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znModeratorSince 1999, only 2 players have gone for more receiving yards than Nacua in a 3-game stretch during a single season.
For 4 of the top 5 seasons in that chart, the qb was Stafford. It’s Calvin Johnson 3 times, and Nacua once.
znModeratorPuka Nacua is on a historic run over the past three weeks, during which he's totaled 573 yards receiving.
Since 1999, only 2 players have gone for more receiving yards than Nacua in a 3-game stretch during a single season. pic.twitter.com/nxNdpEb7Xl
— Wyatt Miller (@wymill07) December 23, 2025
znModeratorChris Simms on the 49ers – Bears game:
“The 49ers defense is not very good. You heard Monday night, they can’t get there with the front 4. Most people can’t name a lot of the players in the secondary… I think Chicago is going to go in there and beat them.”
Mike Florio has the… pic.twitter.com/9UUTNWPZ0z
— Coach Yac 🗣 (@Coach_Yac) December 24, 2025
znModeratorByron Young is a Pro Bowler for the first time with an 11-sack season.
Crazy rise for a guy who 6 years ago was an assistant manager at Dollar General looking for small school walk-on tryouts.
One of the coolest underdog stories:https://t.co/4rfLs3DSsk
— Nate Atkins (@NateAtkins_) December 23, 2025
znModeratorATLANTA
Offense
yds 14th
points 25th
yds per pass attempt 12TH
yds per rush attempt 12th
qb sacked percentage 4th
RZ efficiency (TD only) 5th
turnovers 14thDefense
points 21st
yds 14th
yds per pass attempt 12th
yds per rush attempt 26th
RZ efficiency (TD only) 12th
pressure percentage 7th
turnovers 13thRAMS
Offense
yds 1st
points 1st
yds per pass attempt 2nd
yds per rush attempt 9th
qb sacked percentage 3rd
RZ efficiency (TD only) 4th
turnovers 5thDefense
yds 16th
points 6th
yds per pass attempt 10th
yds per rush attempt 10th
RZ efficiency (TD only) 3rd
pressure percentage 9th
turnovers 4thznModeratorLos Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR
Rams Team Offensive Grades through 15 games, per @PFF:
– 1st in Offensive Grade (93.5)
– 1st in Passing Grade (93.2)
– 1st in Receiving Grade (90.8)
– 1st in Run Blocking Grade (88.5)
– 5th in Rushing Grade (88.5)znModeratorroberto clemente@rclemente2121
rams #1 scoring offense:this week the rams overtook the lions as the league’s #1 scoring offense, the rams are averaging 30 offensive pts per game – it’s the second time under mcvay that a rams offense has averaged 30+ pts per game, the first time was in 2018 (30.5 per game).
znModerator🚨 Rams Injury Update Ahead of MNF 🚨
Sean McVay delivered a tough update on Kevin Dotson’s ankle — and his availability vs. the Falcons is now very much in doubt. What it means for the Rams’ O-line and playoff push 👀
📖 Full story: https://t.co/vgoBuZgKsZ
— ryan anderson (@RLAndersonLAFB) December 22, 2025
znModerator49ers win on MNF.
Rams are now the 6th seed and would go to Philadelphia instead of Carolina.
49ers finally start playing good teams now, though. Next for them is Chicago, then Seattle.
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vWrote a bunch of words about the Rams' path(s) back to an NFC West title and the No. 1 seed, laying out the 3 possible scenarios for them to claim the top spot again https://t.co/ajymmXSwz6
— Cameron DaSilva (@camdasilva) December 23, 2025
znModeratorStu Jackson@StuJRams
McVay says that person joining Kotwica will be Matt Harper, who has been an assistant special teams coach with the Eagles and the NinersDecember 22, 2025 at 1:25 pm in reply to: Rams tweets etc. … 12/19 – 12/22 … w/ some Baldinger #160498znModeratorWell since you asked, my thoughts are that the absence of Lake has something to do with this slide. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think that Lake is Ed Reed, but he is a heady player and the qb of the secondary. He is missed. The loss of McCreary while not responsible for the downturn is also unfortunate.
Some analyst or other pointed out that Lake was their “wild card” who could cover, play traditional safety, and play in the box. This versatility allowed the Rams to disguise coverages.
Plus he was always smart about diagnosing plays and therefore being where he needed to be to support the CBs.
There’s no one else on the roster who can do ALL the things Lake did. That means they not only miss him as a player, they miss the “chess game” advantage they get from disguising coverages the way they could with him in there.
But!
He’ll be back soon. So will Adams. So will Dotson. Maybe Witherspoon too. And between now and the playoffs they have 2 relatively less challenging games, Atlanta and Arizona. So they can win in the meanwhile and then enter the post-season at full strength.
Remember that in 2021 they lost every game in November and made the playoffs as a wild card.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:09 am in reply to: Rams tweets etc. … 12/19 – 12/22 … w/ some Baldinger #160495znModeratorStafford even got the camera man faked out with the no looks 😂 pic.twitter.com/V6Pfygscsx
— x – Rams Tapes 🇵🇷 (@RamsTapes) December 21, 2025
znModeratorCowherd on Puka — ‘Lot of Ego’
I listened to that. A little ominous.
This is reminding me of what happened to Terrel Owens. If you recall Owens did not initially start out as a diva type.
znModeratorI moved some stuff from the old “Blackburn fired” thread to this thread.
Here:
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Ben Kotwica. He’s been coaching special teams in the league since 2007. Has coached for Washington, Atlanta, Minnesota, and Denver. Rams hired him in 2025.
HoldenCantor@HoldenCantor
Ben Kotwica will take over as the Rams special teams coordinator. Kotwica was let go from Denver last season but The Broncos special teams unit finished in the Top 10 in several categories:
10th in Net Punting Average (42.2)
1st in Punt Return Average (15.7)
10th in Punt Return Average Against (8.7)
6th in Field Goal Percentage (91.2%)***
Here’s what I think prompted this. No question the Rams had issues on STs. But why fire Blackburn now? IMO, it’s because they have a unique window to review and improve the situation. They are following a Thurs. night game with a Monday night game. That’s 11 days. It’s like a kind of bye week. The McV Rams have long since used the bye to fix or re-invent areas that are underperforming. So now’s the time to promote an experienced vetern ST coach–a new ST coordinator who also knows the team–get him to review the entire STs program, and make whatever changes in the scheme or execution that need it.
Odds are they will be looking over the defense too, just not with a new coordinator.
Don’t know what they will do about the offense though–that situation seems hopelessly unfixable.
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znModeratorCalled back due to penalty, but my goodness Bijan Robinson… pic.twitter.com/uV7rftg6Oy
— Jeff Mueller, PT, DPT (@jmthrivept) December 21, 2025
znModeratorStafford shouldn’t win MVP because he has Nacua and McVay. Others do it with less.
Nacua shouldn’t win Offensive Player of the Year because he has Stafford and McVay. Others do it with less.
McVay shouldn’t win Coach of the Year because he has Stafford and Nacua.
Rams just have too many individuals who are excellent at what they do to win any awards for excellence.
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znModeratorStats.
Njigba 1,637 yards.
Puka 1,592 yards.But,
Puka 113.7 yards per game
Njigba 109.1 yards per game.w
vJSN and Puka Nacua have the exact same amount of yards from scrimmage this season 🔥
Who should win Offensive Player of the Year? pic.twitter.com/aWEcAvPg3T
— FanDuel (@FanDuel) December 21, 2025
znModeratorNate Atkins@NateAtkins_
The ending to that Lions-Steelers game would have been rejected by every TV network for being too fantastical to ever happen in a game.You’d have broken a controller if it happened in Madden.
Just amazing how many of those moments the Lions are in over the years, win or lose.
speed_kills@speedk1lls
the end of the Rams v Hawks and Packers v Bears were right there with it. What a crazy set of games. Detroit has just fallen completely apart.Nate Atkins@NateAtkins_
Good point. One of the craziest weeks of high-leverage games I can recall.December 21, 2025 at 11:46 pm in reply to: Rams tweets etc. … 12/19 – 12/22 … w/ some Baldinger #160480znModeratorroberto clemente@rclemente2121
headed into today’s games:
rams – offensive points allowed ranking:#2 – weeks 1-12 (first 11 games)
#23 – weeks 13-16 (last 4 games)znModeratorOMG, the Lions v Steelers ending. OMG.
Chaos in the final seconds in Detroit 😳 pic.twitter.com/Q6BriP9Qv4
— NFL (@NFL) December 22, 2025
The Steelers get the win in the final seconds. pic.twitter.com/SjwsF3wbzu
— NFL (@NFL) December 22, 2025
znModeratorWell, it looks like the Buxx didn’t want the division title more than the Panthers didn’t want it.
znModeratorFormer NFL referee Walt Anderson now serves as the league’s primary (and only) spokesperson regarding the application of the rules. Every Sunday morning, he gets very limited real estate in a four-hour NFL Network pregame show to address any/all controversial calls from the week that was.
Sunday’s Walt Anderson cameo focused exclusively on the most unusual play from the past seven days: The two-point conversion from Thursday night, which tied Seahawks-Rams at 30. During his three-minute segment, Anderson explained the fairly obvious elements that anyone who would be watching NFL Network in the 9:00 a.m. ET hour on a Sunday already knew.
One key point was glossed over. If it was so obvious that Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold had thrown a backward pass that pinballed into the end zone and remained live, why did it take more than 100 seconds to initiate the review?
There’s a story there. An interesting one. One they likely don’t want anyone to know. Who figured out that the play should be formally reviewed during the 100-second interval between the end of the play and the announcement of the review? Was it the replay official? Was it someone from the league office? Did someone from outside the bubble but with access to it flag an issue that otherwise would have gone unnoticed?
The teams were lined up for the kickoff. The game was about to proceed. The play that became a clear and obvious two-point conversion was not sufficiently clear and obvious to trigger an instant decision to review the play.
znModeratorBucs at Carolina
3rd quarter, Panthers leadin the Buxx as part of their mutual struggle to not win the division.
znModeratorfrom Adam Grosbard, LA Daily News: https://www.dailynews.com/2025/12/20/sources-rams-fire-special-teams-coordinator-chase-blackburn/
After a punt return for a touchdown played a pivotal role in the Rams’ 38-37 overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night, head coach Sean McVay fired special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn on Saturday, two sources confirmed.
It marks the first time in McVay’s nine-year tenure with the Rams that he has dismissed a coach in the middle of the season. Blackburn was in his third season with the Rams. An interim had yet to be determined, per one source, but the Rams still have Ben Kotwica on staff as a special teams assistant.
Thursday marked the third time in four losses that special teams played a critical role in the Rams’ defeat. With the Rams leading by 16 in the fourth quarter, Rashid Shaheed returned a punt 58 yards for a touchdown. That was the play that sparked Seattle’s comeback to force overtime and eventually wrest control of the NFC West away from the Rams.
“I saw a flat, low kick that was not at all intended for what we wanted,” McVay said of that play Friday. “You give a guy like that an opportunity, that’s where the momentum flipped.”
That miscue helped lead to Blackburn’s dismissal, as the Rams decided they could not keep losing games because of special teams.
znModeratorOh, I’ve seen that kind of thing numerous times.
No, he’s talking about a very specific thing. Namely, a backward incomplete pass counting as a score if downed in the endzone, even after the whistle blows.
The specific thing that happened in the Seattle game has not happened before.
Everyone on the field, both teams, just treated it as an incomplete pass.
znModeratorCan Matthew Stafford win MVP without winning the division? Here's what history says https://t.co/N1J07Ahu8t pic.twitter.com/aRAE28G5Lg
— Rams Wire (@TheRamsWire) December 20, 2025
znModeratori’m not so upset about it. more upset about the ferguson td that was cancelled by a non-penalty. more upset about the punt return for a td which was not the refs fault. more upset by all the big plays the rams defense gave up.
Same here.
znModeratorRams WR Puka Nacua fined by NFL for comments about officials https://t.co/ECVqS8yKSB pic.twitter.com/pRQPAbMxnx
— Rams Wire (@TheRamsWire) December 19, 2025
znModeratorAdam Schefter@AdamSchefter
How rare is this? This represents the first in-season coaching change that Rams head coach Sean McVay ever has had.znModeratorToo many problems with that unit.
Now…who replaces him? On paper, that would be assistant special teams coach – Ben Kotwica. He’s been coaching special teams in the league since 2007. Has coached for Washington, Atlanta, Minnesota, and Denver. Rams hired him in 2025.
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