Week 18 · 2025–26 season
Rams
W 37-20 vs Cardinals · Jan 4, 2026
Misery Index · Uneasy
Rams fans toasting M.Stafford's MVP case while quietly bracing for a one-and-done in January.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
Seventeen points clear of Arizona, and the room still feels split. K.Turner's strip-sack recovery at the ARI 2 set the tone early, and M.Stafford spread it around with touchdown throws to P.Nacua, C.Parkinson, and a chunk play to T.Higbee that flipped the third quarter. Yet J.Brissett carved up the secondary for two scores and a 43-yard M.Wilson bomb, leaving the question of whether this is a team rounding into form or just one beating a backup.
What fans said
“Stafford back to MVP favorite per DraftKings!!!”
u/tOSUBUCKEYES_▲ 206joy
“Get Adams Kdot and Lake back. We ride”
u/DaBusDriva2▲ 228hope
“PUKA SAID FUCK YOU REFS, 1 HAND IS ALL THAT’S NEEDED”
u/darthsoulkiller▲ 17joy
“Also after what happened to us in that SEA game, we should picking up every fumble and running it into the Endzone, F' the whistle”
u/perlandre▲ 15rage
“We ain’t winning shit this year. Team has been flat for weeks.”
u/A_Donald99▲ 15despair
“Stafford MVP! Leads the NFL in Touchdowns and Passing Yards. 4 TD final game no Ints!”
u/smywi▲ 15joy
14 more
“This team isn’t making past the first round”
u/Insane_in_da_m3mbrne▲ 17despair
“Puka getting absolutely screwed since he ran his mouth.”
u/Daezuel▲ 20rage
“Defense gonna has to figure this out because the secondary is a legit liability in coverage and in tackling”
u/coolguyyama▲ 120frustration
“THE ROAD TO BANNER #3 BEGINS NOW!!!!”
u/SuperRam56▲ 19joy
“Drake Maye will be the biggest Mickey Mouse MVP in history if he wins over Stafford btw.”
u/trustmeidomind▲ 17rage
“I want Shula gone after this season. Fucking yikes.”
u/Cowabunguss▲ 12rage
“this cardinals team is fucking awful. starting qb - out, starting rb - out, backup rb - out, WR1 - out.”
u/onlymostlydeadd▲ 12rage
“Since that Puka refs comment they have been fucking with this team. This should be studied.”
u/PaoloPilyo▲ 11rage
“Generational collapse by this team the last month”
u/camlawson24▲ 11rage
“lol god we are so fucking lucky to have Puka. Plus with his new PR training, he’s unstoppable hahaha”
u/kumquat_bananaman▲ 12joy
“46 TDs , MVP LOCKED 🔒 , 5 SEED LOCKED 🔏 ‼️🦁🦁🦁”
u/ThereIsNoTomarrow▲ 12joy
“Imagine mouthing off when you are playing like dogshit this defense is pathetic”
u/Lordpennywise▲ 14rage
“This team is a joke. What a waste of a season”
u/SergeantThreat▲ 10despair
“Tu Tu is alive! Creed could never!”
u/MattDFW▲ 13joy