L.A.’s Rams are a train wreck at 2-4 right now, but here’s the kicker, 12s: they’re only one game back of our Seattle Seahawks for that eighth-place spot in the NFC. Yeah, I know. It stings a bit more when you realize that. This Rams team was projected as the best in the NFL coming into the season, so sitting at 2-4 is a massive disappointment for them, even if they aren’t technically dead in the water or eliminated from the postseason.
Rams Are Winning Yards, Losing Games
It feels like people are already ready to write off Sean McVay’s crew, and honestly, after six weeks, that might be fair. They just lost to Arizona at home on Sunday. But get this: the Rams have out-gained their opponents by a league-best 644 yards this season. That’s a ridiculous number for a 2-4 team! They are winning the yardage battle, but they just can’t get it done on the scoreboard. Their last three losses? All by one score. They’re competitive, they’re fighting, they’re just not winning. McVay’s seen this story before, though, and he’s made the playoffs after rough starts. They still have 11 games to define their season, so there’s still time to turn those one-score losses into one-score wins.
An “Easy” Road Ahead for L.A.?
Here’s where it gets interesting and why we, as Seahawks fans, have to pay attention. The Rams have a super favorable schedule coming up. Their next four games are against teams they “should beat”: the Raiders, Chargers, Commanders, and Cardinals. The Raiders have lost three in a row, and the Chargers are on a six-game losing streak. If L.A. can take advantage of that, they could win their next two games and be right back at .500 with a 4-4 record. That puts them in wild card position by midseason. Plus, the NFC isn’t exactly a gauntlet right now. The Eagles just put Jalen Hurts on season-ending IR, and even our own Seahawks have been struggling, dropping three of their last four games. It might feel weird to justify hope in a tough conference, but the NFC isn’t playing tough right now.
What This Means for the NFC Race (and Our Hawks)
So, the Rams are technically in 14th place, but like I said, they’re only one more loss than our 8th place Seattle Seahawks. They’re also only two games back of the Green Bay Packers in 5th place. McVay’s teams have a history of slow starts, and that could once again doom them to a wild card spot instead of winning their division. And we all know wild card teams usually don’t win Super Bowls; division winners usually do. Meanwhile, the 49ers are aiming to go 6-0 on Monday night against the Commanders, which means L.A. could quickly fall too far behind in the division.
The Rams are looking to win their next game against the Raiders, hoping to hit that 3-4 mark and start climbing back. It’s a critical game for them to prove they can convert those yards into actual wins and start closing the gap on teams like our Seahawks in the wild card hunt. We need our Hawks to lock it down and make sure L.A. doesn’t get any closer!
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Originally reported by Turf Show Times.
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