US EditionRams Have Playoff-Clinching Opportunity Against Lions
The Rams can clinch a playoff spot with a win while the Lions aim to improve their NFC positioning in a key matchup featuring top quarterbacks.
- On Sunday at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, Calif., the Los Angeles Rams host the Detroit Lions in a game likely decided by which quarterback plays better, with a Rams win clinching a playoff spot.
- Nearly five years after the blockbuster trade, Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams quarterback, and Jared Goff, Detroit Lions quarterback, remain intertwined as both thrived post-swap.
- Statistically, Matthew Stafford, Rams quarterback, has completed 288 of 432 passes for 3,354 yards with a league-best 35 touchdowns and 113.1 passer rating this season.
- Stafford's season has vaulted him into MVP conversations, and a Lions win to reach 9 would boost Detroit's playoff chances, with both teams still in Super Bowl contention.
- The matchup reflects broader team trends beyond the quarterbacks' history, as Detroit has navigated coordinator changes and injuries this year, including Brian Branch's season-ending Achilles tear.
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Daily Bulletin
Rams have playoff-clinching opportunity against Lions
LOS ANGELES — You’d think if anyone were tracking it on the Rams, it would be Davante Adams. After all, it’s been a while since he was in this position, and it’s for this kind of opportunity that he decided to come to this franchise in the first place. But when asked this week about the Rams being able to clinch a playoff spot with a win over the Detroit Lions, Adams claimed ignorance. And without any of the dry smiles that typically accompany h…
Lions to face Rams in high-stakes matchup nearly 5 years after win-win trade
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Nearly five years after the Los Angeles Rams blindsided Jared Goff by trading him to Detroit for Matthew Stafford, practically all parties involved in the blockbuster deal are thriving on the field and seemingly content about their fate.
The Detroit News
Lions vs. Rams more about electric showdown than Goff vs ...
p):text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix»> The Rams are considered contenders to the Super Bowl, but first they must reach the playoffs. Coach Sean McVay’s team can secure a place in the playoffs if it beats the Detroit Lions on Sunday at the SoFi Stadium. The Rams have a 10-3 mark, lead the NFC West and keep the No. 1 seed at the NFC. A victory against the Lions would guarantee a place in the playoffs for the seventh time in McVay’s nine seas…
Jared Goff vs. Matthew Stafford: Lions QB Shares Surprising Admission Before Rematch
At this point, Jared Goff is officially more Detroit Lion than Los Angeles Ram, and his perspective on facing his old team has changed right along with it. After multiple emotional matchups against the Rams over the last two seasons, including a playoff showdown in 2023 and the 2024 season opener, the Lions’ quarterback says that chapter of his career doesn’t hit quite the same anymore. “Not so much anymore. No,” Goff said as quoted by Lions OnS…
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