The Los Angeles Rams enter Week 6 having lost two of their last three games. L.A. should be undefeated, emphasis on should, as they failed to win key matchups against the Eagles and 49ers. Their failure
has led to the Rams to whiff on a golden opportunity by being of the top teams in a wide-open NFL.
If you haven’t noticed by now, this has been a remarkably odd season through these first few weeks. No team has stood above the pack so far, and the league hasn’t been this wide-open in quite a few years. To illustrate (some) of the craziness:
- The Chiefs look more vulnerable than ever, and oddly enough, face what is essentially a must-win game against the Lions on Sunday night.
- The Ravens are on pace to become the first team in NFL history to allow 600 points in a season.
- No unbeaten squads remain after the Bills and Eagles lost in Week 5.
- Philadelphia lost by 17 to a previously one-win team starting a rookie quarterback Thursday night, and Saquon Barkley has rushed for 65 or fewer yards in five of the Eagles’ six games.
- You wanna get nuts?! There was a 40-40 tie between the Cowboys and Packers on Sunday Night Football. Talk about weird.
I could go on and on, but perhaps more than ever, you can see parity in full effect this season. Especially in the NFC, there have been some oddities.
Right now, I suppose the conference is the Lions and everyone else. Of course, as I say that, Detroit will lose on some phantom hands to the face call this weekend. Crazy to think that the 49ers-Buccaneers matchup will decide the NFC’s top seed after six weeks.
It’s just depressing to think that the Rams could’ve been the one NFC opponent to hand them their first in-conference loss.
This season has flashes of 2017, when the final QBs standing on Championship Sunday were Tom Brady, Blake Bortles, Case Keenum and Nick Foles. We’re likely in for another one of those years, possibly with a Baker Mayfield-Mac Jones NFC Championship, which I’d totally be on board for if the Niners weren’t involved.
The 2025 campaign has so far been challenging for fans to grasp. Very little has made any sense, and that is why it feels like the Rams are wasting a chance to capitalize on the weirdness. It cannot be said enough that L.A. was so close to being unbeaten through five weeks, and yet here they are, watching the Eagles, who they blew a large lead against, lose back-to-back games, and the 49ers, a team that amassed over 400 yards with a backup versus them in an overtime loss, playing for a chance at the top seed on Sunday.
Either the Rams can fall by the wayside and let the strangeness overtake them, or they can rally and put the two killer losses behind them. Everything is on the line this weekend, and it’s crazy that we’re already saying that so early into the year.
