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. 9 about your Los Angeles Rams before their Wild Card round game against the Carolina Panthers at 1:30 p.m. pacific time Saturday.
Experts make their predictions for the Wild Card round
Here's a collection of analysts' predictions and previews for Rams-Panthers:
- All five of NFL.com's analysts picked the Rams to beat the Panthers on Saturday. Ready why Dan Parr picked the Rams here.
- All 10 Sports Illustrated staffers picked the Rams to win against Carolina. All of their playoff bracket predictions can be seen here.
- Eight of nine ESPN experts chose the Rams to come out on top on Saturday. Picks for every game can be viewed here.
Preview coverage from therams.com
* "I don't want my teammates to feel like this again. I only want to look in their eyes and see anything but pure bliss and pure happiness. And I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure that doesn't happen again." - Jared Verse
* Stu Jackson on Davante Adams' return to action ahead of playoffs
* "I know it's pissed him off pretty good because of the competitor that he is. But he's got that look in his eye that I know he's ready to go." - Sean McVay
* Wyatt Miller on Chris Shula taking from his mentors to create a complex, yet still player-friendly defense
* "I don't want to be the smartest person in the room. And when you have someone like Chris who's got such a high capacity, a cerebral thinker, you want to be able to utilize their capabilities." - Raheem Morris
* Wyatt Miller on Tyler Higbee's impact on and off the field
* "I've loved every minute I've had playing football with Higs. He's a special football player and has made so many great plays that I can remember off the top of my head. It's just the human being, too. The human being that celebrates for everybody. He has great celebrations himself… Everybody calls him a glue guy, probably an understatement." - Matthew Stafford
Other preview coverage heading into the Wild Card round
- ESPN's Sarah Barshop on how Stafford's command of the huddle gives the Rams' offense an edge
* "He's the smartest football player I've ever played with." - Coleman Shelton
* L.A. Daily News' Adam Grosbard on how 13 personnel shifted the Rams' identity mid-season
* "I think it's helped to give us an identity. It's an organic evolution based on some things that ended up happening and where we just really started sprinkling in and against Baltimore in little bite-size increments." - McVay
* LA Times' Gary Klein on how Higbee's return could supercharge the Rams' offense
* "You could just see there's a swag, there's a confidence." - McVay
