Jan. 28, 2026, 8:36 a.m. PT
It’s hard for a team to feel anything except despondent after a devastating end-of-season playoff loss, and that’s exactly how the Los Angeles Rams feel following the NFC championship defeat at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks.
ESPN NFL insider Peter Schrager, who is relatively tapped into the Rams’ organization, reported that the franchise is “down pretty low. Even 48 hours after that game. From top to bottom.”
“They were convinced they were a Super Bowl team,” Schrager said. “Knowing Sean McVay very well—they’re down big right now. They’re feeling it. All of them. And that’s all the coaches and all them. But knowing McVay, how much he puts into it, how much he invests, and how much he wants this for all of those players and for all of those people. He looks at it as this is his baby. It didn’t happen. And it didn’t happen in a year where they thought it would.”
And while most teams are setting their sights on free agency and the 2026 NFL draft, Schrager said the Rams aren’t ready to focus on their future just yet because they haven’t recovered from losing to the Seahawks.
“They’re not even close to turning the page [to the offseason]. And they’re not even close to going down those paths yet,” Schrager added. “They’re broken over there in LA right now. And it’s their hearts. It’s their spirits. It’s everything.”
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This isn’t terribly surprising to hear, given the timeliness of the loss. But time heals all wounds. The positives from the 2025 season are clear, too: Matthew Stafford is still an MVP-caliber quarterback, the offense is hard to beat when playing at full strength and the defense is only a few pieces away from being truly dominant.
But for now, the Rams are retreating into themselves before fully evaluating what comes next in 2026.
