Sean McVay has never coached against the same team in the playoffs

The Los Angeles Rams have had a lot of success under head coach Sean McVay, especially in the playoffs. In his first eight years at the helm, Los Angeles went 8-5, made two Super Bowls and won a Lombardi Trophy.

And in 2025, McVay and the Rams are back in the playoffs and looking to add to that playoff win column. They will face the Carolina Panthers in the wild-card round, a team McVay has not faced in any of his 13 playoff games.

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Oddly enough, McVay never coached against the same playoff team in those 13 games (h/tu/LucarioSkywalker on Reddit for the find). Here are all the teams McVay has coached against in the playoffs, including the Panthers:

• 2018: Cowboys, Saints, Patriots

• 2021: Cardinals, Buccaneers, 49ers, Bengals

If the Rams beat the Panthers in the wild-card round, this streak could end. The Rams will face the Seahawks, Eagles or Bears in the divisional round if LA advances, depending on the results of the other two wild-card games.

The only scenario in which McVay would face a new team in the playoffs is if the Packers upset the Eagles and the Bears beat the 49ers. The Packers, as the seventh and final seed remaining in the playoffs, would travel to Seattle to face the top-seeded Seahawks. The Rams, meanwhile, would travel to Chicago to face the Bears. McVay never coached against the Bears in the playoffs, so the streak would stay alive.

The streak would almost certainly end in the NFC title game if the Rams make it that far. McVay coached against the Packers and Seahawks in the playoffs during his tenure as head coach of the Rams.

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For now, though, it’s a fun little aspect of McVay’s coaching career.

This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: Sean McVay has never coached against the same team in the playoffs