A reminder of what’s at stake for the Seahawks: They have only a 14 percent chance of making the playoffs, according to The Athletic’s projection model. They’d ideally get a Cardinals victory over the Rams on Saturday. That would set up a Week 18 matchup with the Rams in L.A. for the division title regardless of tonight’s result.
Seattle’s playoff hopes will remain alive if it wins and Los Angeles wins, but in that scenario, the Seahawks would then need several results over the weekend to break their way to avoid losing the strength-of-victory tiebreaker to the Rams, regardless of the Week 18 matchup. If Seattle loses tonight, the Rams can clinch the division with a win on Saturday.
