Super Bowl 60 is set for Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium, but the NFL’s main event will take place this weekend, according to Jeff Reinbold of NFL Ski Sports.
The Seattle Seahawks host the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship Game as the NFC West rivals prepare to meet for the third time this season with a shot at the Lombardi Trophy.
Los Angeles earned a 21-19 win when the teams met in Week 11, before Seattle won 38-37 in overtime in Week 16. That sets the final decision.
Sean McVay’s Rams were forced to dig deep after surviving a Caleb Williams miracle to beat the Chicago Bears at snow-dusted Soldier Field on Sunday. That would follow a big win over the Carolina Panthers in raising questions about the performance levels of a team that threatened to run away from the rest of the league at times during the regular season.
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Seattle got off to a perfect start against San Francisco thanks to Rashid Shahid’s incredible 95-yard punt return
“I interviewed McVay about the London game and he said, ‘I’ve taken two teams to the Super Bowl, but I like this one. What I like about this team is their resilience, their mental toughness,'” NFL Sky Sports’ Neil Reynolds said.
But something is wrong when you compare the midseason Rams to the team you want to see right now in this most important phase of the season.
McVay publicly criticized his own play after Sunday’s win in Chicago, unhappy with his sense of the ‘flow’ of the game as the Rams managed just one field goal in the second and third quarters.
“What did he say at the end of his postgame press conference? He said, ‘I can’t wait to dive into this lane,'” NFL Sky Sports’ Jeff Reinbold said.
“I bet my next paycheck on that plane home he’s already on the game tape because that loss to Seattle, the last time they played when they had a big lead and blew it in the fourth quarter, you think that doesn’t sit well with him?”
“I think the Rams are going to play really, really well against them. That game is going to be something. I can’t wait to see the Seahawks and the Rams, it might be better than the Super Bowl.”
“The Seahawks are playing their best football right now. It’s a very tough place to play.”
Seattle arrives as the hottest team in football after entering the NFC’s No. 1 seed at 14-3 before blowing out the San Francisco 49ers with a 41-6 victory in front of a raucous home crowd on Saturday night.
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Highlights from the Divisional Round matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and the Chicago Bears during the 2025 NFL Playoffs.
Rasheed Shahid set the tone with a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown before Kenneth Walker rushed for three touchdowns and Mike McDonald’s No. 1 scoring defense forced three turnovers in a dominant performance over its division rivals.
Sam Darnold was barely called into action as he threw for just 124 yards, with his one touchdown pass going to NFL champion Jackson Smith-Njigba, who topped the league with 1,793 yards through the air this season.
I think the winner of that game will be favored for the Super Bowl,” Reynolds said. “I certainly believe that. The Rams won Game 1 with Seattle missing a 60-yard field goal at the end of the game, so it all came down to the wire. And Seattle won Game 2 with a two-point conversion to win in overtime.
“So it’s been back and forth, this is going to be really good. I believe Seattle is a better version of themselves than they were a few weeks ago. So they’re the favorites.”
Watch the Denver Broncos take on the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game and the Los Angeles Rams take on the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship Game, live on Sky Sports NFL from 7.30pm on Sunday 25 January.