{"id":708580,"date":"2026-01-27T09:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/708580\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:30:26","slug":"rams-biggest-offseason-need-is-painfully-obvious-after-nfc-championship-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/708580\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams&#8217; biggest offseason need is painfully obvious after NFC Championship loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5g\">The 2025 season is over for the Los Angeles Rams after <a href=\"https:\/\/ramblinfan.com\/sean-mcvay-didnt-sugarcoat-anything-after-rams-brutal-seahawks-loss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">losing to the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> in the NFC Championship on Sunday. While the Rams had their opportunities in Sunday\u2019s game, they weren\u2019t able to capitalize, and now the team must shift its focus to the offseason.  <\/p>\n<p>The biggest offseason storyline will be <a href=\"https:\/\/ramblinfan.com\/matthew-stafford-future-doubt-creates-worst-case-scenario-for-heartbroken-fans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the future of Matthew Stafford<\/a>. But Los Angeles has a long offseason shopping list to address this offseason.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5j\">The issue at the top of the priority list was on display against the Seahawks.  A case can be made that this problem cost the Rams the game. The issue is the underpowered Rams\u2019 secondary. LA\u2019s defensive backs had been considered a weakness all season, and that was the case in the NFC Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the franchise must build its cornerback room throughout the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Rams must improve cornerback room in 2026 offseason<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5p\">Los Angeles\u2019 offense had another elite day on Sunday, moving the ball through the air and on the ground. All the stars stepped up, and while the Rams did leave some points on the field, the offense wasn\u2019t among the biggest problems in Sunday\u2019s game. The same can\u2019t be said about the defense.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5s\">The Horns gave up 31 points, allowing Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold to complete 25-of-36 passes for 346 yards and three touchdowns. Simply put, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jakefranklinfb\/status\/2015598788421767374?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seattle\u2019s pass catchers had their way with the Rams secondary<\/a>, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba led the way with 10 receptions for 153 yards and one touchdown.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5v\">It would be understandable if the Yellow and Blue just struggled to contain one of the best offenses in the NFL. That wasn&#8217;t the case. Sunday\u2019s game reflected what the Rams had been going through all season long. <\/p>\n<p>In the regular season, Los Angeles allowed 216.7 passing yards per game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/stats\/team\/_\/view\/defense\/season\/2025\/seasontype\/2\/table\/passing\/sort\/netPassingYardsPerGame\/dir\/asc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ranking the unit 19th in the NFL<\/a>. While a productive front did its part to keep the Rams defense above water, the secondary struggled to consistently come through.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5y\">That\u2019s why general manager Les Snead must upgrade the secondary this offseason. Whether it\u2019s in free agency, trading for a veteran, or in the draft, the Rams can\u2019t afford to enter next season with the same quality of cornerback room they had this season. If they do, they could be facing the same fate of falling short.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 season is over for the Los Angeles Rams after losing to the Seattle Seahawks in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-708580","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-nfl","14":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115966366549745721","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708580","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=708580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}