It has been two weeks since the Rams got destroyed by the Ravens on Monday Night Football, and I am fully back in on them. They were 100% in charge of last night’s Sunday Night Football game against the Seahawks, as they routed them to a 28-12 victory. As I predicted was going to happen, Russell Wilson had a rough night; although even I thought he would’ve thrown for at least ONE touchdown.
Two Seahawks starting o-lineman are out against the Rams #LAvsSEA pic.twitter.com/Hl8mUYgcIs
— Take Quake (@TakeQuakeBlog) December 8, 2019
The Rams jumped out to an early lead, executing on both sides of the ball to take a 21-3 lead into halftime. The only spark in the game for the Seahawks was when Quandre Diggs intercepted Jared Goff for a 55-yard pick-six.
.@Seahawks PICK-6!
Quandre Diggs takes it to the house! @qdiggs6
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They were able to kick another field goal midway through the fourth quarter, but with it being a 14-point game and the Rams playing lockdown defense, Seattle was done for. I’d say the nail in the coffin came when Todd Gurley threw down Tre Flowers on the Rams’ last scoring drive:
Gurley stiff arms his way for the TD 😤
Rams in full control
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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 9, 2019
That’s the Todd Gurley people thought we had seen the last of…apparently not!! Gurley was dynamic in probably his best game of the season, having rushed for 79 yards and receiving for another 34. And while Goff threw two picks – his first can be partly blamed on Robert Woods (insert video/post), and his second was basically an elite punt, as it pinned Seattle on their own two-yard line – he still wound up with 293 yards and two touchdowns.
The only irritating part about last night’s win was realizing that the Rams should’ve beaten Seattle twice this year. Thinking about Zuerlein’s missed field goal in their first matchup is frustrating mostly because of how automatic “Greg the Leg” has been. I guess nerves just got the best of him. Had the Rams won that game, they’d be tied with the Vikings for the second Wild Card spot, and even closer to taking the Seahawks’ spot. The Rams can definitely win out, but if they can at least take 2/3 of their remaining games against the Cowboys and Cardinals, they have a good shot at the ‘yoffs. Their toughest opponent will be the 49ers, who they struggled to get any offense going last time. But this is a team playing more dynamically on both sides of the ball now, so you never know what could happen.