Seahawks Favored in 3rd Clash of Season vs. Rams for NFC Title

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00:00Meanwhile, the Seahawks will be favored to win the Super Bowl if they win Sunday.

00:05Their defense is playing out of this world.

00:07That game that they played against the Rams a couple of weeks ago on Thursday night

00:09was arguably the best Thursday night game of the season.

00:12They're two-and-a-half-point favorites, total 47-and-a-half.

00:16I expect the Rams, Joe, to come in and play very well in this one,

00:21but from what I've seen from Seattle, they do seem like the best team in the NFL right now,

00:27and I think that line is fair.

00:28Two-and-a-half maybe becomes three, I would say, by kickoff.

00:31Well, what we've learned, though, in these spots, Craig, is that the best teams don't always win.

00:36And again, we've got another round three, a trilogy going on here, right, in the postseason

00:42because these two teams, division rivals, we watched the Seahawks win 38-37 in overtime in Week 16.

00:49That was a Thursday night game.

00:51The line in that game was Seattle minus one-and-a-half to minus two-and-a-half.

00:55The total hovered around 42-and-a-half.

00:58The Rams had won 21-19 five weeks prior in Week 11.

01:04The Rams were a three-and-a-half-point favorite.

01:06The total was much higher, 48-and-a-half to 49-and-a-half.

01:11So we kind of went under in that Week 11 game.

01:15We went over, obviously, in that Week 16 game.

01:18So the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.

01:22But my question, Craig, is which Sam Darnold do we get?

01:25Because apparently we got one against the 49ers that did not need to throw the ball or test that oblique injury very much.

01:33He's going to have to throw the ball in this game against the Rams.

01:36The Rams are not the 49ers.

01:38So he is going to be tested.

01:41We're going to see how much that oblique injury is going to be an issue.

01:45But do not be shocked if it's Jared Stidham versus Drew Locke.

01:49We're going to see how much that oblique injury is going to be tested.