Byron Young explains what Rams must do to dethrone Seahawks

The Los Angeles Rams' nemesis in 2025 was the Seattle Seahawks. They beat the Rams in Week 16 when first place in the NFC West and the No. 1 seed were up for grabs, and then knocked Los Angeles out of the playoffs in the conference title game.

The Rams did win their first meeting with Mike Macdonald's team in Week 11, but when it mattered most, Los Angeles came up short.

There's no doubt they're the top team standing in the Rams' way next season, but Los Angeles has a roster capable of dethroning the defending champs. Byron Young spoke to DJ Siddiqi of R.org recently and explained what the Rams must do to beat the Seahawks in 2026, saying it'll come down to the little things.

“We have to finish,” Young said. “That’s a complete team. That’s a team where you can’t give them a chance, you won’t give them much type of chance, because that’s how you lose. You can’t make mistakes like that, the small mistakes we made, because that’s how you lose.

“Beating a team like that is eliminating the mistakes and capitalizing off their mistakes. Just keep playing that type of football, we could play that brand of football. I think that’s the key to beating teams like that, because they score, they’re going to make big plays, because that is a good team. They’re hungry, they’re trying to continue that repeat, so it’s our job.”

The Rams made too many mistakes down the stretch in their two losses to the Seahawks, whether it was allowing a punt return touchdown in Week 16 or failing to get into the end zone late in the fourth quarter of the NFC title game. And even after coming up short on offense, they failed to get a stop defensively when the game was on the line.