Seahawks @ Rams · Week 12

WEEK 12 · FINAL

THE READ

Seahawks run away with it, 56-28

Seattle's 56-28 win over Los Angeles was a rout that the advanced numbers validate completely—the Seahawks' scoring margin of 19.4 points adjusted for schedule strength nearly doubles the Rams' 4.7, meaning this gap reflects real difference, not circumstance. Jalen Milroe completed 20 of 24 passes for 358 yards and 4 touchdowns with 2 interceptions while Jaxon Smith-Njigba caught 6 passes for 121 yards and a score, and Seattle's 358 passing yards to Los Angeles' 197 told the story of a lopsided afternoon. The Rams' 206 rushing yards and Isaac Brown's 109 on 15 carries mattered only in the box score; Seattle still won the total-yards battle 432 to 403 and controlled turnover margin at plus-1 to minus-1. At 9-2, Seattle now sits with an expected win rate of 81.8 percent the rest of the way, a projection that matches what we saw.

Sierra Vaughn Analyst

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Seahawks	+24.0	+2.4	+21.6	+33
Rams	+2.7	+5.5	-2.7	-4

SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.

Seahawks — NFC #1 · division · 12-2 Rams — NFC #7 · 8-6 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#2 Jalen Milroe QB · Seahawks · 2.3% of the field

#10 Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR · Seahawks · 0.5% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Caleb Brooks Beat reporter

Seattle's passing game was the difference. Milroe hit 4 touchdown passes and the Seahawks moved the ball through the air at will — 358 yards to Los Angeles's 197 — and that kind of aerial dominance doesn't leave room for error in a 28-point loss.

They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.

Jalen Milroe

Seahawks

20/24, 358 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT

Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Seahawks

6 catches, 121 yards, 1 TD

Isaac Brown

Rams

15 carries, 109 yards

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Jalen Milroe has now cleared 250 passing yards in 3 straight games.

⭐ Isaac Brown has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Seahawks 358, Rams 197 Seahawks

On the ground Rams 206, Seahawks 74 Rams

Total yards Seahawks 432, Rams 403 Seahawks

Giveaways Rams 3, Seahawks 2 Seahawks

THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.

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THE MATCHUP SCOUT every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling

LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it

Balanced Pass 58% · Rush 42% · 41.3 scored, 19.6 allowed

11.1 yds/att 62.5% completions 7.7 yds/carry 437.1 yds/game 1.0 giveaways/game 5.2% sack rate last 5: 5-0

Primary weapon: Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR — 31% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 77 · Efficient Balance 92 Ball security 72 Back usage 28% QB runs 6.3/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 98 WR 90 TE 85 RB 84 OL 81 DL 86 LB 81 DB 93

Best: Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR 99 Fastest: Rashid Shaheed WR 95 SPD 9 at star dev or better

YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season

glk_taza18

Rams · his last 8 games

Runs it Runs the quarterback

Pass / run55% / 45% Points for / against26.1 — 32.4 Margin-6.2 Giveaways a game1.9 Sacks taken4.8% of dropbacks Lead backIsaac Brown · 11.4/g Top targetPuka Nacua · 36% QB carries5.0 a game

𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞

Seahawks · his last 8 games

Balanced

Pass / run58% / 42% Points for / against38.6 — 18.1 Margin+20.5 Giveaways a game0.9 Sacks taken5.0% of dropbacks Lead backJadarian Price · 11.6/g Top targetJaxon Smith-Njigba · 30% QB carries4.8 a game

Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.

THE SERIES 𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞ against glk_taza18 — the men, not the teams

𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞ leads it 2-0. 𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞ has won 2 straight.

2 meetings avg 56.0 — 17.5 biggest: 49 pts to 𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞

S2 · week 14 𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞ 56 — 7 glk_taza18 𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞

S2 · week 12 𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞ 56 — 28 glk_taza18 𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞

Only meetings Sapphire can attribute to both men are counted — a Madden export never says who owned a team last season, so the series starts where the record does.

MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push

Seahawks receivers vs Rams secondary 90 v 89 EVEN

Rams receivers vs Seahawks secondary 87 v 93 SEAHAWKS

Seahawks line vs Rams front 81 v 92 RAMS

Rams line vs Seahawks front 84 v 86 EVEN

Seahawks backs vs Rams run defence 84 v 89 RAMS

Rams backs vs Seahawks run defence 90 v 84 RAMS

Seahawks passer vs Rams secondary 98 v 89 SEAHAWKS

Rams passer vs Seahawks secondary 93 v 93 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Jalen Milroe QB Seahawks 358 pass yds

Justin Fields QB Rams 197 pass yds

Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR Seahawks 121 rec yds

Isaac Brown HB Rams 109 rush yds

Justin Fields QB Rams 97 rush yds

KJ Duff TE Seahawks 97 rec yds

Tory Horton WR Seahawks 91 rec yds

Isaac Brown HB Rams 83 rec yds

Puka Nacua WR Rams 51 rec yds

Zah Frazier CB Rams 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jalen Milroe QB	20/24	358	4	2	1	38	123.6

RAMS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Justin Fields QB	7/19	197	0	2	1	53	36.4

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Jalen Milroe QB	9	38	4.2	1	1	12	16
Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR	3	27	9	2	1	0	16
Jadarian Price HB	5	9	1.8	0	0	5	10

RAMS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG	FUM
Isaac Brown HB	15	109	7.3	0	15	74	0
Justin Fields QB	7	97	13.9	3	8	66	0
Jaylen Jennings HB	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR	6	121	20.2	1	102	37
KJ Duff TE	6	97	16.2	3	34	36
Tory Horton WR	5	91	18.2	0	28	38
Rashid Shaheed WR	3	49	16.3	0	6	23

RAMS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	YAC	LNG
Isaac Brown HB	3	83	27.7	36	53
Puka Nacua WR	2	51	25.5	24	27
Luke Wysong WR	1	48	48	0	48
Jordan Whittington WR	1	15	15	9	15

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF
Nick Emmanwori SS	3	0	1	1	0
Kamari Lassiter CB	3	0	0	0	0
Devon Witherspoon CB	3	0	0	2	0
Julian Love SS	3	0	1	2	0
Byron Murphy II DT	2	0	0	0	0
Bud Clark FS	1	0	0	0	0
Ernest Jones IV MIKE	1	0	0	0	1
Maverick Baranowski REDG	1	1	0	0	0
Troy Andersen MIKE	1	0	0	0	0
Tyrice Knight MIKE	1	0	0	0	0

RAMS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	TD
Yasir Abdullah SAM	4	0	0	0
Byron Young REDG	4	0	0	0
Trent McDuffie CB	3	0	0	0
Kobie Turner DT	2	1	0	0
Zah Frazier CB	2	0	1	0
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS	2	0	0	0
Emmanuel Forbes Jr CB	1	0	0	0
Kamren Kinchens FS	1	0	0	0
Nate Landman MIKE	1	0	0	0
Myles Garrett LEDG	1	0	0	0
Jaylen Watson CB	0	0	1	1

RECENT FORM

Seahawks

W 35–28 vs Eagles WK 11

L 30–38 vs Packers WK 10

W 16–10 vs Vikings WK 9

Rams

W 30–27 vs 49ers WK 11

W 37–14 vs Browns WK 9

L 36–38 vs Cardinals WK 8

TEAM STATS

Seahawks		Rams
432	TOTAL YARDS	403
358	PASSING YARDS	197
74	RUSHING YARDS	206
1	SACKS ALLOWED	1
1	SACKS MADE	1
2	GIVEAWAYS	3
3	TAKEAWAYS	2

Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD

2 SEAHAWKS — 0 RAMS

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