After last Thursday night’s thrilling 38-37 win over the Rams, the Seahawks gained control of the top seed in the NFC playoffs, while the Rams fell to the 6-seed. With two games left to go, our Chris Lee takes a look at how each of these teams can ascend or descend the rest of the way based on various aspects of their performance.

On Why the Seahawks can win the Super Bowl

“They arguably had their best rushing performance of the season so far, gaining 171 yards on 25 carries, with two of those resulting in touchdowns. The numbers matched what our eyes were telling us, improving across the board:”

On Why the Seahawks will not win the Super Bowl

“I noted previously that up through Week 11, the Seahawks had a negative passing EPA for the season when facing dime personnel (6+ defensive backs). Things were more of the same last Thursday, with them posting a 10% success rate and -13 EPA against dime (-5 EPA against nickel as well).

There is still time for Darnold and the Seahawks to establish whether they can perform consistently when in obvious passing down situations, but for now things don’t look fixed.”

On Why the Rams can win the Super Bowl

“Their offensive line is nothing to sneeze at either, ranking 3rd in blocking Total Points per play. They have the 4th lowest blown block percentage in the league and rank 2nd and 4th in sack and pressure percentage allowed, respectively. The Seahawks couldn’t bring Stafford down even once.”

On Why the Rams will not win the Super Bowl

“The Rams are quietly 19th in run defense Total Points per play. They have allowed over 120 rushing yards in four of their past six games, and two of those four have resulted in losses, including Thursday night.”

If you want to learn more as to why each of these teams will succeed and fail, check out Chris’ article.

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