The Seattle Seahawks secured their 12th winning season in 13 years with a 30-25 victory against the Los Angeles Rams. Despite resting key players, the Rams faced their first loss since November 24th.
Geno Smith passed for 223 yards and threw his career-best fourth touchdown pass to Noah Fant with 3:19 to play, and the Seattle Seahawks finished their 12th winning season in 13 years with a 30-25 victory over the playoff-bound Los Angeles Rams .
Geno Smith passed for 223 yards and threw his career-best fourth touchdown pass to Noah Fant with 3:19 to play, and the Seattle Seahawks finished their 12th winning season in 13 years with a 30-25 victory over the playoff-bound Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. (10-7). The Rams rested Matthew Stafford and nearly all of his offensive starters to stay healthy for a home playoff game next weekend.Coach Sean McVay didn’t care, but the Rams’ first loss since Nov. 24 dropped them to the fourth seed in the NFC playoff bracket behind Tampa Bay (10-7), . Los Angeles’ visitor in the wild-card round will be the fifth-seeded loser of Minnesota’s showdown with Detroit on Sunday night. DK Metcalf, Jake Bobo and AJ Barner also caught TD passes for Seattle. Jaxon Smith-Njigba had four catches to tie Tyler Lockett’s single-season franchise record of 100 receptions.In keeping with McVay’s career-long policy of prioritizing rest and health over meaningless results, Los Angeles sat receivers Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp, running back Kyren Williams and starting offensive linemen Alaric Jackson, Kevin Dotson and Rob Havenstein. McVay also allowed offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur to call the Rams’ plays.Get today's sports news out of Los Angeles. Here's the latest on the Dodgers, Lakers, Angels, Kings, Galaxy, LAFC, USC, UCLA and more LA teams.Seattle led 24-16 on Barner’s 4-yard TD catch late in the third quarter, but Johnson caught a 4-yard TD pass from Garoppolo early in the fourth. Los Angeles' 2-point conversion attempt failed, but it got the ball back 90 seconds later and drove for Joshua Karty’s 38-yard field goal with 7:29 to play for its first lead at 25-2
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