The Seattle Seahawks are set to take on the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday evening with each team’s season on the line. The winner will go on to the Super Bowl to play for a title, while the loser goes home to watch. These division rivals battled down to the end of the season in the NFC West, splitting the regular season meetings with each team winning at home — the Rams by two in Los Angeles, and the Seahawks by one in Seattle.
The chance to defeat a divisional opponent and end their season while stamping your bid to a Super Bowl is a sweet opportunity. It’s a little extra sweet for one Seahawk in particular: former Rams WR Cooper Kupp. After spending the first eight years of his NFL career with the Rams, Kupp returned to his home state of Washington this season when the Seahawks signed him in free agency.
Four years ago, the Rams won a Super Bowl in QB Matthew Stafford‘s first season with the team. But it wasn’t Stafford who was the best player in that championship game: it was Kupp, winning Super Bowl MVP in a season in which he led the league in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns. Now, he gets the chance to knock out his old team and punch the Seahawks’ ticket back to the Super Bowl in one go.
Seattle Seahawks WR Cooper Kupp on Facing His Old Team
GettySEATTLE, WASHINGTON – NOVEMBER 30: Cooper Kupp #10 of the Seattle Seahawks stiff arms Isaiah Rodgers #2 of the Minnesota Vikings in the second quarter of a game at Lumen Field on November 30, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Jane Gershovich/Getty Images)
“No, you take things one day at a time,” Kupp said during his press conference on Thursday. “I mean, I’ve touched on this a little bit, but we all have a story. All these guys here that will step on this field, they’ve all had a story to get them to this point. They’ve all had a journey to what this year’s been for them, what the last few years have been to come to this point.”
“Mine is just one of 50, 53 that are gonna be on that field,” Kupp continued. “And in my story, this is an unbelievable storyline, the chances that it ends up being what it is, and I’m really excited about that. But this is the Seahawks going into an NFC Championship Game and trying to get the job done.”
Seattle Seahawks WR Cooper Kupp on Playing for Each Other
“That’s the great thing about football,” Kupp said in his signature humility. “It’s all these guys — all these guys have different stories, and we all get to play for one another. It’s a powerful thing when all 50 guys are playing for their purpose.”
“But it’s even more powerful when you’re playing for the guys next to you, when you’re playing for the people that are lining up beside you. And that’s what I’m excited about, it’s the guys that are in this room that you want to go out and win for. The coaches that have put so much time into this that you want to go out and execute your job for. You know, we’ve got a lot of guys that live that, that are about it. And that’s what makes this a really exciting thing for me.”
Seahawks WR Cooper Kupp Sends Message to Former Team Ahead of Rams Game