Heading into their titanic Week 15 showdown with the Los Angeles Rams, the Seattle Seahawks’ defense was on a dominant run. They had held five straight opponents to under 300 total yards. Their average over that stretch was 240 yards allowed per game, 90 yards lower than the league median.
On the season, Mike Macdonald’s club had only let opposing offenses top 300 yards in three of 14 games.
Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams ran up 581 yards on the Seahawks. Of course, they did have one extra overtime drive to reach that total. In regulation, the Rams only managed 501 total yards.