{"id":100963,"date":"2025-12-19T09:28:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/100963\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T09:28:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:28:16","slug":"what-we-learned-from-seattles-38-37-overtime-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/100963\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Learned from Seattle’s 38-37 overtime win"},"content":{"rendered":"

FULL BOX SCORE<\/a><\/p>\n

Seahawks stunned Rams, pushing them into NFC command. The most-hyped Thursday game of the season turned into an all-time overtime classic, with the Seahawks overcoming a 16-point deficit in the final nine minutes of regulation and scoring their third two-point play of the night to shock the Rams. \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffSam Darnold<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff threw two second-half picks, and the Seahawks were down to a 3% chance, per Next Gen Stats, to win with just over eight minutes left in regulation, but \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffRashid Shaheed<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff’s punt return touchdown gave them an opportunity, and one of the flukiest two-point conversions — on a \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffZach Charbonnet<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff fumble recovery off a Darnold backward pass — on an ensuing TD allowed the Seahawks to take it to overtime. After \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffMatthew Stafford<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff and the Rams struck first in OT, Darnold hit \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffJaxon Smith-Njigba<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff for a touchdown and the two-point conversion to the unlikely \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffEric Saubert<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff, who had never caught a two-pointer in his career and had two catches on the season coming in. Like Saubert\u2019s catch, the Seahawks\u2019 comeback was improbable — and it put Seattle into the playoffs<\/a>, along with driver\u2019s seat for the NFC West crown and the NFC\u2019s top seed.\u00a0Rams\u2019 collapse was hard to believe. The Rams controlled the Seahawks for most of their short-week game without \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffDavante Adams<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff, taking a 16-point lead well into the fourth quarter and appearing to lock up control of the NFC. Alas, Matthew Stafford and the Rams\u2019 offense went cold in the fourth quarter, the special teams fell apart and the defense allowed the game-tying touchdown in regulation and the game-winning TD in overtime — both capped with two-pointers, for a total of three in the game — to collapse. This one will be hard for Sean McVay to get over. He came out aggressively, lining up to go for it on fourth down five times early in the game, but the Rams couldn\u2019t finish this one off, in spite of outgaining Seattle by 166 yards and winning the turnover battle, 3-0. \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffHarrison Mevis<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff’ first missed kick of any kind this season was a killer with 2:07 left in the fourth quarter.Seahawks\u2019 two-point plays were the difference. The 2000 Rams still hold the NFL record for most two-point conversions in a game with four, but the Seahawks had a shocking three in the victory — all coming in the final 8:03 of the fourth quarter and overtime. After Rashid Shaheed\u2019s touchdown cut into the Rams\u2019 16-point lead, Seattle made it a one-possession game with \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffCooper Kupp<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\u2019s two-pointer. Then after another quick Rams punt, Sam Darnold found \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffAJ Barner<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff for a score, followed by one of the stranger conversions you\u2019ll ever see. It was originally ruled incomplete, with Darnold throwing the ball off the helmet of the Rams\u2019 \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffJared Verse<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff and the ball trickling into the end zone after \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffKamren Curl<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff couldn\u2019t pluck it out of the air. Zach Charbonnet simply picked up the ball, and after a lengthy review, it was ruled that Darnold\u2019s throw was backward. Wacky stuff. Then in overtime, after the Rams took a 37-30 lead, Darnold led the game-winning drive, with Eric Saubert the shocking recipient of the game-winning two-pointer. Teams often will prep a pair of two-point plays for a typical game, but the Seahawks had a dig deeper into their bag — and it worked.\u00a0Rams\u2019 red zone failures, special teams meltdown cost them. The Rams rang up a season-high 581 yards and didn\u2019t turn the ball over, with Matthew Stafford (457 passing yards, third-most in his career) and \ufeff\ufeffPuka Nacua<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff (career-high 225 yards, two TDs) dominating, but they left several points on the field and coughed up a few more late. The Rams turned it over on downs on the opening drive and were only 3 of 6 in the red zone, with Sean McVay failing to go for it on fourth-and-2 at the Seattle 5-yard line on their second possession after going for it on fourth-and-1 from his own 38-yard line earlier. They also had a TD called back by penalty early on, keeping the game close at halftime at 13-7. The special teams melted down late, with a punt return TD allowed, a muffed kickoff, a 32-yard punt and Harrison Mevis\u2019 missed field goal try from 48 yards, the first time he missed a kick of any kind this season. Those are plays the Rams will rue in what will be a painful film session this week, knowing they had a great chance to take a dominant position heading into the postseason. Now they\u2019re starting at a potential road playoff opener.Darnold, Walker came through in the clutch. It was shaping up as another tough night for Sam Darnold, who threw four picks in a loss to the Rams earlier this season and had two more in the second half, putting the Seahawks in a 16-point hole. But Darnold picked himself off the mat and threw for 144 yards, two TDs and three two-point conversions in the fourth quarter and OT to lead the improbable comeback and give Darnold one of his signature victories — not just as a Seahawk but also as an NFL QB. He received a ton of help from \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffKenneth Walker III<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff, who ran for 100 yards and a 55-yard TD that gave the Seahawks a lead early in the third quarter they were frankly lucky to have. He also had three catches for 64 more yards and chased down the Rams\u2019 \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffJosh Wallace<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff to stop him at Seattle’s 1-yard line after an interception. Even though the Rams scored the next play, the hustle was inspirational. Why Walker only received 14 touches is anyone\u2019s guess, but he gave the Seahawks everything he could Thursday night, with every yard counting in the massive win.<\/p>\n

Next Gen Stats Insight for Rams-Seahawks<\/a> (via NFL Pro): Kenneth Walker had a faster max speed on his chase-down tackle of Rams DB Joshua Wallace (21.09 mph) than he did on his 55-yard TD run (21.07 mph).<\/p>\n

NFL Research: Matthew Stafford eclipsed 4,000 yards passing on his no-look TD pass to Puka Nacua, giving Stafford multiple TD passes in nine straight games, the longest stretch of his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FULL BOX SCORE Seahawks stunned Rams, pushing them into NFC command. The most-hyped Thursday game of the season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[17080,2502,48,52,51,47,50,49,6446,2503,2504,6427,17079],"class_list":{"0":"post-100963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-analysis","9":"tag-around-the-nfl","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-headlines","12":"tag-la-news","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","15":"tag-los-angeles-news","16":"tag-los-angeles-rams","17":"tag-no-minute","18":"tag-regular-season","19":"tag-seattle-seahawks","20":"tag-what-we-learned"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}