This N.F.L. season featured the most points and the most touchdowns and so many other offensive mosts that, at times, it felt as if stadiums were missing not just crowds but defenses, too.
Not so in Los Angeles, where the Rams smothered, covered and bedeviled teams to an unrivaled extent. They have the best defensive player in the league. Also, the best secondary. And that is why they were able to beat the Seahawks, 30-20, on the road Saturday behind a compromised quarterback.
Never trailing, the Rams minimized their own offensive inertia, complemented quarterback Jared Goff, who played with a broken thumb on his throwing hand, and held the Seahawks’ offense to 278 yards, their fewest all season.