In the first 10 weeks of the season, the Los Angeles Rams played exactly two teams currently owning a winning record: The Seattle Seahawks and the Jacksonville Jaguars. That’s it. They’ve played two in the past three weeks, and will face another three teams with winnings records in the last four weeks.

Needless to say, their current stretch of games is far tougher than the ones they faced in the first half of the season, and it’ll ultimately determine where the Rams finish in the NFC, be it in the playoffs or just on the outside.

Their biggest game of the season comes on Sunday against the 10-2 Eagles, giving the Rams their first shot at clinching a postseason berth. A win, as well as some help from five other teams, will get the Rams in.

For Andrew Whitworth, however, Sunday’s game is essentially a postseason matchup by itself.

“Tremendous football team. They’re great in every aspect of the game,” Whitworth said of the Eagles, via the OC Register. “Much like the Minnesota game and the Saints game, this is a playoff game. It’s one of those games where, every little tiny play can affect the game, because both teams are that good.”

The Rams are 1-1 in Whitworth’s classification of “playoff games,” beating the Saints two weeks ago but falling to the Vikings one week prior. That’s not a bad split by any means, and a win over the Eagles would certainly put the Rams over the top.

No one’s calling it a must-win game, but a loss combined with a Vikings win would put the Rams two games back of a first-round bye with only three weeks remaining – a deficit that may be too large to overcome.