roberto clemente@rclemente2121
wins vs teams currently at .500 or better.

the rams lead the list with 8 wins, and also have the highest winning % against such teams (8-3, .727).

look at dal, bal, was, cle, mia, lvr, ari, ten, nyj – they’re a combined 7-66-1 vs .500+ opponents.

red text = above .500 win %.

Nolan Bianchi@nolanbianchi
The #Lions’ defense is dead-last in explosive passes (20+ yards) allowed on the season with 54.

Exactly half of those have come in their last four games.

Matthew Stafford unlocked a new vet move:

Coaching up his teammates mid-play😅 @RamsNFL pic.twitter.com/l6fHt2akb6

— NFL Films (@NFLFilms) December 15, 2025

Los Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR
Rams Team Defensive Grades heading into Week 16, per @PFF:
– 1st in Defensive Grade (89.7)
– 1st in Run Defense Grade (87.5)
– 1st in Coverage Grade (89.1)
– 5th in Pass Rush Grade (80.2)
– 10th in Tackling Grade (62.8)

Seattle

Offense

yds 9th
points 5th
yds per pass attempt 1st
yds per rush attempt 28th
qb sacked percentage 6th
RZ efficiency (TD only) 17th
turnovers 31st

Defense
points 2nd
yds 4th
yds per pass attempt 1st
yds per rush attempt 2nd
RZ efficiency (TD only) 6th
pressure percentage 5th
turnovers 5th

Rams

Offense

yds 2nd
points 2nd
yds per pass attempt 1st
yds per rush attempt 8th
qb sacked percentage 3rd
RZ efficiency (TD only) 5th
turnovers 6th

Defense

yds 13th
points 3rd
yds per pass attempt 9th
yds per rush attempt 8th
RZ efficiency (TD only) 2nd
pressure percentage 14th
turnovers 6th

Ian Rapoport@RapSheet
#Rams WR Davante Adams, who left Sunday’s game with a hamstring injury, is considered week-to-week, sources say.

That almost certainly knock him out for TNF, but it is simply an aggravation of what he was previously dealing with, not a new injury.

.@Lions @amonra_stbrown @RamsNFL @AsapPuka let the games begin…2 virtuoso performances #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/B3GdmZfuqH

— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) December 15, 2025

wv wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

Greatest Show on Surf.

I forget who coined that monicker for the Rams in 2018, but I like it and it’s even more appropriate today.

I like it too. But I’m just not sure this offense deserves a name like that. Ya know. To compare it to that original GSOT. I dunno.

This is a topnotch offense when everyone is healthy (Adams).

But…Faulk, Ike, Holt, Kurt, Hakim, Conwell.

Stafford, Puka, Davante, Kyren, Corum, Higby, Parkinson, Tutu.

I dunno.

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It compares because Stafford can do more than Warner, as good as Warner was.

They don’t have Faulk but I would take Nacua over Bruce. Nacua is not a smooth, nifty, quick footed route runner like Ellard, Bruce, or Adams. But then…if you don’t see what he is in spite of that, you don’t get why this team is so dynamic. He has tremendous body control and is clutch on tough and contested catches. That’s routine. For example, two weeks in a row now he took the ball away from a defender on a one handed clutch catch. He’s also more physical than any of the other WRs I named. And I wish I had a tape that shows only his sideline catches and how amazing they are. The combined act of catching the ball and getting his feet inbounds is done more quickly than most other athletic WRs can do it. And that includes in the snow on the road, like in the Eagles playoff game.

There’s a lot to the idea that he’s really a TE…except, no TE I can think of has been that athletic in terms of body control and resourcefulness and quick thinking at the moment of the catch.

Plus he has a fire and tenacity to him that just makes it seem likes he’s willing the offense to win.

It’s a very different offense than the 99 GSOT, except–these coaches are getting top tier performances from guys who would not be considered all-pros just on their performances at the Combine. Like, compare Alaric Jackson to Orlando Pace–1st pick v. UDFA, but both are franchise LOTs. Nacua v. Holt. Wms. v. Faulk–good talent v. super talent, but Wms consistently keeps finding a way to keep them moving at 5 yards a clip. This is a team that is making something out of Colby Parkinson. This is a team where a 5th round injury replacement at ROT ranks higher than anyone else in the league when it comes to win rate in one on one blocking situations.

I don’t think any of that works at the level it’s working without Stafford. I watched the game with my wife and we kept commenting over and over on all the unconventional throws he makes–around people, side arm, odd arm angles, etc. etc.

PARAM

this 2025 Rams team became the first Rams team since 2000 to score 40+ points and have 500+ yards in consecutive games!!! Twenty five years!!!

Sarah Barshop@sarahbarshop
This is the third time since 1990 that the Rams were the earliest NFC team (by date) to clinch a playoff spot, according to ESPN Research. In the other two instances, 1999 and 2018, they made the Super Bowl.

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Rams DE Kobie Turner mentioned the defense being given the “green light” in the second half that “if it looks pass, if it smells like pass, get after it.”

In response to follow-up question from @sarahbarshop, Turner explained it was given by DC Chris Shula and DL coach Giff Smith.

Turner said they were doing a “really good job” defending the run, but there were times they were getting caught on blocks, and also playing the run on deep-developing play-action passes. Having that green light helped them play faster.

J.B. Long@JB_Long
Kyren & Blake, Rams run game: 5.73 ypc, 149 total
Gibbs & Montgomery, Lions run game: 3.5 ypc, 70 total

Rams off-season priorities were to generate more explosive runs and continue to improve their early-down run defense. They’re 11-3 because of growth in those areas.

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
TE Colby Parkinson (6 TDs in last 6 games) on the Rams offense and the different personnel groupings helping:

“(Head coach) Sean (McVay) and the offensive staff do such a great job just scheming up different looks. There will be plays that they’ll install during during meetings and say, ‘Hey, we’re looking at it for this look,’ and then I’ll line up and be like, ‘Oh, this is exactly what we designed it for.’ It’s pretty cool, just having so much trust in the in the coaching staff, and that they trust me too.”

roberto clemente@rclemente2121
yards per play: rams #3, lions #1
depth of catch: rams #3, lions #26
yards after catch: rams #27, lions #3

both the rams and lions are at the top in yds/play, but they do it very differently – the lions throw short and count on yacs, the rams throw downfield.

Nate Atkins@NateAtkins_
Rams LT Alaric Jackson said he only went out of the game today because his cleat basically exploded and the sole came out of it. No injury whatsoever.

Puka Nacua 9 REC, 187 YDS vs DET Today.pic.twitter.com/5J4k29v2on https://t.co/esTTm7cIWD

— Football Performances (@NFLPerformances) December 15, 2025

wv wrote:

The Rams had like, one penalty the whole game, and it came with about 2 minutes left, and then there was the Parkinson catch/not-catch – TD/Not-TD.

Emotional argument on their part, not very rational. If that TD had been denied when reviewed, it would have put the Rams ball at the 1. When did the Lions ever stop the Rams today when they were inside the 5. Rams were at the 11 or closer 4 times in that game and scored a TD each time (including 1 TD from the 4 and 1 TD from the 1). In fact, before the game the Rams ranked 2nd in the league at getting touchdowns inside the RZ, while the Lions defense ranked 23rd at preventing TDs inside the RZ.

That’s nothing like the uncalled late hits the Lions put on Stafford in their 2023 wildcard game, or the uncalled blatant interference against Nacua in the same game.

Los Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR
Kyren Williams reached 1,000 rushing yards this season. It marks the third consecutive season he’s eclipsed the 1,000-yard rushing mark. The last Rams RB to rush for 1,000 yards in three consecutive seasons was Steven Jackson (8-straight seasons from 2005-1012). The only other RBs to do it were Eric Dickerson (4-straight seasons from 1983-1986) and Marshall Faulk (3 seasons from 1999-2001).

Next Gen Stats@NextGenStats
Matthew Stafford completed 14 of 19 passes for 202 yards and 2 TDs against the blitz, his most yards against the blitz in a game this season.

Stafford now has 27 passing TDs against the blitz, the most of any QB in a single season since at least 2018.

J.B. Long@JB_Long
Two underrated offensive plays I won’t forget from today:
*Blake Corum dodging a TFL and straining for a 4th & 1 pickup in the 3Q
*Tutu Atwell’s first catch since W5 – high leverage, high degree of difficulty – in the 4Q

roberto clemente@rclemente2121
reversal of fortune…

stafford:
1st half: 0 td, 1 int, 57% cmp, 66.0 rtg
2nd half: 2 td, 0 int, 73% cmp, 151.4 rtg

goff:
1st half: 3 td, 0 int, 70% cmp, 146.0 rtg
2nd half: 0 td, 0 int, 53% cmp, 68.9 rtg

from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/rams/2025/12/14/rams-lions-takeaways-week-15-learned/87766965007/?taid=693f6cf505d5820001df7f16&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter

Rams shut down Lions’ RB tandem

The key to this game was always going to be shutting down the Lions’ running back duo of Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery. The Rams checked that box and went on to win the game. Gibbs rushed for just 38 yards on 13 carries and Montgomery gained 32 yards on seven carries, doing very little on the ground. Gibbs was also slowed down as a receiver, too, adding just 20 yards through the air.

The Rams lost to the Panthers in part because they couldn’t stop the run, but they fixed that issue in a big way the last two weeks.