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Rams see Cardinals twice in final weeks of the season in addition to Lions, Seahawks, and Falcons
This is the final installment to our deep analysis of the Los Angeles Rams’ 2025 schedule.
The final weeks of the schedule bring a great deal of uncertainty to the table for Los Angeles. These opponents have a wide range of outcomes in the 2025 season, and ultimately they could play a significant role in shaping the Rams’ resume into a potential playoff run.
The Detroit Lions are frontrunners until they are not. While they remain one of the most talented rosters in football, it should not go without mention that they lost two of the best coordinators on their respective sides of the ball this offseason. Will there be an adjustment period similar to the 2023 Philadelphia Eagles, and will the Lions be able to right the ship early enough to stay atop the standings?
Then there are the Arizona Cardinals, Seahawks, and Atlanta Falcons. Fans of these teams are probably always optimistic, though outsiders likely have no idea how these franchises will fare in 2025.
Arizona finished 8-9 a year ago in their second rebuilding season under Jonathan Gannon. If the Cardinals are bound to take a next step, it makes sense that year three under the head coach would be time to do so. Kyler Murray is one of the most electric quarterbacks in all of football, and he’ll throw to a more experienced, prized prospect in Marvin Harrison, Jr.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Falcons win the NFC South division. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are solid and should be even better this year, but Michael Penix has the potential to be better even in his first full season starting. It’s also within the realm of possibility that Atlanta finishes among the worst teams in the NFL, of which the Rams stand to benefit by holding their first round pick in next year’s NFL Draft.
For Seattle, they are probably the least talented team in the NFC West. It’s a gamble to replace Geno Smith with Sam Darnold, and Darnold is almost certain to take a step back now that he doesn’t have the amazing supporting cast that helped him to a career breakthrough with the Minnesota Vikings. In all ways his situation will be worse with the Seahawks from pass catchers to the offensive line.
It was brutal for the Rams the last time they traveled to Arizona to play the Cardinals. They lost 10-41 and fell to 0-2 early last season.
Kyler Murray played one of the best quarterbacked games you will ever see. On the...
