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Top Rams News: Previews and Predictions for Rams at Eagles in the Divisional Round

Throughout the season, theRams.com will be taking a look around the internet for the top Rams headlines of the day. Here's a look at what's out there on Saturday, Jan. 18, about your Los Angeles Rams before their road Divisional Round matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at noon pacific time.

Experts make their predictions for the Divisional Round

Here's a collection of analysts' predictions and previews for Rams-Eagles:

  • All five of NFL.com's analysts picked the Rams to lose to the Eagles on Sunday. Read why Dan Parr chose the Eagles here.
  • Three of Sports Illustrated's six staffers picked the Rams to win against the Eagles on the road. All of their Divisional Round predictions can be seen here.
  • One of ESPN's three experts chose the Rams to come out on top in the Divisional Round. Picks for every game can be viewed here.

Preview coverage from therams.com

  • Stu Jackson on how first-year defensive coordinator Chris Shula has grown with his young defense
    • "Understanding what our defense is, the ability to adapt and adjust to the types of offense that we're playing. And always talk about trying to put players in the best position, and the flexibility to adjust the scheme, kind of within the year, based on some of the things that we did over the last three or four years that were very comforting to me, and kind of getting out of that comfort zone and kind of changing up some books and doing some different things." - Chris Shula
  • Stu Jackson on injury updates ahead of the Divisional Round
    • "Tyler (Higbee)'s making great progress, he was able to participate today. Alaric (Jackson), we were just being – I mean, we didn't practice yesterday, it was just a projection. ... He was good today." - Sean McVay
  • Wyatt Miller on how Matthew Stafford beat the blitz in the Wild Card round
    • "We put the ball in his hands right from the jump. We knew that was the kind of game it was going to be… He had that look in his eye… There's an aura that he had about himself. I could really feel that when we were practicing on Saturday at Arizona's facility." - McVay
  • Wyatt Miller on how L.A. can avoid the pitfalls from the last Eagles matchup and poor weather
    • "Understanding what your gap is, understanding how to play it, not get knocked back at the line of scrimmage... Just playing good, strong run defense (with) good fundamentals. A lot of things in that game came down to that and I will say, they made us play that way." - Shula

Other preview coverage heading into the Divisional Round

  • The Athletic's Jourdan Rodrigue on Jared Verse having the makings of the Rams' next superstar
    • "He has an edge to him that is so healthy — I think it's one of the special things that makes him who he is. I think he knows I cared enough about him to be able to give him that honest feedback. What's great about him is he applies it immediately." - McVay
  • The LA Times' Gary Klein on Rams' sense of urgency to slow down Saquon Barkley
    • "Stopping Saquon and being able to get to some of the positions we were in tonight. Getting to be able to rush the passer. I mean that's what we got to do, get them into third and longs and keep them out of third and shorts." - Braden Fiske
  • Associated Press' Greg Beacham on how the Rams' young defense has been a spark during the late-season playoff push
    • "I think a lot of the scars that we've had as a team have been what led us to the point that we're at. I know the greatest growth opportunities with myself in particular are when it's the most challenging times, and you're thinking, 'Man, I don't like this at all.' Then you look back, and you can't imagine where you'd be without some of those adverse times." - McVay

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