{"id":693982,"date":"2026-01-21T15:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/693982\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:07:13","slug":"l-a-rams-news-former-nfc-west-coach-picks-them-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/693982\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Rams News: Former NFC West coach picks them to win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Los Angeles Rams are being picked by Bruce Arians to win the Super Bowl. Arians coached against the Rams many a time, and perhaps most notably when he was the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, of course he also had some epic matches against Sean McVay and the Rams when he was with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Will the Rams actually win it all? I don\u2019t know, but Arians thinks so, and I thought that was interesting because I think he is being genuine, so when he speaks praise on these Rams I am taking it seriously and I hope he is right.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Sunday\u2019s game is coming, oh, it\u2019s coming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Please comment on whatever you want 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\">\u201cBruce Arians, who coached the Arizona Cardinals before he won a Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, told ESPN\u2019s Pat McAfee that he thinks the Rams will beat the Seahawks and take down whichever team comes out of the AFC this year. He noted that his Buccaneers squad that won it all in 2020 was a wild-card team, just like the Rams in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI\u2019ve been on two wild-card teams that got on a roll. And once you get on that roll, the noise doesn\u2019t bother you anymore. You\u2019ve got that invincibility feeling about you,\u201d Arians said. \u201cSeattle is a hard, hard place to go play, but the Rams have been there and done that. And I just see them doing it. I think they will beat anyone coming out of the AFC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cMatthew Stafford has quietly turned the postseason into familiar territory. With his second game-winning drive of this playoff run, Stafford reached 55 for his career, tying Drew Brees and Ben Roethlisberger for the second-most all-time when including postseason play. One more would move him even closer to the top of a list that defines quarterback longevity and clutch performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Stafford also tied Eli Manning with five career postseason game-winning drives, third-most in NFL history, while passing Steve Young for 19th on the all-time postseason passing yards list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Against Philadelphia, the numbers keep stacking up:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For a quarterback whose career has often been defined by circumstance, the Rams have given Stafford a stage where his r\u00e9sum\u00e9 keeps growing louder.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Rams are being picked by Bruce Arians to win the Super Bowl. 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