Rams vs. Seattle Seahawks: Who has the edge?

RAMS (9-4) VS. SEAHAWKS (5-8)

When: Tuesday, 4 p.m.

Where: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood

TV/radio: Ch. 11; 710 AM, 93.1 FM, 1330 AM (Spanish)

Line: Rams by 7

Notable wounded designations: Rams: RB Jake Funk (hamstring) is expected to beryllium activated from injured reserve; players connected the COVID-19 reserve database Monday included starters TE Tyler Higbee, RT Rob Havenstein, OLB Von Miller and S Jordan Fuller. Seahawks: No wounded designations; players connected the COVID database Monday included starters RB Alex Collins, WR Tyler Lockett, RT Brandon Shell, DE Kerry Hyder and CB D.J. Reed.

What’s astatine stake? The Rams effort to widen a two-game winning streak, inch person to clinching a playoff spot and crook up the vigor connected Arizona successful the NFC West race. The Rams can’t unafraid a playoff berth adjacent if they triumph Tuesday night. They tin propulsion adjacent with Arizona astatine 10-4, though the Cardinals would inactive beryllium successful archetypal spot due to the fact that of tiebreakers.

Who’s better? The Rams won astatine Seattle, 26-17, successful October and 30-20 successful the playoffs successful January, and person been up successful the standings each season. The question is however improved the Seahawks are since backmost Russell Wilson got healthy. And however overmuch the COVID-19 issues affecting some teams alteration things.

Matchup to watch: Rams CB Jalen Ramsey vs. Seahawks WR D.K. Metcalf. Ramsey’s instrumentality aft being 1 of 5 Rams who missed the triumph astatine Arizona due to the fact that of COVID-19 sets up different of his seemingly play meetings with unsafe receivers. Metcalf had 98 yards and 2 touchdowns against the Rams successful October, and helium looms larger with Lockett apt out.

Rams triumph if … If WRs Odell Beckham Jr. and Van Jefferson, who person each had touchdowns successful 3 consecutive games, proceed to marque up for immoderate of what the Rams mislaid with Robert Woods’ injury. If the defense, No. 6 successful passer standing against (84.8), contains the Seahawks’ Wilson, No. 3 successful passer standing (103.7) down the Packers’ Aaron Rodgers (110.4) and the Rams’ Matthew Stafford (108.4). If the Rams, who are 9-0 erstwhile they triumph oregon necktie the turnover battle, bash that against a Seattle squad that is tied for the fewest giveaways successful the league.

Fantasy pick: Beckham. The Seahawks antiaircraft stats (No. 27 successful nett passing yards allowed per dropback, No. 1 successful rushing yards per attempt) invitation Stafford to pass. Beckham looks arsenic if he’s coming up to a 100-yard game, thing he’s had successful each of 2 starts against Seattle erstwhile helium was with the New York Giants and Cleveland Browns.

Prediction: Rams 30, Seahawks 21. The Rams had 29 players connected the COVID-19 reserve database connected Friday, but astatine astir they’ll beryllium missing 4 starters astatine kickoff (assuming nary much cases popular up). That’s the aforesaid fig of starters they were without against Arizona, and they survived that situation and past some. This is the clip of twelvemonth erstwhile you commencement to think, “Who has much to play for?”, and the reply is the Rams.