{"id":658685,"date":"2026-01-06T15:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/658685\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:02:11","slug":"random-ramsdom-still-upset-about-no-1-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/658685\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Ramsdom: Still upset about no 1-seed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Los Angeles Rams had a real chance at the 1-seed had they taken care of their own business, but that\u2019s not exactly what happened. Instead, the Rams lost their chance at the 1-seed in the backend of the season, will the fans forgive them for this blunder? Do you forgive them for this blunder?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 1-seed is nice and all, no doubt about it. However, if a team get the 1-seed then loses in their first game after the bye week, then what good was the 1-seed?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It won\u2019t be easy, but the Rams have a chance to beat the Carolina Panthers in the playoffs and go from there. If L.A. goes on a run, then the 1-seed won\u2019t seem as important, if the Rams lose to the Panthers, then people will be able to look back and say the Rams lost the 1-seed, and it cost them their season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">We won\u2019t know what happens until it happens, so we\u2019ll have to wait and see.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In the meantime, enjoy this week, it could be the Rams last game of the season on Saturday, so enjoy it, and thank you for checking out Turf Show Times!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe 1:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time game will be a rematch of the Panthers\u2019 31-28 victory Nov. 30 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina in a game in which the Rams drove to Carolina\u2019s 17-yard line with 2:34 to play but their hopes of a comeback ended when quarterback Matthew Stafford was sacked by Derrick Brown, who forced a fumble which was recovered by Panthers\u2019 outside linebacker D.J. Wonnum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> ended the 2025 regular season on a high note <a href=\"https:\/\/theramswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/rams\/2026\/01\/04\/rams-sean-mcvay-cardinals-speech-locker-room-game-ball\/88024261007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with a 37-20 win<\/a> over the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a> on Sunday afternoon. The game was close for three quarters but the Rams pulled away in the fourth and put their opponent away with three straight touchdown drives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/premium.pff.com\/nfl\/games\/2025\/18\/los-angeles-rams\/defense\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pro Football Focus handed out grades<\/a> for all players who took the field, and we sorted them by best and worst (min. 10 snaps). The offense had a bunch of standout players, as did the defense, but there were some starters who still must improve.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cParkinson is one of several tight ends who have been hot in the red zone. Earlier this season, Rams head coach Sean McVay spoke to the group\u2019s effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI think overall execution,\u201d stated McVay. \u201cI think Matthew\u2019s done a great job and then I think their ability to be able to contribute in both phases. You can create some run-pass conflicts. The players deserve a ton of credit. Whether it\u2019s [Tight End] Tyler Higbee, [Tight End] Colby Parkinson, [Tight End] Davis Allen, it\u2019s cool to see [Tight End] Terrance Ferguson make some plays the other night.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Rams had a real chance at the 1-seed had they taken care of their own&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,4200,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-658685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-los-angeles","10":"tag-los-angeles-rams","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams-news","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangelesrams","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115848764059420606","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}