The Seattle Seahawks had climbed all the way up to No. 2 Week 14 in Touchdown Wire’s NFL power rankings after beating the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night. But a brutal loss to the Los Angeles Rams on “Sunday Night Football” dropped Seattle a few spots down to No. 4.
“With the 49ers outlasting the Saints earlier in the day, all the Seahawks had to do was to beat the Rams on Sunday night to seize the top spot in the NFC playoff race,” writes Doug Farrar. “Seattle had beaten the Vikings six days earlier in a game where the Seahawks offense beat the daylights out of Minnesota on the ground and through the air. In addition, Seattle’s defense had been one of the NFL’s best in the second half of the season.”
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“With that much buildup, you probably know what happened next,” Farrar continued. “The Seahawks went to Los Angeles and got housed by the Rams in every way possible in a 28-12 loss. Jared Goff was barely pressured and completed 22 of 31 passes for 293 yards and two touchdowns – though he did also throw two interceptions to safety Quandre Diggs, who was by far the most effective member of Seattle’s defense on the evening.”
The Seahawks still have three regular-season games left on the books, with two against division rivals. Seattle heads to Carolina on Sunday to face the Panthers in the team’s final early kickoff of the year.
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