Rams tweets etc. … 2/2 – 2/3

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Sean McVay said he “absolutely” expects WR Davante Adams to be back next season

LAFB Network@LAFBNetwork
Tom Brady handed out his personal end of season awards, and Quentin Lake took home 6th Round Pick of the Year. From late round flyer to impact piece, another Rams draft hit.

SleeperNFL@SleeperNFL
Sean McVay said the Rams’ NFC Championship Game loss to the Seahawks “probably hurt even more than any loss that I’ve ever been a part of.”

wv wrote:

The Philly loss last year, was against a clearly-more-talented team. This year, the Seahawks and Rams were basically equal

Another way to see this is that in fact they weren’t equal. Eagles had a top defense and were also effective on offense and special teams. In contrast, the Rams offense was so strong it could put up a combined 1060 yards on Seattle in their last 2 games (counting the championship game). But it had issues on defense (the secondary) and special teams, both of which together account for the 2 losses.

I don’t take their last 2 games, as some do, as evidence that it is better to have a top defense than a top offense.

I do take their 3 games combined as evidence that a top team needs to be at least solid when it comes to its other 2 units aside from the top unit. Seattle was a top D and were more than at least solid on O and STs. Rams can’t say that, they were a top O that was less than at least solid on D and STs.

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Scott Kacsmar@ScottKacsmar
The Seahawks gave up the most deep passing yards (226) of any defense in any playoff game in the last 10 years vs. Rams in NFC Championship Game.

from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/rams/2026/02/03/rams-sean-mcvay-tutu-atwell-contract-role/88493020007/

During his final media session on Monday, McVay explained what led to Atwell’s shockingly limited role. He attributed it to a few things: Los Angeles’ shift toward 13 personnel, its depth at wide receiver and Atwell’s missed time on IR.

“Well, I think the first thing is, the vision that we had for what our offense was going to be going into the season, and then what it became organically was very different – just based on the number of receivers that we played with in a lot of situations,” McVay said. “Part of the thought process when we made that signing last year was that we were going to still be in a lot of the 11 personnel grouping. You have him and Puka (Nacua) and Davante (Adams) and then, you know, the complementary pieces. And then unfortunately, he had some injuries. There were some different things that went on where, hey, the games continue to go when he missed the period of time. And then when we kind of organically figured out this next iteration, where we leaned into a lot of the 13 personnel, that naturally just takes receivers off the grass.”