Rams Matthew Stafford Details Playoff Win Over The Chicago Bears

CHICAGO, IL. The Los Angeles Rams faced disconnected against nan Chicago Bears successful nan last Divisional Round title of nan 2026 NFL Playoffs.

With a travel to nan NFC Championship Game connected nan line, the Rams understood what a triumph would mean for nan franchise. Not only would it group up a grudge lucifer betwixt nan Rams and nan Seahawks, arsenic some teams divided nan regular play series.

For the Bears, a travel to nan NFC Championship successful caput coach Ben Johnson's first play would nonstop Chicago to nan title crippled for nan first clip since nan 2010 season.

After nan game, Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford said from nan podium while Davante Adams, Puka Nacua, Harrison Mevis, Cobie Durant, and Kam Curl said from nan locker room.

Watch Matthew Stafford's Press Conference Below

Stafford Drives The Rams To The Win

During his presser, Stafford said connected nan elements that ensured his team's triumph successful specified unsmooth conditions. One of nan keys is nan team's never-say-die cognition which was thing Stafford said connected during nan week.

“I consciousness for illustration you're ne'er retired of a crippled until nan clock's complete aliases there's conscionable evidently not going to beryllium capable time," stated Stafford. "But if there's clip connected nan clock, I consciousness awesome astir it. Emotion is great. You people a touchdown, possibly you people different immoderate you request to get done, that emotion is great, but you person to spell retired successful location and execute."

"It doesn't matter if you people nan first touchdown, everybody gets each fired up and past you don't do thing other nan remainder of nan day. It's execution. You've seen their squad [Bears], they've made plays really successful each 3 phases to thief them triumph those come-from-behind games. You person to springiness them a batch of credit. They person a quarterback, a team, a coach that each judge successful each different and arsenic they should. They've proven it a bunch of times this year.”

Stafford besides said astir nan snow, thing Stafford touched connected aft nan game.

“I deliberation each crippled is unique," stated Stafford. "You can't conscionable bunch them each together. I played successful Philly backmost successful nan time erstwhile location was six inches of snowfall connected nan ground. I played successful different games wherever it's conscionable acold and dry. You conscionable person to spell fig retired what nan elements are and really it's going to impact nan shot and spell play. We had upwind past week, what's that like? How's nan shot moving erstwhile you propulsion it down nan field? All these kinds of things. You fig it retired arsenic you go."

"Each 1 is its ain unsocial group of circumstances. I cognize that some teams are playing successful it. You conscionable spell retired location and execute nan champion you can. I cognize [Head Coach] Sean [McVay] and I'll beryllium successful changeless speech on, ‘Hey, really do we want to telephone this game? How do we want to get this going to springiness ourselves nan champion chance to spell retired location and beryllium successful.’”

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