Rams lose their grip on NFC's top seed — can they still secure the bye?
Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Caroline Fenton and Jason Fitz react to the Seattle Seahawks ’ win over the Los Angeles Rams in overtime and what it means for the Rams’ chances at securing the top seed in the NFC. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV .
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Seattle and San Francisco are now in a two-headed race.
Essentially, for the number one overall seed in the NFC.
If everybody wins out, if we just, if the Rams win outmm-hmm.
... And the 49ers win out, and the Seahawks win out And we go to Week 18, the Rams can do nothing But we have a head... We have a head-to-head between Seattle and San Francisco.
Right.
That's the game that will decide it.
So, someones gonna have to lose.
So, I, uh, I'll lean between those two; I'll say Seattle.
But I know when but you still like the Rams?
When Seattle gets the 49ers, and obviously when the 49ers get Seattle, The Rams get the Cardinals, yeah.
I mean, it'sso I like the Rams' odds of Winning out.
And Seattle has got, at this point, Seattle will go to the Panthers next week, and then they finish.
Mm-hmm.
...
In San Francisco.
That game could be, that game should be, if, if all teams win out.
Uh, that game would be for the number one overall seed in the West.
Mm-hmm.
Uh, or in the NFC, I should say.
But, uh, you do also raise an interesting point, because let's not get it twisted.
San Francisco has to go Colts, fine.
And then they get the Bears.
And then the Seahawks.
So there's still a world where San Francisco Has a loss before they're out of this thing.
You're right, There's still a weird path that gets the Rams to the number one overall seat.
So you still, you still like the Rams to figure out a miraculous way to get to the one?
I don't even think it's miraculous.
They have to beatOkay.
...
The Falcons and the Cardinals.
That's fair; that's fair.
I trust them to do that.
