Saturday the Seattle Seahawks will host the Los Angeles Rams at Lumen Field in the NFC Championship Game in an atmosphere that is likely to be the most electric most fans and players have experienced. The contest between the two division rivals will not only decide the season series after the team split the two […]
From Field Gulls
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The Los Angeles Rams are back in the NFC Championship game after a three-year hiatus. Standing in their way are the Seattle Seahawks and this is a matchup that has always felt inevitable. These are two teams that have been on another level all season. The stakes in the two regular season matchups were high […]
From Turf Show Times
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After cruising past the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Divisional Round, the Seattle Seahawks are set for their biggest game in more than a decade against the Los Angeles Rams with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line. Much has been, and will continue to be, made about the stars the Seahawks […]
From Field Gulls
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We’re now down to the final four teams for this weekend’s AFC and NFC Championship Games with the Broncos and Patriots (AFC) and Seahawks and Rams (NFC) playing for the opportunity to represent their conferences in two weeks in Super Bowl LX in San Francisco. So, let’s jump right in and take a look at […]
From Canal Street Chronicles
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Don’t take Sean McVay for granted, and don’t be fooled when McVay talks more about how HE needs to do a better job coaching, than he does specifying where some of his players likely let him down too. McVay is the “we not me” guy, but when it comes to taking blame, he publicly puts […]
From Turf Show Times
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In Today’s Links: our Seattle Seahawks have played D better against the Los Angeles Rams than one might recall, how the ‘Hawks can contain Puka Nacua, reasons why pundits are bullish on Sam Darnold, more on Rashid Shaheed and the impact Jay’s Jiants have made on our squad’s success, John Schneider finally gets his flowers […]
From Field Gulls
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The Arizona Cardinals remain in the hunt for a new head coach. They began with a long list of names, and a few took jobs elsewhere or were not invited back for another interview. One of the names that remain is Mike LaFleur, the Los Angeles Rams’ offensive coordinator. He is fairly young at 38 […]
From Revenge of the Birds
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Sean McVay will coach in his third NFC Championship game with the Los Angeles Rams this upcoming weekend. He has already earned two Super Bowl berths since taking over as head coach in 2017 with a victory in 2021. From the turn of the millennium to 2016, the Rams made only a single Super Bowl […]
From Turf Show Times
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The Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams are fittingly playing for the NFC Championship Game on Sunday. In a year in which three NFC West teams made the playoffs with 12 wins, it felt inevitable that at least one would make it to Conference Championship weekend, and it’s appropriately the top two teams. This trilogy […]
From Field Gulls
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The Seattle Seahawks are gearing up for their biggest game in a decade with lingering questions surrounding the roster, thanks to a lengthy injury report. All three of the Seahawks’ left tackles missed practice with lingering injuries for the second day in a row. Seattle’s head coach, Mike Macdonald, did give a favorable projection on […]
From Field Gulls
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As a Chicago Bears fan, do you ever find yourself thinking, Man, life’s just so much better when the Bears are good? Well, that’s how the National Football League feels, too. The Bears are a ratings juggernaut even when they are in the midst of a down year, so it’s no surprise that with Chicago […]
From Windy City Gridiron
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For the third time in nine seasons as the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams, Sean McVay will be coaching in the NFC Championship. McVay and the Rams have been here before and this is a stage of the playoffs in which he’s never lost. His first win came with controversy as the Rams […]
From Turf Show Times
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The Bears’ season ended in heartbreak Sunday night, but the stage couldn’t have been any bigger.
According to numbers released by NBC Sports , the Chicago Bears’ divisional-round loss to the Los Angeles Rams delivered the most-watched NFL Divisional Playoff game in NBC Sports history, averaging 45.4 million viewers across NBC, Peacock, NBC Sports Digital platforms, and NFL Digital properties.
The thriller at Soldier Field only grew in audience as the night went on. Viewership increas...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession
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And then, there were four. With the Divisional Round in the rearview, we have just four teams left in the NFL’s tournament to see who gets to play in Super Bowl LX on Sunday, February 8. The NFC Championship game is a particularly interesting pier-sixer in that it has two teams that have already faced […]
From Turf Show Times
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And then, there were four. With the Divisional Round in the rear view, we have just four teams left in the NFL’s tournament to see who gets to play in Super Bowl LX on Sunday, February 8. The NFC Championship game is a particularly interesting pier-sixer in that it has two teams that have already […]
From Field Gulls
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The Rams hope to have both Byron Young and Quentin Lake available for Sunday’s NFC Championship game against the Seahawks, although both are dealing with health issues this week. Head coach Sean McVay told the media on Thursday that Lake, who has an illness, returned to practice, but Young won’t practice due to a knee […]
From Turf Show Times
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The Pittsburgh Steelers’ head coach search continues as a handful of names seem to pull away from the pack. The Steelers have had in-person interviews with Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores, Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver, and former Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy. Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator […]
From Behind the Steel Curtain
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Ok, I know it might not mean a whole lot in terms of where he plays next season, and pretty much everyone who watched it knew how special Caleb Williams’ TD pass to Cole Kmet was on Sunday night, but hearing Maxx Crosby get excited about it, well, got me excited too.
On his podcast, “ The Rush “, Crosby talked about the improbable TD pass from Williams to Kmet to tie the game with just seconds left in the 4th quarter of Sunday’s Divisional Round matchup with the Rams. Obviously, the Bears...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession
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It’s only fitting that the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks are playing for the NFC Championship this year. Both games were among the best in the NFL this year. Both teams are 1 and 2 in DVOA. Both teams have been considered by the media to be the best. The Rams are battle tested […]
From Turf Show Times
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Survive and advance has been the Los Angeles Rams playoff mantra and the mystical potentialities are still in force. This Sunday it’s on to the NFC Championship and a third matchup of the season with the Seattle Seahawks. The game pits the League’s #1 offense (L.A.) against the #1 defense (Seattle). While the Seahawks have […]
From Turf Show Times
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The Seahawks arrive at the NFC Championship riding their most complete performance of the season. The Divisional Round tape against the San Francisco 49ers showed a defense capable of controlling games through structure, discipline, and communication, paired with an offense that dictated terms early and finished drives. But there is an important and uncomfortable reminder […]
From Field Gulls
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The Los Angeles Rams may not beat the Chicago Bears in the NFC divisional round of the playoffs without the key contributions of second-year linebacker Omar Speights. Speights’ standout play last weekend was an important fourth down stop at the goal line to slow Chicago’s comeback attempt. He stepped in front of a Caleb Williams […]
From Turf Show Times
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In Today’s Links: Sunday’s score is likely to be closer than last Saturday’s, areas of weakness in the Los Angeles Rams’ O, Coach Macdonald highlights togetherness that our Seattle Seahawks forged this offseason (and a bit earlier, as well), injury updates and the most up-to-date status on the left side of our squads’ O-line, Derick […]
From Field Gulls
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It’s Thursday, we’re closer to the AFC and NFC Championships then we have been all season, and I still see people talking about last week’s Divisional Round games (for good and fair reason!), and some pivotal/controversial plays which helped to decide the contests. For the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Rams, there were two […]
From Turf Show Times
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The NFL playoff field is down to just four teams. In the AFC, the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos will fight for a spot in the Super Bowl. While in the NFC, it’s between the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams. With no NFC North rival team to root against, Detroit Lions fans no […]
From Pride Of Detroit
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