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  • January 26, 2026 at 1:30 pm #161733
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    I was gathering things being said on twitter in the traditional “tweets from the game” thread, but this stuff is too good to be mixed up with other things that way. I’m moving it all here and adding new things.

    January 26, 2026 at 1:30 pm #161734
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    Doug Farrar@NFL_DougFarrar
    I really hope Matthew Stafford comes back next season, because he played out of his mind in this game. Seahawks kept shifting from MOFO to MOFC, and every time they did it. Stafford would rip off another huge throw.

    January 26, 2026 at 1:32 pm #161735
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    Doug Clawson@doug_clawson
    There’s been 4 instances since 1970 of a QB with 370+ pass yards, 3+ pass TD and 0 INT vs the NFL’s No. 1 scoring defense (rank at end of season)

    Matthew Stafford vs the Seahawks in 2025 accounts for half of them. And he lost both.

    Josh Dubow@JoshDubowAP
    Matthew Stafford is first QB ever to throw for 350+ yards, 3+ TDs, have 0 turnovers and lose a playoff start

    J.B. Long@JB_Long
    Matthew Stafford joins Tom Brady & Peyton Manning as the only players in NFL history to have multiple seasons with 50+ passing TD, including playoffs.

    Sam Farmer@LATimesfarmer
    Stafford playing an unbelievable game.

    January 26, 2026 at 1:33 pm #161736
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    Mina Kimes@minakimes
    Two of Seattle’s three worst games this year in defensive EPA/play were both vs the Rams. Stafford was unbelievable in both games.

    LTR@LetsTalkRams
    Stafford’s a complete baller & tough as nails.

    He deserved better tonight.

    January 26, 2026 at 1:35 pm #161737
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    Stafford: 23/35, 374 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs, 1 sack, 127.6 QB rating.
    Against the best defense in the NFC. On the road.

    MVP stats.
    (Drake Maye: 10/21, 86 yards, 0 TDs, 0 INTs, 5 sacks, 58.8 QB rating)

    Sadly, Sam Darnold was, as good.

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    January 26, 2026 at 1:49 pm #161741
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    wv wrote:

    Sadly, Sam Darnold was, as good.

    The difference being, Darnold went against a defense with problems, and Stafford was on the road going against a defense that was 1st in points allowed and 6th in yards.

    I would say Darnold was good in that game. Not “as” good, though on the winning team. They were statistically almost evenly matched, it’s just that Stafford had the bigger challenge.

    For a season average, Seattle allowed 17.1 points per game and 293.3 yards allowed per game.
    Last 3 games, Rams allowed 26.3 points per game (25th) and 382 yards per game (23rd).

    Stafford: 23/35 (65.7%), 374 yards, 10.7 per play, 3 TDs, 0 INTs, 1 sack, 127.6 QB rating.
    Darnold: 25/36 (69.44%), 346 yards, 9.6 per play, 3 TDs, 0 INTs, 3 sacks, 127.8 QB rating.

    January 26, 2026 at 7:44 pm #161769
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    from https://www.therams.com/news/5-interesting-stats-from-the-rams-nfc-championship-game-loss-to-seattle-matthew-stafford-displays-unprecedented-deep-ball-and-play-action-prowess

    Stafford’s 208 play-action passing yards were an NFL season-high across the regular season and playoffs, according to Next Gen Stats

    He did it on just 10 attempts, too, completing eight. That’s an average of 20.8 yards per attempt. The Rams’ success in the run game set them up to hit downfield shots off play-action fakes, and Stafford didn’t miss on many.

    Stafford threw for 226 deep passing yards (20-plus yards downfield), the third-highest mark allowed by a defense in any game in the last decade, according to Next Gen Stats

    He went seven of 11 on deep balls, and threw one touchdown. Those throws accounted for 60.4% of the Rams’ passing yards, but just 31.4% of his pass attempts. His longest throw of the day was a 44-yard dart to wide receiver Puka Nacua (nine catches for 165 yards and a touchdown).

    Stafford completed seven passes with a completion probability under 50%, according to Next Gen Stats
    Nacua was on the receiving end of four of those throws, and that those didn’t even include the touchdown. Wide receiver Davante Adams had two, a 29-yarder that got the Rams down to the two-yard line and set up a touchdown to Adams on the next play, and a 35-yarder. The final one went to tight end Colby Parkinson on a 40-yard catch.

    A season-high 25.9% of the Rams’ offensive plays were explosives (run of 10-plus or pass of 20-plus), according to Next Gen Stats, which is also the highest rate Seattle has allowed this season
    The Rams created 15 explosives on Sunday, and their explosive play rate was the fourth-highest of any team in a game this season. Four of those plays came on the ground, while 11 came through the air.

    January 27, 2026 at 8:03 am #161781
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    dare i say the rams defense made sam darnold look like matt stafford.

    the rams may have been good on explosive plays. but they were 1-8 on third down efficiency. so if i had one criticism, they were not good at sustaining drives. a critical one being before the end of the first half in which the seahawks got the ball back after the rams after went three and out and ended up scoring a touchdown. a potential 14 point swing after which seattle had the ball to start the second half. they went three and out on that drive but then there was the muffed punt. that whole sequence was not good.

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