The Seattle Seahawks defeated the Los Angeles Rams in their season finale, setting up a rematch between the two teams in the Wild Card Round. The Rams' loss to the Seahawks means they will face the Minnesota Vikings, whom they defeated earlier in the season. The Rams' seeding also dropped to the No. 4 seed, meaning they will have to play on the road in the Divisional Round unless the Philadelphia Eagles and Tampa Bay Buccaneers both lose next weekend.
While the Los Angeles Rams might have rested several of their key starters and limited the snap counts of those who did play against the Seattle Seahawks , you certainly can’t accuse them of not making a concerted effort to still win the game. The Seahawks had to make a late red zone stand to win 30-25 in their season finale. Even if the Rams didn’t treat this game with the utmost importance in terms of playoff seeding, it did impact who they’ll play and potentially their road to the Super Bowl.
With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers winning the NFC South earlier in the day, the Rams needed to win to remain the No. 3 seed or else they’d drop to No. 4. That’s the difference between playing the Washington Commanders and the NFC North runner-up Minnesota Vikings, whom the Rams did defeat on a Thursday night back in October. Seattle’s win has set up a Rams vs. Vikings rematch for next Monday night, while the Buccaneers will rematch the Commanders on Sunday night. The Rams dropping to No. 4 means that unless the No. 2 seed Philadelphia Eagles and No. 3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers both lose next weekend, the Rams would have to go on the road for the NFC Divisional Round. As a No. 3 seed, the Rams would’ve only needed a Green Bay Packers win over the Eagles to snag a second home game, much in the way the Detroit Lions did last season when the Packers thrashed the No. 2 seed Dallas Cowboys. Maybe, just maybe, the Seahawks sent the Rams to a more difficult path for a Super Bowl run... or even to get out of the opening weekend. If Minnesota sends the Rams packing, I think we’d be all happy with giving LA a tougher matchup. While you’re here, check out the full Wild Card schedule for next week. No. 5 Los Angeles Chargers at No. 4 Houston Texans, 1:30 PM PT on CBS, Paramount+ No. 6 Pittsburgh Steelers at No. 3 Baltimore Ravens, 5 PM PT on Prime Video No. 7 Denver Broncos at No. 2 Buffalo Bills, 10 am PT on CBS, Paramount+ No. 7 Green Bay Packers at No
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