{"id":704505,"date":"2026-01-25T18:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T18:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/704505\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T18:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T18:32:16","slug":"former-saints-competing-in-seahawks-vs-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/704505\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Saints competing in Seahawks vs. Rams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NFC Championship Game: Former Saints competing in Seahawks vs. Rams<a class=\"gnt_bc\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jan. 25, 2026, 11:30 a.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Between offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak and star returns specialist Rashid Shaheed, some of the former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-orleans-saints\/350\" data-autotag=\"84b23fc0-f769-4d65-9d38-018c62e4efd7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New Orleans Saints<\/a> players and coaches who joined the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/seattle-seahawks\/361\" data-autotag=\"91fb7995-f6cd-4aa3-adbc-98eb39d76a79\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a> made them a Super Bowl contender. But they&#8217;ve got to get past the division-rival <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" data-autotag=\"f489e821-d3f9-4cff-bec5-7eaa0f4b51cb\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> first. If the Seahawks advance, this year&#8217;s Super Bowl would have a lot of New Orleans connections. That isn&#8217;t the case for the Rams. But that&#8217;s to be expected given L.A.&#8217;s controversial playoff history with the Saints.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Kickoff is set for 5:30 p.m. CT\/6:30 p.m. ET, and the NFC Championship Game will be broadcast on Fox. You can stream it on Fubo (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/welcome\/leagues\/191277?irad=356362&amp;irmp=1205322&amp;subId1=LOCAL&amp;subId2=NFL&amp;subId3=2025_u5e7NVFiV7UibMmFpIlVi6M\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">try it free<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Rams<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/88222311007-usatsi-26913637.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aug 23, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Jack Heflin (93) grabs the jersey of Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders (12) during the second half at Huntington Bank Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images\"\/>DL Jack Heflin (practice squad)Seattle Seahawks<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/88349890007-usatsi-27848348-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dec 18, 2025; Seattle, Washington, USA; Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Rashid Shaheed (22) celebrates with fullback Brady Russell (38) after a touchdown against the Los Angeles Rams in the second half at Lumen Field. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Ng-Imagn Images\"\/>WR Rashid ShaheedRB Cam Akers (practice squad)CB Shemar Jean-Charles (practice squad)RB Velus Jones Jr. (practice squad)OL Shane Lemieux (practice squad\/injured)Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:7|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Coaches<\/p>\n<p>OC Klint KubiakOL coach John BentonRun game coordinator Rick DennisonQB coach Andrew Janocko<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 saintswire.usatoday.com. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFC Championship Game: Former Saints competing in Seahawks vs. Rams Jan. 25, 2026, 11:30 a.m. CT Between offensive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[95878,7,1014,58,2444,2611,6,424,15505,96128,95882,102518,95924,96129,95895,95899,98544,95977,102519,102520,96071,95883,102325,95881],"class_list":["post-704505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-rams","tag-accessfree","tag-football","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesrams","tag-nfl","tag-rams","tag-sstssportsnflsaints","tag-sstsnsaints","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagjack-heflin","tag-taglos-angeles-rams","tag-tagnew-orleans-saints","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagrashid-shaheed","tag-tagseattle-seahawks","tag-tagshane-lemieux","tag-tagshemar-jean-charles","tag-tagsmg-timely","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagvelus-jones-jr","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115957173426676198","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704505","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=704505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}