Throughout the regular season, theRams.com will be taking a look around the internet for the top Rams headlines of the day. Here's a look at what's out there on Thursday, Dec. 18 about your Los Angeles Rams before their Week 16 game against the Seattle Seahawks at 5:15 p.m. pacific time Thursday.
Experts make their predictions for Week 16
Here's a collection of analysts' predictions and previews for Rams-Seahawks:
Preview coverage from therams.com
- Stu Jackson on Matthew Stafford preparing for weather and Seattle's defense
- "Both teams have to play in it. So you just got to adjust as you play." - Stafford
- Stu Jackson on the NFC playoff picture entering Week 16 and key matchups that could impact it
- "Although the 11-3 Seahawks won last week, the 11-3 Rams remain in first because of the head-to-head tiebreaker from their Week 11 win in the first meeting between the two teams this season." - Jackson
- Wyatt Miller on Kobie Turner's ability to finish sacks coming to life in recent weeks
- "He just closes. He's 'The Finisher.' And we've kind of said that from his rookie year and (it's) why he's had the numbers that he's had. He's always been able to work edges. It's like one of those guys, we said it all the time, he just doesn't have a lot of bad plays. Just very few bad plays, he's consistent, every single time you better account for him, and if you're not on it, if you settle up a little bit, then he's gonna beat you and if he gets a chance he's gonna finish." - Chris Shula
- Wyatt Miller on 3 keys to winning for the Rams against the Seahawks
- "The last two times the Rams played Darnold, pressure around him either led to a high sack number (nine in the Wild Card round) or a high turnover total (four interceptions in Week 11). Collapsing the pocket around Darnold has led to negative plays in the past, and whether they've been sacks or turnovers, that has been the Rams' path to victory against him, and will be again on Thursday." - Miller
Other preview coverage heading into Week 16
- The Athletic's Nate Atkins on how the Rams can beat the Seahawks
- "Lost a bit amid Matthew Stafford's MVP-caliber season is the overall balance of the offense. The Rams rank No. 1 this season with a 49.6 percent rushing success rate and No. 2 with 14.6 expected points added in the run game, according to TruMedia." - Atkins
- ESPN's Sarah Barshop on how outside linebacker Jared Verse and Byron Young are driving the Rams' defense
- "They're really good football players that I think have nice complementary skill sets," Rams coach Sean McVay said of Young and Verse. "They love and care about each other. I think Joe Coniglio does such a great job setting the temperature and the tone for that room, giving guys the freedom to be themselves, but also has the structure of continuously challenging and pushing them to be who they want to be as players and as men." - Sean McVay
- LA Times' Gary Klein on the Rams facing their toughest challenge of the season possibly without Davante Adams
- "Yeah, it's a big one. They all are at this point in the season. ... This is what you love playing NFL football for." - Stafford
