Game Thread: Week 18, The Arizona Cardinals @ The Los Angeles Rams, SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, Sunday, 01/04/2026,1:25 PM PST

[Retroram52]

In just 2-3 Weeks, the Los Angeles Rams have gone from the favorite to reach and win the Snooperbowl with a newly crowned League MVP QB in Matthew Stafford to a struggling team finding it diffiuclt to even secure the easier 5th Seed and mostly likely will end-up the 6th Seed. Everyone is attempting to figure out how this collapse took place but is def a reality. I suspect the Rams will have to go to Philadelphia to play the Eagles but right now, no one believes they will get past that opponent to obviously be a one-and-done playoff team for 2025-2026.

The Rams play the Cardinals on Sunday and we shall see just how the Rams approach this contest and what surrender they have already bargained for here at the end of this season.

 

[Retroram52]

Looks like Arcuri has been moved to the Active roster along with Safety Tanner. Maybe we will see some changes against Arizona with the O-line and the Secondary because Humphreys' and Kitchens' play last evening was just flat-out horrible.

Activated CB Roger McCreary from Reserve/Injured. Activated OL A.J. Arcuri and S Tanner Ingle from Practice Squad (standard elevations).

The Rams should also bring Royce Newman to the Active Roster because he has way more Game Experience than Dedich who also sucked last night.

 

[Retroram52]

I also seriously doubt that Havenstein and Higbee will be back this year and play in the Post-Season. McClendon is doing a great job at Right Tackle and has earned a starter position status. Ferguson, Vanette, Parkinson, and Allen can handle the TE duties. They can always activate Redman if those four TEs don't produce!

 

[Retroram52]

Just as I expected and have been screaming about over the last several weeks. Landman got his money and now he is dogshit with the Run Defense disappearing. The numbers don't lie. The Rams FO got played-AGAIN!!

Did Rams pay Nate Landman too early?

Nate Landman’s post-extension regression has coincided with a sharp decline in the Rams’ run defense.

www.turfshowtimes.com

 

[Red_Chaos]

Just as I expected and have been screaming about over the last several weeks. Landman got his money and now he is dogshit with the Run Defense disappearing. The numbers don't lie. The Rams FO got played-AGAIN!!

Did Rams pay Nate Landman too early?

Nate Landman’s post-extension regression has coincided with a sharp decline in the Rams’ run defense.

www.turfshowtimes.com

everyone got played

 

[Jermaine133]

fools gold..... smh they didnt want to pay the tackling machine earnest jones so rams choose to keep the 2 shitbirds in roozbum, and bottomfeeder. Then a season later do the exact opposite and extend a guy off of half a seasons work? You cannot make this shit up....

 

[Jermaine133]

But then again, he was never a superstar LB anyway so the signing didn't break the bank... hell i wanted him to get inked too based on the elevated level of play but it perhaps should have came after the season was concluded so we could get the full eval on the guy. We really need the LB play to in general but better than what it has.

 

[Jermaine133]

okay last rant ... I actually would like the rams to move away from the 3-4 defense. Our Ends are undersized, and we only have 1 DT over 310. Where is the depth behind that? They will get worn down easily forcing them db to make tackles.

 

[Retroram52]

Good rants, Jermaine! Then the next stupid thing the ShitferBrains Twins and ShulaShitFerBrains did is they let go the wrong new ILB in Chris Paul and kept Reeder, Speights, and Neal to play on special Teams. Just a bunch of eff-ups and as it turns out, Reeder and Speights ain't so hot on STs. Again, what the hell are the ShitferBrains thinking when they trade-up to get a pretty good young ILB, then put him out on waivers and have him get picked-up by a competitor in the Division?? Just flat-out stupid!!

 

[Retroram52]

Typical ShitferBrains. Didn't do a thing with signing Diggs. The Packers snapped him up. McShitferBrains is going with his guys, many of whom are useless as breasts on a bull!!

 

[UnrealTerm04]

McVay wake the F Up
Shula Wake the F up
Stafford get head of your ass

 

[UVA_Guy81]

Typical ShitferBrains. Didn't do a thing with signing Diggs. The Packers snapped him up. McShitferBrains is going with his guys, many of whom are useless as breasts on a bull!!

Makes me wonder what it’d actually take for him to feel humbled.

 

[Retroram52]

Here is the updated injury report for the Cardinals Game.

Injury Report, Week 18 vs. Cardinals: Josh Wallace, Kevin Dotson and Quentin Lake ruled out; Blake Corum, Davante Adams, Alaric Jackson, Omar Speights, Tyler Higbee and Kyren Williams questionable

The final injury report leading into Sunday's Week 18 regular season game between the Rams and the Cardinals at SoFi Stadium.

www.therams.com

Wallace, Lake, and Dotson are not playing. Everyone else is questionable and if we get a big lead will probably be yanked.

 

[chy1127]

Here is the updated injury report for the Cardinals Game.

Injury Report, Week 18 vs. Cardinals: Josh Wallace, Kevin Dotson and Quentin Lake ruled out; Blake Corum, Davante Adams, Alaric Jackson, Omar Speights, Tyler Higbee and Kyren Williams questionable

The final injury report leading into Sunday's Week 18 regular season game between the Rams and the Cardinals at SoFi Stadium.

www.therams.com

Wallace, Lake, and Dotson are not playing. Everyone else is questionable and if we get a big lead will probably be yanked.

They should sit Adams and Jackson. Too valuable and need to be 100% for the playoffs. Higbee should sit too.

 

[Red_Chaos]

ah heck just forfit the game at this point

 

[Retroram52]

Looks like Higbee has been activated and Murchinson has been cut. Murchison wasn't doing much like so many players. Maybe McShitferBrains has learned his lessons. MAYBE!! Heflin and Ingle have been elevated to the active roster.

Rams Transactions | Los Angeles Rams - therams.com

 

[Retroram52]

The Rams also should get Bill Norton onto the active roster. He is a big bruising run stuffer at 6'6, 340lbs.

 

[Retroram52]

Conviently, McShitFerBrains is quietly resting players. The most recent? Ferguson has been downgraded to Doubtful not playing because of the common and convenient injury of a Hamstring issue. Saving the best for the Wild Card week-end.

 

[DJ "I'm blessed" Fieri]

LFG!!!

Need this win for seeding

 

[Retroram52]

If the Falcons beat the Saints, the Rams go to the Panthers next week.