The Los Angeles Rams improved to 8-2 on the season and took sole place of first place within the NFC West through a 21-19 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
Rams linebacker Jared Verse spoke with Albert Breer of Sports activities Illustrated and despatched a little bit of a warning to the remainder of the NFL relating to what the membership might accomplish by way of February 2026.
Jared Verse thinks Rams ought to’ve shut Seahawks out
“I don’t suppose we now have any ceiling,” Verse stated in regards to the 2025 Rams. “I do know lots of people say that. I don’t know the place ours is. We had a great recreation [Sunday]. We held them to a whole lot of subject targets, however we might’ve gotten off the sphere. We might’ve prevented all that. The landing they’d, we might’ve prevented that. There are issues we might’ve finished to cease them. I don’t suppose there’s no ceiling. We might have shut them out utterly, beat them 21-zip.”
Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford started Sunday because the betting favorite to say the MVP Award for this season. Towards the Seahawks, he accomplished 15-of-28 makes an attempt for simply 130 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. That stated, the Los Angeles protection had Seattle quarterback Sam Darnold seeing “ghosts,” because the hosts intercepted Darnold on 4 events.
With 1:41 remaining in regulation, the Seahawks started an offensive drive at their very own one-yard line. They in the end needed to accept trying a 61-yard subject aim as time expired, which went vast and fell brief.
Just one stat actually issues to Rams gamers this fall
“You run that ball, it is going to get stopped,” Verse added in regards to the defensive effort produced by the Rams in opposition to the Seahawks. “You go it, we are going to get in your face. They have been solely capable of get, what, 50 yards with the time they’d left? They have been capable of get it off fast, so we wouldn’t get sacks, however all that issues is we have been capable of pull off the win. That’s all that issues to us.”
The red-hot Rams subsequent host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-4) for a “Sunday Night time Soccer” matchup on Nov. 23. As of Monday morning, ESPN BET had Los Angeles as a 6.5-point favourite for that recreation.
