{"id":740589,"date":"2026-02-09T15:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/740589\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:52:17","slug":"random-ramsdom-that-team-wasnt-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/740589\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Ramsdom: That team wasn\u2019t ready"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Seattle Seahawks just won the Super Bowl, and they knocked the Los Angeles Rams out of the playoffs during their run, and if you hear Jared Verse talk about the loss, he seems to say that the Rams weren\u2019t ready for Darnold\u2019s best self.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">L.A.\u2019s defense seemed to think they would get after Seattle, but instead, Seattle got after them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Matthew Stafford and the offense put up a great effort, but their defense and special teams didn\u2019t match it. And in the end, the offense came up short too. The team fell short.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">So, maybe it\u2019s a learning lesson for some players on the Rams, but seems like it\u2019s a lesson that they should\u2019ve already known. Seattle was going to be a tough out, why anyone would\u2019ve thought otherwise seems odd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Verse does say in the interview that he knew Seattle was a good team, but I guess he thought the Rams would be better. That\u2019s not what happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Thank you for checking out Turf Show Times, congrats to Cooper Kupp, Ernest Jones, Cam Akers and some others for their Super Bowl win, and now we really start the NFL offseason! What a year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cJared Verse fully admits that, taking the blame for Los Angeles\u2019 heartbreaking loss on the road in Seattle. He joined \u201cThe Pivot\u201d podcast and shared some shocking statements about the Rams\u2019 young defense and their mentality \u2013 both leading up to the game, and during it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWe all hyped up all week,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re like, \u2018Yeah, we\u2019re going to beat them again. We know what we learned from last time.\u2019 And then when we start having trouble \u2013 early on, they throw a big play, everybody\u2019s kind of like, s&#8212;-ing the bed. Like, \u2018Oh, what do we do now? This isn\u2019t going the way we thought this was going to go. They\u2019re not laying down.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWOODLAND HILLS, Ca. The Los Angeles Rams were witnesses to three former Super Bowl LVI champions strapping up to play for the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl LX.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe future of <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/las-vegas-raiders\/341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> edge rusher Maxx Crosby will be one of the biggest storylines to follow during the 2026 offseason. While both the Raiders and Crosby have reputed reports of a split, many believe the team will eventually move the disgruntled player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Rams<\/a> don\u2019t need another edge rusher, but general manager Les Snead <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/rams-gm-les-snead-hints-212827555.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">insinuated<\/a> that the team will make some big moves to capitalize on Matthew Stafford\u2019s return. <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/could-rams-trade-maxx-crosby-174610369.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A trade for Crosby<\/a> isn\u2019t out of the question, either, considering the draft capital, salary cap space and veterans L.A. could send in any move.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Seattle Seahawks just won the Super Bowl, and they knocked the Los Angeles Rams out of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707176,"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-740589","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":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740589","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=740589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}