{"id":703620,"date":"2026-01-25T09:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/703620\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T09:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:42:17","slug":"matt-hasselbeck-says-rams-vs-seahawks-is-unofficial-super-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/703620\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Hasselbeck Says Rams Vs. Seahawks Is Unofficial Super Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Matt Hasselbeck<br \/>\n                          NFC Title Game Is Real Super Bowl<br \/>\n                          &#8230; &#8216;The Two Best Teams In The NFL&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              January 25, 2026<br \/>\n                            12:20 AM PST\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/afe1ad23508445878310d11d50d5d036_md.png\" alt=\"012126 matt hasselbeck kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZSports.com<\/p>\n<p>Is Sunday&#8217;s NFC Championship game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Seattle Seahawks the unofficial Super Bowl? Matt Hasselbeck believes so &#8230; telling TMZ Sports that their showdown features the two best teams remaining in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>The former Seahawks quarterback chopped it up with Babcock ahead of Championship Sunday &#8230; and in the convo, he made the bold proclamation about round three between these NFC West rivals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This, to me, in a way, is the Super Bowl,&#8221; Hasselbeck said. &#8220;No offense to whoever represents in the AFC next week. Like I said, best offense vs. best defense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hasselbeck also thinks this is a matchup both teams have been anticipating for a bit.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260124_9513125f79de4e57912a9da44f689989\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:14df3bec-128c-46e7-bf7c-7eb04ae3a805\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/9513125f79de4e57912a9da44f689989_md.jpg\" alt=\"sam darnold seahawks sub getty swipe 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They also know this is the game that they have circled for such a long time. The Seahawks have had this amazing year, Sam Darnold has had this amazing year, but their worst game of the year was against the Rams in L.A.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then they got a rematch, and it was the craziest, most epic game of the season for any team, and the Seahawks came out on top. This is the one. Everyone&#8217;s known it for a long time &#8212; if you&#8217;re gonna get to the Super Bowl, the Rams gotta beat the Seahawks, Seahawks gotta beat the Rams to get there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260124_cd36d8be96cf482292c8697f8d1dcaea\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:14df3bec-128c-46e7-bf7c-7eb04ae3a805\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cd36d8be96cf482292c8697f8d1dcaea_md.jpg\" alt=\"matt hasselbeck Super Bowl XL sub getty swipe\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>We talked a whole lot more about this epic contest &#8230; check it out in our full conversation with Matt!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matt Hasselbeck NFC Title Game Is Real Super Bowl &#8230; &#8216;The Two Best Teams In The NFL&#8217; Published&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,2444,2611,88,6,424,9,266,4429],"class_list":{"0":"post-703620","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-losangeles","12":"tag-losangelesrams","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-rams","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-sports-news","18":"tag-tmz-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115955089423764548","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703620","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=703620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}