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Seahawks win costs Rams special team coordinator his job

The Seattle Seahawks’ comeback victory on Thursday Night Football has evidently left a sizeable impact down in southern California. On Saturday, the Los Angeles Rams fired special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn following a 38-37 loss in overtime. Blackburn was in his third season running the Rams’ special teams unit, having first been hired for the […]

Enemy Reaction 2025: Los Angeles Rams (Part 2, the comeback)

When we last left the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams, it was looking grim for the Seahawks. Down 30-14 in the regular season home finale with the NFC West title hopes looking like they were going to be flushed down the drain. Another year, another win for Matthew Stafford and Sean McVay over the […]

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Pre-Snap Reads 12/20: Seahawks Special Teams comes up clutch once again

In Today’s Links: how dangerous of a team are the 2025 Seattle Seahawks, what the squad did to finally beat Matthew Stafford’s Rams, explaining Coach Macdonald’s decision to go for 2, the ‘Hawks are showing their character, Sam Darnold and his improved demeanor, how Josh Jones’ performance yesterday may have impacted Charles Cross’ future, 3-In […]

Post-game aftermath: What did the Seahawks show you the most in their win over the Rams?

The Seattle Seahawks didn’t just win on Thursday night — they showed resilience. Seattle’s 38–37 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Rams was emotional, chaotic, and ultimately revealing. These are the kinds of games that test more than talent. They test belief, composure, and whether a team can respond when momentum constantly shifts. On tonight’s […]

Enemy Reaction 2025: Los Angeles Rams (Part 1, a 16-point deficit)

When the Seattle Seahawks beat the Indianapolis Colts, I said the game was largely lacking in big action moments. There was only one touchdown scored, one turnover on the Colts’ final play, and not a lot of explosive highlights on offense or defense to talk about. The Los Angeles Rams game made up for that […]

Seahawks injury updates: Coby Bryant will miss time, Riq Woolen okay

The Seattle Seahawks were forced to go deep into their secondary’s depth in their stunning win over the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday. With injuries to Nick Emmanwori, Coby Bryant and Riq Woolen, Seattle leaned on key depth pieces like safety Ty Okada and cornerback Nehemiah Pritchett late in the game. However, early reports suggest […]

Seahawks pass rusher Derick Hall suspended by NFL

On Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Los Angeles Rams in an instant classic that will undoubtedly be in contention for game of the year when the 2025 NFL season concludes. The win moved the Seahawks into sole possession of first place in the NFC West, as well as the […]

Words Of Prey, Seahawks-Rams II: Chaos. A beautiful, improbable climax of chaos

Subhead: Best regular-season game in franchise history. For real. Where do you even start? At the end? Sure, but you can’t tell this happy ending without the dark-magic two-point conversions. With a fourth-quarter comeback straight out of the Improbability Drive? Maybe. But you can’t tell the story of how the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Los […]

How the Seattle Seahawks set all kinds of history in win over Rams

Wow wow wow wow wow. The Seattle Seahawks set, broke, tied, invented, etc. all kinds of NFL records in an unbelievable 38-37 win over the Los Angeles Rams. We’ll start with the one that was near unavoidable – they talked about this on the broadcast for almost the entire fourth quarter. But that was the […]

Winners and Losers from the Seahawks’ monumental comeback vs. Rams

Did all of that just happen? On the surface, the Seattle Seahawks beating the Los Angeles Rams was far from a crazy thought. Even winning in a shootout, however unlikely, didn’t seem far-fetched. To win a game down 30-14 with under 10 minutes left and then still have to rally from a touchdown deficit in […]

Seahawks pull off largest 4th quarter comeback in franchise history

Can you win the game in the fourth quarter?!! Well, the Seattle Seahawks technically didn’t, because they needed overtime to beat the Los Angeles Rams. After falling behind 30-14, Sam Darnold threw what looked to be a game-clinching interception to Kobie Turner. That should’ve been a wrap given the Seahawks hadn’t forced a punt all […]

Seahawks’ improbable overtime win over Rams is also an NFL first

The Seattle Seahawks pulled off an NFL first in their dramatic, improbable 38-37 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday Night Football. When Sam Darnold threw the decisive pass to Eric Saubert for the game’s final points, the Seahawks became the first team in NFL history to win an overtime game via two-point conversion. […]

Coby Bryant ruled out for rest of LA Rams game with knee injury

The Seattle Seahawks will not escape from the injury bug unscathed in Week 16—safety Coby Bryant has been removed from the game due to injury. Bryant left for the medical tent early in the fourth quarter following a Matthew Stafford 1-yard touchdown pass to Puka Nacua. The 26-year-old safety headed for the locker room after […]