Rookie offensive lineman and first-round pick Grey Zabel has been playing like one of the best guards in the entire NFL. After getting his leg rolled up on late in the game against the Los Angeles Rams, it’s possible that we won’t see him for the rest of the season. Mike Macdonald didn’t have an update other than to say it was his knee and they were getting imaging done.

Recently activated Christian Haynes replaced Zabel and within a few plays was knocked back at least five yards into the backfield. Not ideal. Without Zabel, there will be a massive...

In Today’s Links: several recaps and dissertations on what was a rough and often ugly match-up between our Seattle Seahawks and their Los Angeles Rams. Yesterday’s tilt featured ups and downs, some good moments, others moments outright horrendous. The version of Sam Darnold that appeared and played for the ‘Hawks yesterday was one that most of us haven’t entirely hoped for, yet debated its precedence. Choose your own adventure, certainly. But otherwise, are we cooked? The most important game of the season for the ‘Hawks and in many ways, we came up short. Or wide. How y’all feeling today? Let...

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold had another nightmare performance against the Los Angeles Rams, tying his career high with four interceptions in a 21-19 loss. Given his struggles with the Minnesota Vikings in the playoffs against the Rams just 10 months ago, it’s about as bad a follow-up outing as he could’ve possibly had.

Darnold has had an otherwise very impressive first season with the Seahawks, but the turnovers have piled up in recent weeks to the tune of 10 over the last four games. While many of those turnovers were with comfortable leads and not even necessarily his fault,...

There’s no finality in Act 1 of a play. But at least the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams’ annual pageant now has the skeleton of a plot, complete with protagonists, villains and NPCs.

Soon we’ll know which genre the 2025 edition is. It’s usually a tragicomedy, you know this, we know this, and Act 1 did nothing to dispel such a notion. So with the sour result still on my lips, I’ll take solace in knowing the redemption arcs are set up. The revenge motives are laid bare for a month-long intermission before Act 2. If we’re lucky, we...

It may seem annoying to keep banging the drum like Todd Rundgren, but the Seattle Seahawks have a turnover problem.

After Sam Darnold’s four interceptions in a 21-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, the Seahawks are the NFL’s undisputed leaders in turnovers committed.

Their -7 turnover differential is tied for fourth-worst. The four teams with equal or worse turnover differentials all have losing records. Darnold fired away into coverage and threw Seattle’s 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th giveaways on the year. Seattle’s defense, as valiantly as it performed, only mustered up a fumble recovery off of Puka Nacua for...

The more things change, the more they stay the same?

This was the big opportunity for the Seattle Seahawks against the Los Angeles Rams, who have emphatically owned them throughout the Sean McVay era. Half of their six wins versus the Rams since 2017 have come against backup quarterbacks. This was the clash of the top teams in the NFC West and the Seahawks came oh so close but didn’t get the job done. There’s one player who stands out above the rest in terms of the cut of the blame pie, but it’s not all just on the Seahawks’...

The Seattle Seahawks’ four-game winning streak and high-flying offense came to a crashing halt against the Los Angeles Rams. Sam Darnold, who played like an MVP candidate all season, was the LVP in Inglewood after four interceptions, two of which led to Rams touchdowns. And yet, the Seahawks still had a chance to win the game at the end, only for Jason Myers to pull his game-winning 61-yard field goal wide right and short.

It’s a 21-19 win for the Rams that drops the Seahawks to 7-3 and out of first place in the NFC West, while the Rams are...

The Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles were the two best teams in the NFC last season and they’re among the best teams in the conference this year. Detroit comes in at 6-3 off the back of a thorough beatdown of the Washington Commanders, while the Super Bowl champion Eagles won a barely watchable 10-7 slog over the Green Bay Packers. At 7-2, Philadelphia’s point differential is only +26, so they’ve been winning close all year. The Lions offense hasn’t been as crisp as in recent seasons, yet they still entered Week 11 as the highest scoring team in the NFC....

The nightmare continues for Sam Darnold against the Los Angeles Rams.

Last season with the Minnesota Vikings, Darnold had two losses to the Rams, including a nightmare performance in the playoffs that ended his Vikings tenure. As quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks (7-3), he had a disaster of all disasters, throwing four mostly brutal interceptions in a 21-19 loss. The Rams (8-2) are now atop the division with the tiebreaker after jumping out to an early 14-3 lead and hanging on for dear life at the end.

Darnold not only made several back-breaking mistakes, the red zone offense was not...

The Los Angeles Rams are the new leaders in the NFC West after their win over the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle is now the top wild card team in the NFC, at least for now.

We will update after Sunday night’s game featuring the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles.

NFC standings during Week 11

The New Orleans Saints are on the bye this week.

1. Los Angeles Rams (8-2)
2. Philadelphia Eagles (7-2)
3. Chicago Bears (7-3)
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-4)
5. Seattle Seahawks (7-3)
6. Detroit Lions (6-3)
7. Green Bay Packers (6-3-1)
8. San Francisco 49ers (7-4)...

The Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams are battling with first place in the NFC West on the line.

The Rams cling to a 21-19 lead, but the Seahawks have the ball back at their own one yard line with a timeout and needing just a field goal to win a game in which Sam Darnold has thrown four interceptions.

However, with the game on the line, the Seahawks are without their starting left guard, 2025 first round pick Grey Zabel. Zabel went down and appeared to be in significant pain after getting rolled up on during the Ken Walker...

The Seattle Seahawks and the Los Angeles Rams are locked in a defensive struggle at SoFi Stadium in a game where field position could be crucial down the stretch.

With the potential for special teams to play an outsized factor in a game to determine first place in the NFC West for the next couple of weeks, as well as to keep pace in the race for the top seed in the NFC, the Seahawks will be without a key member of the special teams.

Tyrice Knight has seen the number of snaps he has played on defense decrease as...