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Rams piggy-backed NFL teams fighting for their own postseason lives

It all seems pretty confusing, right? Well, the Seattle Seahawks won, extending their chances of postseason competition. But when the Rams won, eliminating the Seahawks became possible once more because the best that they can do now is defeat the Rams in Week 18. In that event, the matter would come down to SOV. And as NFL Insider Adam Schefter explains, that placed six unrelated games into the picture for the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks playoff chances:

The Rams' miraculous playoff push after being left for dead early in the season in 2023 now has a rival, as the team's miraculous playoff push in 2024 has an even greater feel of coaching impacting a very young group of professional athletes. Yet, even after an incredible win in Week 17 to improve the team to a 10-6 record that will do no worse than tie last year's performance, the fate of the Rams needed the intervention of other NFL teams, themselves fighting for postseason positions.

The watch was on. Never before in the history of the NFL have I followed so many games so closely as Week 17 of the 2024 NFL season. In the end, it was well worth it.

• Cincinnati Bengals - WIN Bengals defeated the Broncos 30-24
• Washington Commanders - WIN Commanders 30 Falcons 24
• Buffalo Bills - hosting the NY Jets - WIN Bills 40 Jets 14
• San Francisco 49ers - MNF vs Detroit Lions
• Minnesota Vikings - WIN Vikings 27 Packers 25
• Cleveland Browns - LOSS Dolphins 20 Browns 3

As it turns out, the Rams SOV advantage over the Seahawks before the San Francisco 49ers ever hosted the Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football. As such, the team knows that the outcome of Week 18 will not adversely affect their opportunity to host a game in the 2025 NFL Playoffs. And that raises the very intriguing question. Who will play for the Rams in Week 18 with a playoff spot already sewn up?

A very intriguing question indeed.