The last time the Los Angeles Rams faced a team in desperate need of a signature win, they lost. It happened three days ago. Not only were the Carolina Panthers flirting with their first playoff appearance since 2017 going into last week’s 31-28 win over the Rams, but also Bryce Young had never beaten a team as good as L.A. in his life. Young is teetering on the brink of a career on the bench, so I don’t care if he’s played in a national championship game because now he’s in the NFL and Week 13 was the biggest game...

The Los Angeles Rams have had one of the most successful rushing offenses in the NFL this season. Behind Kyren Williams and Blake Corum, the Rams finally have a balanced run game with versatility. That balance in usage and versatility is something that the Rams haven’t had in any season under head coach Sean McVay.

This season, the Rams rank third in rushing DVOA on offense and fourth in rushing success rate. Their 0.7 rushing yards over expected per attempt is fifth. While the success has been impressive, it’s been the balance between Williams and Corum that has stood out....

After beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday Night Football in Week 12, the Los Angeles Rams took over as the No. 1 seed in the NFC. That lasted all of one week as following the Week 13 loss to the Carolina Panthers, the Rams no longer control their own destiny. With the loss, the Chicago Bears took over as the No. 1 seed in the NFC and the Rams’ margin for error got a lot smaller.

Had the Rams simply beaten the teams they were supposed to, while splitting with the Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions, they would have...

All season long, we’ve been tracking fan confidence in the L.A. Rams during a year in which the team has plenty to be proud about. The Rams lost to the Carolina Panthers this week, but continue to hold the lead in the NFC West and they might be right back in place for the 1-seed by the end of the weekend.

Has this loss to the Panthers tarnished your belief in the L.A. Rams? Just a week ago, fan confidence was at a season-best 99% after winning six in a row. Now the Rams have lost for just the third...

The Los Angeles Rams were looked at as perhaps the best team in the NFL while they were on their six-game win streak, but after losing to the Carolina Panthers this past Sunday, that’s not likely to the be case as L.A. should fall in many power rankings, and in the mind’s eye of those who follow football. Do you think the Rams are still the best team in the NFC and or NFL even after Sunday’s defeat?

Of course, it’s subjective, so some/many could still believe this team is the best in the NFL.

For specific fans, and those...

For the first time in his career, Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford is a front-runner for the NFL’s MVP award. Throughout his career, Stafford has just one top-10 vote for MVP, and that came in 2023. Stafford has been unbelievable for most of this season. He has 32 touchdowns to four interceptions and has led the Rams to a 9-3 record. The Rams quarterback just broke the record for most touchdown passes between interceptions at 28.

However, Stafford has played two of his worst games of the season over the last three weeks. He threw for just 130 yards...

For the first time in two months, the Los Angeles Rams looked vulnerable against the Carolina Panthers. After winning by an average of 18.5 points over the last six weeks, the Rams had a clunker in Week 13. The Panthers had scored fewer than 17 points in five of their last six games. Against teams with winning records, they struggled to remain competitive. Yet, somehow, the Rams lost.

It was a reminder, the same one that the Rams experienced in Week 5, that you must be ready to play to expect to win. It was a reminder that it takes...

Emmanuel Forbes played a significant role in the Los Angeles Rams’ Week 13 loss to the Carolina Panthers. He allowed two long touchdowns each on fourth down, including the game-winning score from Bryce Young to Tetairoa McMillan.

But Forbes is being maligned maybe too much. A rewatch of the final touchdown of the game shows how the Panthers:

1. Won in pass protection
2. Forced favorable coverage matchups
3. Were on the receiving end of a great throw from Bryce Young

Let’s break it down one-by-one:

1 – Panthers win in pass protection

Braden Fiske was the only Ram...

Sean McVay’s coaching tree, the technically accurate one and not the “let’s argue over semantics” version, currently stands at 5 teams, three of which are 4-8. Will this be the first time during McVay’s tenure as a head coach that the tree gets significantly pruned? More relevant to McVay and the Rams right now, if you cut one branch off does another one just pop right back into its place?

Could Aubrey Pleasant get a head coaching job before Chris Shula?

First, the latest on every coach who worked for the Rams under McVay prior to being hired as a...

The Los Angeles Rams are still in a fine spot despite losing to the Carolina Panthers this past Sunday. L.A. still has nine wins with the remainder of the season ahead of them, and the chance to win the NFC West if not more.

Matthew Stafford had three turnovers his past game, but he’s been playing great most of the year, so if he cuts down on the turnovers going forward (as he has for most of the season), then the team’s best days should still be ahead of them. Does that expectation seem unfair?

Losing is unfortunate, but it...

For a long time, the story around Matthew Stafford’s Pro Bowl history has been that there isn’t one. A quarterback who some are saying belongs in the Hall of Fame, Stafford has only been named to the Pro Bowl twice in the first 16 seasons of his career. Agree with that or not, think the Pro Bowl is “dumb” or not, you can’t deny that it’s an incredible stat: 2 career Pro Bowls for a quarterback who many believe belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Stafford is guaranteed to get his third career Pro Bowl nod in 2025...

The college football regular season has officially come to a close. Next week is conference championships followed by the College Football Playoffs. When it comes to the regular season, the 2026 quarterback class had mixed reviews. While it was supposed to be one of the better classes in recent memory, many of the players expected to be at the top had disappointing seasons. Still, that doesn’t mean that this class is bad. That also doesn’t mean that there aren’t good quarterbacks in this class.

With the Rams having two first-round picks in April and Matthew Stafford at 37 years old,...