The Los Angeles Rams are heading into Week 18 in a powerful place. They’ve clinched the NFC West and can host a playoff sport throughout Wild Card Weekend, and their end result in opposition to the Seattle Seahawks within the closing week of the season will solely doubtlessly affect their first-round matchup.
At present, the Rams maintain the No. 3 seed within the NFC. If the postseason began at present, they’d be going through the No. 6 Washington Commanders within the first spherical. In the event that they defeat or tie the Seahawks on Sunday, they keep within the No. 3 spot. If the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lose or tie to the New Orleans Saints, the identical is true.
The one manner they fall to the No. 4 seed is that if they lose and the Buccaneers win. And in that case, they’d face the loser of the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings’ Week 18 battle for the No. 1 seed within the NFC.
The Rams seem assured of their talents to beat the Seahawks, or are snug with being the No. 4 seed, as they’re selecting to relaxation Matthew Stafford and begin Jimmy Garoppolo within the closing sport of the common season.
“What I can inform you guys is Jimmy Garoppolo will begin at quarterback this week. That’ll give Matthew [Stafford] an opportunity to have the ability to get some relaxation. Aside from that, that’s form of actually all that I’ve because it pertains to simply the method this week,” head coach Sean McVay stated.
The Rams went out and bought Garoppolo within the offseason as a result of they wished the power to nonetheless be aggressive in video games when Stafford was out, and that is the proper alternative to indicate that. L.A. needs to remain on the No. 3 seed and needs Stafford to have a bye week, so if Garoppolo does what the Rams signed him to do, they need to be capable of make each of these issues occur.
And if the Rams lose and in the end find yourself because the No. 4 seed, they’ll nonetheless have a rested Stafford and a house postseason sport in opposition to a crew that simply went all out in making an attempt to win their Week 18 sport.
Rams’ Akhello Witherspoon mentioned game-winning INT
The Rams concluded the NFL Week 17 triple-header on Saturday evening with a hard-fought 13-9 win over the Arizona Cardinals.
The Rams took a 10-0 lead into halftime however noticed it diminish when Kyler Murray led the Cardinals to a landing on their second drive within the second half. The Cardinals and Rams then traded discipline objectives within the fourth quarter, establishing for an thrilling end to the divisional matchup.
With the Rams clinging on to a four-point lead, Murray was driving the Cardinals down the sphere for a possible game-winning landing.
Arizona had the ball on the Rams’ five-yard lineup with 42 seconds left when Murray’s go to Trey McBride was deflected up within the air and intercepted by Ahkello Witherspoon.
The eight-year veteran mentioned his clutch play and stated he tried to get the ball in any respect prices.
