The NFL is known for hard hits, trash talk, and dramatic finishes. But according to reports, the Rams and Seahawks almost added something new to the highlight reel. An elevator fight. Yes, an actual elevator rumble all because of one Cooper Kupp fumble.
The chaos reportedly started after a tense Rams vs. Seahawks matchup. Emotions were already running hot, the game had been chippy, the calls were questionable and then came the Cooper Kupp fumble. One play, one loose ball and suddenly, grown men with headsets and million-dollar contracts were ready to throw hands in a metal box that barely fits six people.
Sources claim coaching staffs from both sides nearly went at it in the stadium elevator. Not the field, not the tunnel. The elevator. The most awkward fight location imaginable. Tight space, no escape and definitely no instant replay review to save anyone.
The brouhaha started after the Seahawks coaching staff caught Rams staffers seemingly cracking wise about wide receiver Cooper Kupp, according to a report from The Athletic.
The wide receiver fumbled in the first half of the teams’ Week 16 game and provided the impetus for the altercation between the two coaching staffs as they were in a shared elevator going down from the coaches’ boxes in the upper part of the stadium to field level.
“The witnesses said several Rams assistants were discussing the fumble in question as they neared the elevator,” The Athletic’s Mike Silver wrote. “One offensive coach asked which Seattle player had been responsible, and when another replied that it was Kupp, the coach snickered as though he expected the answer.”
The comment didn’t sit well with Seahawks outside linebackers coach Chris Partridge, “whose enraged response caused Rams defensive pass rush coordinator Drew Wilkins to yell back at him.”
Partridge had to be restrained by other members of the Seahawks coaching staff to avoid the potential altercation.
Thankfully, fists never flew. Pride survived, the elevator survived and the NFL avoided yet another headline it absolutely did not need. Instead, we are left with rumors, side-eye, and one of the funniest “almost fights” in recent memory.
This is football culture in 2026. Coaches are intense, divisional rivals are salty and one Cooper Kupp fumble can nearly turn a postgame ride into WrestleMania. No fines, no suspensions. Just angry vibes!
