The Seahawks did enough, barely, to keep their playoff hopes alive on Sunday, beating the Rams 19-16 in overtime to improve to 9-8.
The win didn’t get the Seahawks in the playoffs, but it kept them alive at least. To earn the NFC’s final Wild Card berth, the Seahawk will need a Lions win over the Packers on Sunday night or a tie between those teams. If Green Bay wins, it will be the No. 7 seed, knocking Seattle out.
Here are seven rapid reactions to Sunday’s overtime win:
1. Quandre Diggs made a season-saving play.
While the Seahawks won’t know their playoff fate until later in the evening, they may have been eliminated early in overtime if not for a great play by their Pro-Bowl safety. After the Seahawks offense went three-and-out on their first possession, setting up a next-score-wins scenario for the rest of overtime, the Rams came out looking for a big play, and for a moment they appeared to have it. Receiver Van Jefferson ran through Seattle’s defense, and for a moment looked to be wide open. Baker Mayfield saw it and threw deep, and a completion in that situation may very well have been a game-winning score, or at the very least put the Rams in position for a game-winning field goal.
But as he so often has done while patrolling centerfield for Seattle’s defense, Diggs made a great play, reading the throw, breaking on the ball, then undercutting Jefferson for the pick.
Seattle’s offense answered with a big drive to get Jason Myers into range for the game-winning field goal, and after missing at the end of regulation, Seattle’s Pro-Bowl kicker came through for the win.
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