Rams Week 9 had it all, the good, the bad, the ugly, and a Hollywood ending

The Bad

Now up by seven points, the Rams offense merely had to control the clock, ground out some yards, and walk away winners. Seems simple enough, right? Well, the defense was certainly fired up, allowing the Seahawks no better than a loss of four yards on three plays, thanks to a sack by DT Kobie Turner. And so, they sent out their punter. With just 9:57 remaining on the game clock, the Rams offense took over on their own 29-yard line.

Now, keep in mind that the goal at this point in the game was to ground out some yards, run the ball, and hopefully put up some first downs. The Rams offense could do none of those things. After a modest run by Kyren Williams for two yards, the next two plays were incompletions. The offense failed to get a single first down. Worse yet, the incompletions stopped the clock. And so, the offense had exhausted a grand sum of 1:05 from the game clock.

But a booming punt off the foot of newly signed punter Ty Zentner would set the Rams defense up in Seahawks territory. Only, that never happened.

Unfortunately, the Rams were unable to protect their punter, and Seahawks WR Cody White, who was just activated off the practice squad for this game, shot through and blocked the punt. The entire series for the LA Rams was a comedy of errors. Now, with the football on the Rams 19-yard line, the Seahawks appeared to be set up for at least a field goal, if not for a touchdown and the mind-numbing decision to tie the game with an extra point or go for the win with a two-point conversion.

The Seahawks drove the football to the Rams four-yard line. On second down, Smith dropped back to pass and hit his favorite target. That's right, Rams rookie DB Kamren Kinchens intercepted his second pass of the game. He set up the LA Rams with first-down and 10 yards to go at the team's own seven yard line.