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This game is hugely important for the Rams. We can clinch a playoff berth "with a win and losses or ties by the Lions and Packers, and losses by both the Saints and Falcons." A loss to the Seahawks can send us into a skid and possibly rob us of a playoff berth. But if we do make it into the playoffs as a wild card we don't want to limp in with no momentum. Win the game Rams, damn it!
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Status in doubt for Seahawks’ linebackers Bobby Wagner, K.J. Wright
Posted by Curtis Crabtree on December 12, 2017
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A Seahawks defense already missing three starters on defense for the rest of the season could be without both starting linebackers for next Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams.
Bobby Wagner and K.J. Wright each left Sunday’s 30-24 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the third quarter. Wagner aggravated a hamstring string while being blocked by Jaguars center Brandon Linderearly in the quarter. Wright sustained a concussion while being blocked by fullback Tommy Bohanon.
Head coach Pete Carroll said Monday they wouldn’t know the status of either player until late in the week. He expects Wagner to be a game-time decision at best. Wright had a “good day” on Monday, which gives him hope Wright will clear protocol in time to play against Los Angeles.
Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor and Cliff Avril are already out for the season due to injuries. Going into what is close to a must-win game against the Rams down five defensive starters would be a serious blow.
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If Wagner can’t go against the Rams then chalk up an L to the Seahawks. He is the QB of that defense and going up against a heavy run team look for the RAMS to run it down the seahawks throat.
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Not good. Wilson will need to win a shootout like in the Texans game. Fortunately, the Rams wet the bed vs Philly, so maybe there are some confidence issues there. 30-27 Rams win in OT after Walsh misses from 35 yards on Seattle’s first possession.
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Rams getting some guys healthy in time for Seahawks
Posted by Darin Gantt on December 12, 2017
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The Seahawks will be limping into this week’s game with the Rams.
And even though Los Angeles lost cornerback Kayvon Webster to a torn Achilles Sunday, they’re expecting to have a number of other players back on the field.
Via Alden Gonzalez of ESPN.com, Rams coach Sean McVay said that wide receiver Robert Woods and outside linebacker Connor Barwin are expected back in the lineup after missing games, and tackles Andrew Whitworth and Rob Havenstein should return after they had to leave Sunday’s game against the Eagles.
Also, cornerback Trumaine Johnson is not in the concussion protocol, after being evaluated for a head injury during the game. They kept him out with what they termed a stinger.
Whitworth and Havenstein left the game with knee injuries, though Whitworth returned later in the game. McVay called the media reports on the pair of them “very positive.”
Woods has missed three weeks with shoulder problems, and Barwin had surgery to repair a broken bone in his forearm and missed two games.
With the Seahawks possibly missing two more defensive stars for the game, that’s good news for the Rams as they try to bounce back from their loss to the Eagles.
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Rams really need Woods back. It’s been easier for defenses when he’s not out there.
Rookie Kupp has stepped up in a big way, but he and Gurley have accounted for 73% of the Rams passing yardage the last two weeks.
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And the Seahawks are getting injured and distracted just in time for this one. Enjoy the division and good luck in the playoffs LA. Time for the Seahawks to miss the playoffs, cut some undisciplined nutjobs, and reload for another run. Keep Sheldon Richardson, Brown, and Graham…release that fool Bennett…and let’s refocus with a better attitude going forward.
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They won’t have many healthy after the Seahawks game. Jefferson, Bennett and the rest of those nobs will see to that!
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Both teams are going to need as many healthy players as they can. This one will be a slug-fest with the winner being the team that can still field 11 players.
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The Rams have always sucked in Seattle…winning there once in the last 13 years. With that being said I think we are going to see a “changing of the guard” in the NFC West IMO. Rams win this game and all they have to do is either beat Tennessee or San Fran in their remaining 2 games to win the division. If the Hawks win the only way they can insure winning the division is by beating the Cowboys and the Cardinals. I like the Rams chances a little bit better.
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The Falcons put the first nail in the Sea Gull’s playoff chances. The Jaguars put another nail in it. It is time the LAmbs put a third nail in it and the Cowpies will put the last nail in the casket. RIP the Sea Gulls’ “dynasty.”
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Sizing up the Seahawks’ next opponent: Rams come to Seattle for key NFC West game
By Bob Condotta
Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/TNS
2017 record: 9-4, first in NFC West.
Coach: Sean McVay (9-4 in first season as head coach).
Series record: Seahawks lead it 23-15, including a 16-10 win over the Rams on Oct. 8. That snapped a streak of three wins in four games for the Rams, each of the wins coming in three different cities.
Early line: Seahawks by one point.
Star players
QB Jared Goff: Some of Goff’s numbers aren’t quite as impressive as they were heading into the first meeting between the two teams and he ranks just 20th in ESPN’s QBR (Total Quarterback Rating). Still, his development in his first season under McVay and second season in the NFL is unmistakable.
His interception rate of just 1.4 (six in 418 attempts) is sixth in the NFL and his yards per attempt of 8.1 is tied for third. But he has little to show for two career games against the Seahawks, completing just 35 of 72 passes for 423 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions and a 55.5 passer rating. His 48.9 passer rating, when he threw two picks in Seattle’s win in October, is his lowest of the season.
RB Todd Gurley: The third-year running back passed the 1,000-yard mark for the second time in his career with 96 yards on 13 carries Sunday against the Eagles and has 1,035 to rank third in the NFL. His 10 touchdowns leads the NFL and he also remains one of the most dangerous receiving running backs in the league. His 51 receptions are fourth among all running backs and his average of 11.8 yards per reception is second. Seattle held him in check in the first game as Gurley had just 43 yards on 14 carries.
WR Cooper Kupp: The former Eastern Washington standout has 18 receptions in his last three games as he has become the team’s leading receiver with 56 catches for 783 yards. Kupp has had his two highest-yardage games in the last three weeks with eight catches for 116 yards against the Saints and five for 118 against the Eagles. But Kupp is undoubtedly still ruing the pass he couldn’t bring down in the end zone on the final series of the first game against Seattle that would likely have given the Rams the win.
DT Aaron Donald: A Pro Bowl pick in his three previous seasons and a first-team All-Pro selection the last two years, Donald is having a typically good season with eight sacks and three forced fumbles, the latter a career high.
Donald terrorized Seattle earlier in his career and Seahawks fans still wincingly recall how he and Michael Brockers teamed up to stuff Marshawn Lynch on a fourth-down play to clinch a win for the Rams in overtime in the season opener in 2015. But after making four sacks in his first three games against Seattle — including two in that 2015 game — he has been held without one in the last four games against the Seahawks.
About Los Angeles
Any hope that the Rams would eventually disappear after their fast start has long ago disappeared, despite Sunday’s home loss to the Eagles. The Rams have continued to stay a step ahead of the Seahawks in the standings. Seattle can win the tiebreaker with a victory Sunday since it beat L.A. earlier this year.
The Rams offensive resurgence under McVay — who got the head-coaching job based on an impressive run as offensive coordinator with Washington — has shown staying power as Los Angeles is second in the NFL in points scored per game at 30.4, scoring 32 or more eight times (Seattle has hit that mark just twice). The Rams have scored less than 20 just twice, held to 10 by the Seahawks and a lone touchdown by the Vikings.
The offense could get a boost this week as receiver Robert Woods — who had 47 receptions for 703 yards in the first 10 games but has missed the last three with a shoulder injury — is expected to return.
The defense is 12th in points allowed (20.3 per game) but has been oddly vulnerable to the run, ranked 30th in yards allowed per attempt at 4.7. The Rams have allowed 100 or more yards rushing to nine of 13 opponents. One of the four who didn’t hit that mark was Seattle, whose 62 rushing yards is the second-lowest given up this year by Los Angeles.
View: https://twitter.com/Seahawks/status/940357087640436738
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How about addressing the fact you have a team of pu$sy kneeling punks!?
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Age, injuries, lack of discipline, failure to address the o-line, questionable personnel decisions & unfriendly cap math have all but rendered the Hawks a middle of the pack team, at best, for the foreseeable future.
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What a disappointment this season has been, truly. We really need to fix attitudes of players and do an overhaul in all areas. RW has his worst game but when he tried to come back he didn’t had the support he deserved. Still I believe in Russ...not Walsh or the O Line or Bevell
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You guys are still pathetic and embarrassing. It hurts that I'm a fan.
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And if our real defense weren't injured jags wouldn't have stood a chance. Y'all need to quit acting like you the shit when y'all just kicked them while they were down (injured)
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View: https://twitter.com/Seahawks/status/940034906859515904
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Get rid of Germain Ifedi/O-line and Darrell Bevell
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In general, our o-line is pretty shit minus Duane Brown. Russell Wilson should not have to scramble for his life every play of the game
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In Russell I will always trust, win or lose. This man has heart, even when he's not at his absolute best I know we will always have a chance to win with him. Now go get the Rams next week and win out.
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We continue to play from behind ... we sugar coat our performance too often
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penalties, drops & interceptions...... oh my!
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This loss makes next week's game incredible important. Injuried guys need to get healthy and backups need to find the fight and fire of the guys they are replacing. Hawks season depends on getting W next game. Take control of your future and make history...
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Status in doubt for Seahawks’ linebackers Bobby Wagner, K.J. Wright
Posted by Curtis Crabtree on December 12, 2017
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A Seahawks defense already missing three starters on defense for the rest of the season could be without both starting linebackers for next Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams.
Bobby Wagner and K.J. Wright each left Sunday’s 30-24 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the third quarter. Wagner aggravated a hamstring string while being blocked by Jaguars center Brandon Linderearly in the quarter. Wright sustained a concussion while being blocked by fullback Tommy Bohanon.
Head coach Pete Carroll said Monday they wouldn’t know the status of either player until late in the week. He expects Wagner to be a game-time decision at best. Wright had a “good day” on Monday, which gives him hope Wright will clear protocol in time to play against Los Angeles.
Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor and Cliff Avril are already out for the season due to injuries. Going into what is close to a must-win game against the Rams down five defensive starters would be a serious blow.
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If Wagner can’t go against the Rams then chalk up an L to the Seahawks. He is the QB of that defense and going up against a heavy run team look for the RAMS to run it down the seahawks throat.
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Not good. Wilson will need to win a shootout like in the Texans game. Fortunately, the Rams wet the bed vs Philly, so maybe there are some confidence issues there. 30-27 Rams win in OT after Walsh misses from 35 yards on Seattle’s first possession.
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Rams getting some guys healthy in time for Seahawks
Posted by Darin Gantt on December 12, 2017
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The Seahawks will be limping into this week’s game with the Rams.
And even though Los Angeles lost cornerback Kayvon Webster to a torn Achilles Sunday, they’re expecting to have a number of other players back on the field.
Via Alden Gonzalez of ESPN.com, Rams coach Sean McVay said that wide receiver Robert Woods and outside linebacker Connor Barwin are expected back in the lineup after missing games, and tackles Andrew Whitworth and Rob Havenstein should return after they had to leave Sunday’s game against the Eagles.
Also, cornerback Trumaine Johnson is not in the concussion protocol, after being evaluated for a head injury during the game. They kept him out with what they termed a stinger.
Whitworth and Havenstein left the game with knee injuries, though Whitworth returned later in the game. McVay called the media reports on the pair of them “very positive.”
Woods has missed three weeks with shoulder problems, and Barwin had surgery to repair a broken bone in his forearm and missed two games.
With the Seahawks possibly missing two more defensive stars for the game, that’s good news for the Rams as they try to bounce back from their loss to the Eagles.
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Rams really need Woods back. It’s been easier for defenses when he’s not out there.
Rookie Kupp has stepped up in a big way, but he and Gurley have accounted for 73% of the Rams passing yardage the last two weeks.
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And the Seahawks are getting injured and distracted just in time for this one. Enjoy the division and good luck in the playoffs LA. Time for the Seahawks to miss the playoffs, cut some undisciplined nutjobs, and reload for another run. Keep Sheldon Richardson, Brown, and Graham…release that fool Bennett…and let’s refocus with a better attitude going forward.
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They won’t have many healthy after the Seahawks game. Jefferson, Bennett and the rest of those nobs will see to that!
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Both teams are going to need as many healthy players as they can. This one will be a slug-fest with the winner being the team that can still field 11 players.
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The Rams have always sucked in Seattle…winning there once in the last 13 years. With that being said I think we are going to see a “changing of the guard” in the NFC West IMO. Rams win this game and all they have to do is either beat Tennessee or San Fran in their remaining 2 games to win the division. If the Hawks win the only way they can insure winning the division is by beating the Cowboys and the Cardinals. I like the Rams chances a little bit better.
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The Falcons put the first nail in the Sea Gull’s playoff chances. The Jaguars put another nail in it. It is time the LAmbs put a third nail in it and the Cowpies will put the last nail in the casket. RIP the Sea Gulls’ “dynasty.”
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Sizing up the Seahawks’ next opponent: Rams come to Seattle for key NFC West game
By Bob Condotta
Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/TNS
2017 record: 9-4, first in NFC West.
Coach: Sean McVay (9-4 in first season as head coach).
Series record: Seahawks lead it 23-15, including a 16-10 win over the Rams on Oct. 8. That snapped a streak of three wins in four games for the Rams, each of the wins coming in three different cities.
Early line: Seahawks by one point.
Star players
QB Jared Goff: Some of Goff’s numbers aren’t quite as impressive as they were heading into the first meeting between the two teams and he ranks just 20th in ESPN’s QBR (Total Quarterback Rating). Still, his development in his first season under McVay and second season in the NFL is unmistakable.
His interception rate of just 1.4 (six in 418 attempts) is sixth in the NFL and his yards per attempt of 8.1 is tied for third. But he has little to show for two career games against the Seahawks, completing just 35 of 72 passes for 423 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions and a 55.5 passer rating. His 48.9 passer rating, when he threw two picks in Seattle’s win in October, is his lowest of the season.
RB Todd Gurley: The third-year running back passed the 1,000-yard mark for the second time in his career with 96 yards on 13 carries Sunday against the Eagles and has 1,035 to rank third in the NFL. His 10 touchdowns leads the NFL and he also remains one of the most dangerous receiving running backs in the league. His 51 receptions are fourth among all running backs and his average of 11.8 yards per reception is second. Seattle held him in check in the first game as Gurley had just 43 yards on 14 carries.
WR Cooper Kupp: The former Eastern Washington standout has 18 receptions in his last three games as he has become the team’s leading receiver with 56 catches for 783 yards. Kupp has had his two highest-yardage games in the last three weeks with eight catches for 116 yards against the Saints and five for 118 against the Eagles. But Kupp is undoubtedly still ruing the pass he couldn’t bring down in the end zone on the final series of the first game against Seattle that would likely have given the Rams the win.
DT Aaron Donald: A Pro Bowl pick in his three previous seasons and a first-team All-Pro selection the last two years, Donald is having a typically good season with eight sacks and three forced fumbles, the latter a career high.
Donald terrorized Seattle earlier in his career and Seahawks fans still wincingly recall how he and Michael Brockers teamed up to stuff Marshawn Lynch on a fourth-down play to clinch a win for the Rams in overtime in the season opener in 2015. But after making four sacks in his first three games against Seattle — including two in that 2015 game — he has been held without one in the last four games against the Seahawks.
About Los Angeles
Any hope that the Rams would eventually disappear after their fast start has long ago disappeared, despite Sunday’s home loss to the Eagles. The Rams have continued to stay a step ahead of the Seahawks in the standings. Seattle can win the tiebreaker with a victory Sunday since it beat L.A. earlier this year.
The Rams offensive resurgence under McVay — who got the head-coaching job based on an impressive run as offensive coordinator with Washington — has shown staying power as Los Angeles is second in the NFL in points scored per game at 30.4, scoring 32 or more eight times (Seattle has hit that mark just twice). The Rams have scored less than 20 just twice, held to 10 by the Seahawks and a lone touchdown by the Vikings.
The offense could get a boost this week as receiver Robert Woods — who had 47 receptions for 703 yards in the first 10 games but has missed the last three with a shoulder injury — is expected to return.
The defense is 12th in points allowed (20.3 per game) but has been oddly vulnerable to the run, ranked 30th in yards allowed per attempt at 4.7. The Rams have allowed 100 or more yards rushing to nine of 13 opponents. One of the four who didn’t hit that mark was Seattle, whose 62 rushing yards is the second-lowest given up this year by Los Angeles.
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How about addressing the fact you have a team of pu$sy kneeling punks!?
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Age, injuries, lack of discipline, failure to address the o-line, questionable personnel decisions & unfriendly cap math have all but rendered the Hawks a middle of the pack team, at best, for the foreseeable future.
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What a disappointment this season has been, truly. We really need to fix attitudes of players and do an overhaul in all areas. RW has his worst game but when he tried to come back he didn’t had the support he deserved. Still I believe in Russ...not Walsh or the O Line or Bevell
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You guys are still pathetic and embarrassing. It hurts that I'm a fan.
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And if our real defense weren't injured jags wouldn't have stood a chance. Y'all need to quit acting like you the shit when y'all just kicked them while they were down (injured)
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View: https://twitter.com/Seahawks/status/940034906859515904
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Get rid of Germain Ifedi/O-line and Darrell Bevell
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In general, our o-line is pretty shit minus Duane Brown. Russell Wilson should not have to scramble for his life every play of the game
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In Russell I will always trust, win or lose. This man has heart, even when he's not at his absolute best I know we will always have a chance to win with him. Now go get the Rams next week and win out.
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We continue to play from behind ... we sugar coat our performance too often
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penalties, drops & interceptions...... oh my!
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This loss makes next week's game incredible important. Injuried guys need to get healthy and backups need to find the fight and fire of the guys they are replacing. Hawks season depends on getting W next game. Take control of your future and make history...
