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Seahawks underdogs by a touchdown against Rams for Week 15 matchup

According to the latest odds at Tipico Sportsbook, LA is favored by 6.5 points.

The Seahawks have had a fun time the last couple of weeks beating up on inconsistent and terrible teams like the 49ers and the Texans. Now it’s time to face a worthy adversary in the person of the LA Rams, who already won in Seattle back in Week 5. Since then they’ve added Von Miller and Odell Beckham Jr. and currently have an 8-4 record, several games and a tie-breaker ahead of the Seahawks in the NFC West standings.

As expected, the Rams are considered the favorites for next Sunday’s matchup. According to the latest odds at Tipico Sportsbook, LA is favored by 6.5 points over Seattle.

The Rams will be facing the conference-leading Cardinals on Monday Night Football in a couple of hours. It will be interesting to see how the results of that game impacts the Week 15 odds, if at all. There’s also a new development to follow: both Jalen Ramsey and Tyler Higbee have been placed on their team’s COVID-19 list, which puts their status for next week into question.

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Report: Seahawks talking to Rams’ Shane Waldron about OC job

The Rams’ coaching staff continues to get picked apart by other teams.

Brandon Staley and Joe Barry may not be the only assistant coaches to leave the Rams this offseason. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Seahawks have been talking to Rams passing game coordinator Shane Waldron about their offensive coordinator job.

Waldron hasn’t emerged as the frontrunner for the position, as Seattle is also looking at Ken Dorsey and Joe Lombardi, but Waldron is at least in the mix to be hired away from the Rams.

And this isn’t a hiring Sean McVay could block, either. Because it’s a promotion from passing game coordinator to offensive coordinator, McVay can’t block Waldron from interviewing like he could with Kevin O’Connell when the Chargers wanted to speak to him.

Waldron has been the Rams’ passing game coordinator for the last three seasons and has been with Los Angeles since Sean McVay was hired in 2017. In his first year with the Rams, he was the tight ends coach before transitioning to passing game coordinator in 2018.

In 2019, he also coached the quarterbacks, but that position was essentially given to O’Connell this past season when he was hired, as well as Liam Coen. Waldron previously worked with McVay in Washington in 2016, as well, so their relationship goes back five years.

Jamal Adams trolls Rams with a tweet after LA’s loss: ‘See y’all in Cabo’

Jamal Adams says he’ll see the Rams in Cabo.

The Rams and Seahawks are bitter rivals for a reason, and there were plenty of examples of that this season. After the Seahawks beat the Rams to clinch the NFC West in Week 16, Jamal Adams lit a cigar in his press conference.

The Rams remembered that when they beat the Seahawks in the wild-card round, and Jalen Ramsey let them know they could take their cigars and division-title T-shirts to Cabo.

Adams was waiting for the opportunity to clap back at Ramsey and the Rams, and he did so after Los Angeles was eliminated on Saturday. He sent this tweet after the game, which Rams fans didn’t take kindly to.

The Seahawks may have beaten the Rams twice this season, but it was Los Angeles that made it to the second round of the playoffs. And with the way the Rams have handled their business against the Seahawks in the last four years, Adams doesn’t have much to brag about – especially considering he just joined the team this year.

Watch: Mic’d-up Aaron Donald lets loose, talks trash to Seahawks

Aaron Donald was chirping at the Seahawks throughout the game long.

Aaron Donald isn’t the most outspoken player in the NFL. He doesn’t like to gloat during his press conferences, even when asked about his list of career accomplishments – a list that now resembles the length of a CVS receipt.

But Donald let loose in Saturday’s wild-card win against the Seahawks. Whether on the field or on the sideline, Donald was chirping at Seattle’s players with various forms of trash talk. And if anyone has the game to back up the talk, it’s a six-time All-Pro like Donald.

He was mic’d up against the Seahawks and the video is must-watch for any Rams fan. He was yelling at DK Metcalf, asking why the Seahawks weren’t dancing like in Week 16 and celebrated several times with Ogbonnia Okoronkwo after big plays.

The best part was when Donald told Damien Lewis, “What’re you gonna do? Don’t turn around like you’re going to do something. You ain’t gonna do [expletive].” Mind you, Lewis is just a wide-eyed rookie, while Donald is a future Hall of Famer.

Donald doesn’t often show emotion like he did against the Seahawks, but he was fired up during that game and understandably so.

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Rams RB Cam Akers was mic’d up vs. Seahawks: ‘This is easy’

Cam Akers had himself a game on Saturday and he let the Seahawks know it.

Rams rookie Cam Akers made his postseason debut on Saturday against the Seattle Seahawks, helping lead Los Angeles to a 30-20 win in the wild-card round. He rushed for 131 yards on 28 carries, and also added 45 yards receiving on two receptions.

The Seahawks aren’t exactly a bad defense, either, but Akers didn’t find it tough sledding at Lumen Field. He was having quite the day and he let the Seahawks know it.

Akers was mic’d up during the game and at one point, he could be heard telling the Seahawks, “He had help. Y’all ain’t tackle me one-on-one all day.”

Then after he scored his 5-yard touchdown, he said repeatedly, “This is easy. This is easy. I’m telling you, it’s easy.”

Akers told reporters on Wednesday that “it starts up front with our offensive line,” crediting the big men for paving the way against Seattle. He’s not wrong, either, but he also did a tremendous job creating on his own, too.

Of his 131 yards rushing, 97 came after contact, so he was breaking tackles and eluding defenders all afternoon long.

As easy as it was for Akers against the Seahawks, it’s even easier to see why the Rams liked him so much coming out of Florida State.

Rams report card: Grading every position from wild-card win vs. Seahawks

The Rams’ defense graded out better than the offense, but both sides of the ball did their job on Saturday.

The Los Angeles Rams are gearing up to face the Green Bay Packers in the divisional round on Saturday, a game that will decide who advances to the NFC championship game. But before looking ahead to that game, it’s still worthwhile to evaluate how the Rams played against the Seahawks in the wild-card round.

They were outstanding on defense, limiting the Seahawks to their third-fewest yards in a playoff game with Russell Wilson at quarterback. The offense had its share of struggles, mostly because of injuries at quarterback, but Cam Akers carried the load.

Here is our wild-card report card from the Rams’ 30-20 win over the Seahawks.

9 crazy stats from Rams’ playoff win vs. Seahawks

It was quite the performance by the Rams, who held Seattle to its third-lowest yardage total in a playoff game since 2012.

The Rams did what few people expected them to do on Saturday, going up to Seattle and beating the third-seeded Seahawks at their place. The win punched the Rams’ ticket to the divisional round, where they await their next opponent, the Packers or Bucs.

But before we look ahead to their next matchup, let’s revisit some crazy stats that came out of Saturday’s game – including Cam Akers’ historic day, the Rams’ first turnover-less game and a dominant performance by the defense.

Notable PFF grades from Rams’ wild-card win over Seahawks

Austin Corbett had himself quite the game against Seattle.

There was a lot to like from the Rams’ 30-20 win over the Seahawks on Saturday, even if it wasn’t the prettiest of victories. They got great performances from the majority of the offensive line, the defense as a whole, and running back Cam Akers.

Pro Football Focus released its game grades for the Rams and not surprisingly, Aaron Donald, Darious Williams and Andrew Whitworth were among the top-graded. But it was Austin Corbett who dominated at left guard with a team-high grade of 85.0.

Rams play-by-play announcer J.B. Long shared notable grades from the Rams’ wild-card performance, highlighting seven key players.

Surprisingly, Akers and Jalen Ramsey were absent from the list, and Ramsey wasn’t even one of the 12 defenders with a grade of 68 or better. Somehow, PFF only gave him a 56.3 for his performance against DK Metcalf and the Seahawks.

That’s likely because PFF only grades coverage on plays where the defender is targeted, so they don’t account for Ramsey preventing Russell Wilson from targeting Metcalf.

It was great to see the Rams get a complete team effort in the playoffs, getting strong outings from players at just about every position group. If they continue to play the way they did on Saturday, especially on defense, the Rams are capable of beating anyone.

Studs and duds from Rams’ win over Seahawks in wild-card round

The best and worst performances by Rams players on Saturday, including Aaron Donald and Cam Akers.

It took a complete team effort to beat the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday afternoon, with several players coming through for the Los Angeles Rams on Wild Card Weekend. Jared Goff stepped up in place of John Wolford, who got hurt after just 15 snaps played. Cam Akers thrived in a workhorse role once again, and the defense was excellent at every level.

And so as a result, there were a lot of studs coming out of this 30-20 win, and not many duds. Take a look at the best and worst performances from Saturday’s wild-card victory at Lumen Field.

Listen: Sean McVay gives fiery locker room speech after Rams top Seahawks

Sean McVay handed out a game ball to the Rams defense after Saturday’s win.

Sean McVay didn’t have much of a voice after Saturday’s win over the Seahawks, which he suggested was an indication of just how excited he and his players were to beat their division rivals. He had enough of a voice to give an uplifting speech to the team in the locker room afterwards, though, firing up his players after the playoff win.

The Rams no longer share videos of the locker room celebrations, likely to avoid COVID-19 violations, but they did upload a soundbite from McVay’s postgame speech – and he was fired up.

“What we said last night was true. We expected to do this. Nobody acted surprised,” he said.

Give his speech a listen, as he also gave out a game ball to the defense for an outstanding performance, highlighted by Darious Williams’ pick-six.