed that they can beat up on Jacksonville in all three phases, the best team in the NFL looms in the Arizona Cardinals on Monday Night Football. Looking Ahead The Rams start a five game gauntlet to close out the 2021 season with a Monday night matchup at State Farm Stadium against the Cardinals. Arizona is without a doubt the hottest team in the NFL...

The Los Angeles Rams have imploded after losing every single contest in the month of November. After back to back losses to the Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers, the Rams headed into their bye week to regroup before a possible NFC playoff preview matchup with the Green Bay Packers. The bye didn't prove to be fruitful for L.A. whatsoever as they arrived at Lambeau Field and looked just as lost as they did the weeks prior.  Green Bay simply overpowered the Rams on Sunday. It was a game-plan drawn up by Head Coach, Matt LaFleur; perfectly executed by possible MVP repeat candidate, quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The Rams were once again outmuscled and outsmarted in all 3 phases.  The offense is absolutely unable to sustain any sort of momentum on drives, thus drives ending in devastating 3 and outs. The Rams offense was 4-13 on 3rd down and 0-1 on 4th down. The desperate 4th down play was ran on the Rams own 20 yard line, a bizarre yet telling mindset of Head Coach, Sean McVay...