From John Breech at CBSSportsline
Seattle (6-2) at L.A. Rams (5-3)
4:25 p.m. ET (Fox)
Latest Odds:
Rams -1.5
This whole “Let Russ Cook” thing seems to be working out well for the Seahawks so far this season, except for that one small problem: While Wilson has been busy cooking in the kitchen, the rest of the house has been burning down. Every time I think the Seahawks defense has reached rock bottom, they somehow manage to get worse, and now, they have to play an offense they have no idea how to stop.
In the past five games between these teams, the Rams have gone 4-1 and they would be 5-0 if Greg Zuerlein had been able to hit a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left to play when these two teams met in Week 5 last season. The one reason the Rams have had so much success against the Seahawks is because Seattle hasn’t figured out how to stop Sean McVay’s offense. In those five games I just mentioned, the Rams have averaged 33.6 points per game, and they did that over the past two and a half years when the Seahawks defense was somewhat good. This year, they are not somewhat good. They aren’t even the opposite of somewhat good, which is somewhat bad. They’re worse than that. They’ve been so bad this year that they’re on a pace to give up more yards than any other team in NFL history, and it’s mostly happening because they can’t stop the pass.
One thing that should work to the Rams’ advantage in this game is that they’ll be going into it off a bye, which means McVay has had an extra week to prepare for a defense that you don’t really need an extra week to prepare for. I think we’ll see Russ cook some on Sunday, but I’m not sure the Seahawks are going to have the rest of their house in order by then, so I’m taking L.A.