With all due respect to the stupid (and desperate) NFL team that will eventually give Sam Darnold a Brink’s Truck of money this offseason — I urge you to reconsider. Monday night’s Minnesota Vikings wild-card loss to the Los Angeles Rams was a microcosm of Darnold’s inherent flaws as a difference-making quarterback. Proceed with caution.

Quarterback Sam Darnold easily played the best football of his seven-year NFL career in 2024, taking advantage of 2024 10th overall pick J.J. McCarthy being lost for the year afte

Saquon Barkley completely demolished the Rams' defense in Week 12. If he does it again in the divisional round, the Rams have no chance.

The NFL divisional round is fascinating, because sometimes you get a matchup between two distinctly good teams who are stylistically different, but sometimes you get one that's just plain weird. This Rams-Eagles matchup is firmly the latter of these two types.

The Eagles defense will have to account for a Los Angeles Rams player who was doing well before an injury sidelined him in Monday night's wild-card round win over the Minnesota Vikings