Are Rams destined to follow Packers’ playoff frustrations?

2019: 13-3, lost to 49ers in NFC Championship

2020: 13-3, lost to Buccaneers in NFC Championship

2021: 13-4, lost to 49ers in Divisional Round

The only difference between those Packers teams and the Rams is that Green Bay lost two of those three season-ending games at home. For comparison, Los Angeles has only hosted one playoff game in the last three seasons, and even that matchup — a wild card game against the Vikings in 2024 — wasn’t played at SoFi Stadium due to the California wildfires. Those Packers teams greatly underachieved with a top-tier passer under center because they were routinely one major piece away from contention. It’s felt like the Rams have needed something else to help as they’ve advanced deeper in the postseason in the last two years. First, they needed run defense help after Saquon Barkley gashed them in ’24, then addressed the secondary help they needed this offseason. No team is ever fully complete, as there will always be some weakness to exploit. Yet it’s fair to wonder what it’ll be for the Rams this season if they fall short again. *Will it be the lack of a WR3 behind Puka Nacua and Davante Adams?* *How about special teams?* *Or will it be something else no one’s thought of yet?* Much like those Packers teams, being on the cusp of another championship doesn’t provide much comfort when it produces tougher questions. A collection of things have kept the Rams from breaking through over the past three years, as Green Bay did during a similar stretch. Unless they fix what has ailed them during this span, the ending of the 2026 campaign will feel just as incomplete as the others.