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Playoffs? Rams focus on Cardinals
Los Angeles Times
|December 07, 2025
NFL WEEK 14 RAMS AT ARIZONA TODAY, 1:25 P.M. PST | TV: FOX
COACH Sean McVay says he hasn’t been tracking the Rams’ playoff seeding at all.
(Robert Gauthier Los Angeles Times)
Who's No. 1? Not the Rams. Not for now anyway.
Before last Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers, the Rams held the No. 1 seed in the NFC.
After their defeat, the Rams (9-3) are No. 2 heading into Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals (3-9) at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
The Chicago Bears (9-3) hold the top spot entering Sunday’s game at Green Bay.
How closely are coach Sean McVay and the Rams tracking the race for the No. 1 seed — and home-field advantage for the playoffs?
"It’s not important to me at all,” McVay said.
Quarterback Matthew Stafford apparently feels the same.
“That’s the last thing on my mind at the moment,” he said.
Understandably so.
The Panthers ended the Rams’ six-game winning streak and knocked the Rams from their perch atop the NFC.
The Rams are attempting to regain momentum and stay atop the NFC West.
This story is from the December 07, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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