Week 5 arrived and the excitement continues with the Thursday Night Football clash between the NFC West Division rivals Rams and Seahawks open Week 5. According to our season preview and our opinion as well, the NFC West Division is by far the most “red hot” division and all the teams are super interesting to watch how they perform.
LA Rams are on a 3-1 and they are coming from a very disappointing loss by the Cardinals having been beaten at home with 20-37 by the leaders in their division. However they started extremely well as L. A. posted impressive wins over the Bears, Colts, and Buccaneers across the first three weeks of the season and there is no reason they will not continue in that style. Seattle is a serious test of their mentality strength and will be a course to follow for the rest of the season.
Seattle Seahawks also started well the season and they could have been as well 3-1 after 4 rounds but they gave up the Week 2 game against the Titans and lost after the overtime. They also lost the week 3 battle by Vikings but bounced back last week against favoured division rivals, the 49ers.
Despite last week’s loss to the Arizona Cardinals, bringing in Matthew Stafford has looked like a stroke of brilliance for the Rams. Stafford is completing 68.1 percent of his passes, for 1,222 yards with 11 touchdowns compared to just two picks and he has created a crazy good connection with wide-out Cooper Kupp. As a result, the Rams have the No. 1 ranked offense per Football Outsiders DVOA.
Seattle will be looking for some sweet revenge after being bounced in the Wild Card Round by the Rams at home last season. This was actually a historic win for LA as they became the first team to hand Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson a home playoff loss. The last time the Hawks lost a home playoff game was in 2004 against you guessed it…the Rams. In 2020, the Seahawks went 7-1 at Lumen Field, long-known as one of the most hostile sporting venues in all of North America. All this despite home-field advantage being nonexistent during the year of COVID.
Prediction: Seattle Seahawks ML