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We will officially watch the Los Angeles Rams in the 2025 postseason. They secured a berth with their 41-34 victory over the Detroit Lions in Week 15. It remains to be seen whether LA can lock up either the NFC West or first place in the NFC conference. With three games remaining—including a highly anticipated Thursday Night Football matchup against the Seattle Seahawks—it’s going to come down to the wire.
Let’s dive into the Pro Football Focus (PFF) grades from Week 15 and assess who stood out on an individual level:
This was somehow Nacua’s second-straight game with a 95+ grade. He earned the highest PFF game grade ever for a receiver last week against the Cardinals.
Nacua caught nine of 11 targets for 181 yards. He averaged over 20 yards per reception. 58 of his yards came after the catch point, which would rank third in overall receiving yards on the team behind Colby Parkinson (75) and Davante Adams (71).
One major question mark for the Rams offense is who steps up as the third pass catching option behind Nacua and Adams. It took time for us to get our answer, but Parkinson is emerging as this player following Tyler Higbee’s extended absence. Parkinson was regarded as a failed free agent signing from a year ago; however, now it is becoming more difficult imagining him playing elsewhere in 2026. He could enter training camp as LA’s number one tight end.
Parkinson caught two touchdowns from Matthew Stafford and is on a hot streak over the last month.
Blake Corum and Kyren Williams combined for 149 rushing yards against a top 10 run defense. LA’s use of heavier personnel is giving defenses fits, and the five starting offensive linemen are creating running lanes. Both Williams and Corum had runs of at least 15 yards and the Rams averaged over five yards per carry on the day with three scores. Doston was dominant.
Adams has battled a hamstring injury and missed practice time over the last two weeks. He re-aggravated that injury running deep downfield Sunday, and now he is likely to miss this Thursday’s game against Seattle.
The Rams need Adams healthy for the playoffs.
One of the biggest surprises of the 2025 season for the Rams is RT Warren McClendon, who took the job over from Rob Havenstein and hasn’t looked back. McClendon drew an immensely difficult matchup in Aidan Hutchinson (although not for the entire game) and allowed only a single pressure in pass protection. Hutchinson finished with five pressures, meaning four came against others.
McClendon earned a run blocking grade of 84.2 and led the team.
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