The top 10 best moments of the Rams 2025 season

Some seasons are remembered for how they end. The great ones are remembered for how they felt and the memories made along the way. 

The 2025 Rams didn’t just stack wins, stats, or headlines — they authored moments. Loud ones. Quiet ones. This was a season that bent, snapped back, and kept swinging for the fences. A season that flirted with legacy, danced with heartbreak, and reminded everyone that football — when done right — is still theater.

Matthew Stafford played like a man daring Father Time to catch him. Puka Nacua became unavoidable. Sean McVay leaned into evolution instead of nostalgia. And the Rams, written off by some and misunderstood by many, turned the NFL into their canvas for five months.

Rankings are imperfect. Memories are messy. But to the best of our ability, these are the top ten moments that defined the Rams’ 2025 season.

Honorable Mention: Re-Verse Uno Card

It came in a loss, but it still mattered. Jared Verse blocked a field goal against Atlanta and returned it for a touchdown, a rare bright spot for a Rams special teams unit that struggled all season long. The Rams had already clinched a playoff berth, but were still chasing the top seed.

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10. Put on your Tutu

After blowing a 26–7 lead against Philadelphia the week prior, the Rams needed a response. They found themselves trailing Indianapolis in Week 4, searching for footing. Then Stafford uncorked an 88-yard strike to Tutu Atwell that flipped the game — and the season’s emotional trajectory. Fourteen unanswered points later, the Rams walked out with a comeback win and an early reminder of their resilience.

9. Defense dominates Darnold

The Rams hung on for a 21–19 win, fueled by four interceptions of Sam Darnold, his first such game since the infamous “seeing ghosts” game against the New England Patriots when he was a member of the New York Jets. Stafford threw two touchdowns. Ethan Evans flipped field position. This was the opening chapter of a rivalry that defined the season — and it set the tone for everything that followed.

8. Out with the old, in with the new

March 9, 2025, marked a turning point. The Rams made the painful but calculated decision to move on from Cooper Kupp, saving cap space and leaning into a new offensive vision. Enter Davante Adams. Taller. Stronger. Different. Paired with Puka Nacua, Adams unlocked dimensions defenses couldn’t solve. He led the NFL with 14 receiving touchdowns, he became just the 17th player in NFL history to reach 1,000 career receptions, and reignited his career in Los Angeles.

7. Sleepless in Seattle

Week 16 at Lumen Field was football madness. The Rams built a 30–16 lead midway through the fourth quarter. Then chaos arrived. A special teams miscue turned into a Rashid Shaheed punt return touchdown. Overtime came, and Stafford answered immediately, finding Nacua for what should’ve been the game-winner. But Darnold countered, marching Seattle down the field for a touchdown and a two-point conversion that stunned the Rams. It cost the Rams the number one overall seed in the NFC and home field throughout the playoffs, but it was the game of the year.

6. Revenge served hot

Week 14 wasn’t just about clinching a playoff spot. It was about settling accounts. Detroit had taken the last two meetings from the Rams, including a painful playoff loss and a season opener that lingered. This time, the Rams flipped the script. Stafford torched his former team for 368 yards and two touchdowns. Nacua shredded coverage for 181 yards on nine catches. The Rams pulled away late, turning tension into celebration.

5. Super Bowl dreams end in smoke

Yes, the Rams lost. And yes, it still belongs here. The NFC Championship Game against Seattle was the third act in a trilogy that delivered every ounce of drama football owes its audience. Stafford made history with his 50th touchdown of the season for the second time in his career. A muffed punt proved costly. Fourth-down failures near the goal line haunted.

4. Nacua named OPOY finalist

Nacua didn’t take a leap in 2025. He detonated. Leading the NFL with 129 receptions, finishing second in receiving yards with 1,715, and adding 10 touchdowns, Nacua was a force of nature and the engine of Sean McVay’s offense. He even chipped in with 105 rushing yards and a titanic touchdown against Tennessee. The one-handed catch against Carolina — arguably the catch of the year — felt symbolic. Nacua isn’t just productive; he’s violent at the catch point, relentless after it, and fearless everywhere else. He turned potential into permanence. 

3. Rams rally in Wild Card

Pressure exposes pretenders. The Rams proved otherwise in the NFC Wild Card game against Carolina. Trailing 31-27 late, Stafford took over with a seven-play, 71-yard drive. With 30 seconds left, Stafford found Colby Parkinson in the end zone for the game-winner, silencing the building and extending the Rams’ postseason hopes.

2. Bear Hunt

The Rams walked into Chicago’s frozen chaos for the NFC Divisional Round and survived one of the wildest playoff finishes in recent memory. After seemingly ending it with a fourth-down play that sent Caleb Williams spinning backward, the former Heisman winner threw up a backfoot prayer to Cole Kmet that forced overtime. Then Chicago drove, converted fourth downs, and leaned into destiny — until Kam Curl stepped in front of a throw and changed the night. From there, Stafford calmly marched the Rams into range and Harrison “The Thiccer Kicker” Mevis drilled the game-winner.

1. Matthew Stafford Wins MVP (most likely)

It started with uncertainty and ended with inevitability.

Stafford entered the 2025 season with a herniated disc in his back and real questions about whether he’d even be ready for Week 1. An NFL record 28 consecutive touchdown passes without an interception over nearly two months felt fictional. The fourth-and-three miracle in Baltimore to Kyren Williams felt like a quarterback bending physics to his will. Stafford didn’t just compile numbers — he curated them. The MVP winner by the Professional Football Writers Association, and soon-to-be the fourth Ram ever to take home the NFL MVP award, joining Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk, and Roman Gabriel. This wasn’t a late-career revival. This was dominance.