Bears defense:

yards: 29th
points: 23rd
yards per pass: 28th
yards per run: 29th
pressure percentage: 22nd
redzone TDs allowed: 19th (but 28th last 3 games)
turnovers: 1st (but 21st last 3 games)

Summing up the last couple of posts:

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Demand for Rams' assistants 📈📈📈

Per sources …

• DC Chris Shula has requests from Cards, Raiders, Titans, Giants, Ravens and Dolphins.

• PGC Nathan Scheelhaase has requests from Raiders, Browns and Ravens.

• OC Mike LaFleur has requests from the Raiders and Cards.

— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) January 11, 2026

Rams passing game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase (I botched the pronunciation of his name on Thursday's NFL Live) will have a full dance card next week. 35-year-old former Illinois QB and Matt Campbell disciple at Iowa State has spent the last two years at McVay's hip. pic.twitter.com/hqM71JtHjC

— Peter Schrager (@PSchrags) January 10, 2026

LAFB Network@LAFBNetwork
Matthew Stafford owns the Rams postseason record book.

1st in completions, yards, TDs, AND wins.

Greatest QB in Rams franchise history… or still a debate?

Missed three games and STILL led the league in receiving TDs 🤯🤯 pic.twitter.com/NCKQUFfPsb

— Luke Christensen (@LukeChrisFFL) January 10, 2026

Albert Breer@AlbertBreer
Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak is done with his head-coaching interviews, having taken six of them. He met with the Cardinals, Dolphins, Falcons, Giants, Raiders and Ravens over the last two days.

Hot name on a market lacking in young offensive coaches.

nittany ram wrote:

zn wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

If Lefleur is available, the Ravens should hire him. He’s a highly regarded offensive mind that could help Lamar Jackson get over the hump.

I want all teams except the Rams to make bad or inappropriate or poorly considered coaching hires.

As a decades long Rams fan, I know how to spot those when they happen.

Every team should have its Linehan. Every fan base should go through that. It’s their turn.

Linehan?

I mean, we all talk about wishing ill on other teams, especially division rivals…

But Linehan?!

That’s some pathological level of hate right there.

Look deep into the darkness, my friend. Let it fill you. Let it tell you things only a Rams fan could understand.

OptaSTATS@OptaSTATS
Saturday was Matthew Stafford’s fourth straight road playoff game with 300+ passing yards.

That broke a tie with Tom Brady and Drew Brees for the most consecutive such games in NFL history.

Matthew Stafford’s Best Throws From 304-Yard, 3-Touchdown Wild Card Win vs. Panthers

Los Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR
Kyren Williams passed Todd Gurley (261) in career postseason rushing yards and moved to 7th in franchise history.

from The Athletic: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6960315/2026/01/10/rams-panthers-score-result-takeaways-nfl-wild-card/

Soft coverage with Horn out for Rams’ final drive

The Panthers looked poised to pull the upset in their first home playoff game in 10 years after taking a four-point lead with less than three minutes left.

But they were shorthanded defensively for the Rams’ final drive, with Horn in the medical tent being evaluated for a concussion. With the secondary playing soft coverage to avoid the big play, Stafford took the Rams downfield, completing 6 of 7 passes for 71 yards. His only incompletion came on an Adams drop.

Despite good coverage by Tre’von Moehrig, Stafford dropped the game-winning, 19-yard touchdown over him and into the arms of Parkinson.

It was a valiant effort by the Panthers, who were 10-point underdogs and trailed by 14 in the first half. But they ultimately ended on a three-game losing streak, their longest skid of the season. — Joseph Person, Panthers beat writer

MUFFED PUNT 🙉 (jfc)pic.twitter.com/WSRX4IC2Bi

— SleeperNFL (@SleeperNFL) January 10, 2026

RIDICULOUS THROW 🥵 pic.twitter.com/MSU7l6CbnX

— Coach Dan Casey (@CoachDanCasey) January 11, 2026

Alex Zietlow@alexzietlow05
#Panthers veteran safety Nick Scott on what it was like going toe to toe with Matthew Stafford.

“We were on the wrong side of a classic.”

InvaderRam wrote:

e. i remember something about olsen saying about the panthers defense being really good against play action. maybe it was a matchup thing.

I mentioned this, but their DC is Evero, former Rams secondary coach.

Remember the game that initially exposed the secondary this year was against Carolina. Since then people have been following the same script against the Rams D. He wasn’t just the safties coach, he was the Rams defensive passing game coordinator. You can probably safely assume that Evero had something to do with that–he talked to the Panthers OC.

But also he knows Stafford and McVay. He schemed against them in training camp in 2021, before he left for Denver (then Carolina).

It’s not the only factor but it is a factor.

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