Rams Week 17 rooting guide: How Los Angeles can clinch a playoff spot on penultimate regular-season Sunday
The Los Angeles Rams are on the verge of winning the NFC West and clinching a place in the playoffs after their primetime victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday. Los Angeles is 10-6, a game ahead of the 9-7 Seattle Seahawks, whom they face in their regular-season finale at SoFi Stadium. The Rams are […]
The Los Angeles Rams are on the verge of winning the NFC West and clinching a place in the playoffs after their primetime victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday.
Los Angeles is 10-6, a game ahead of the 9-7 Seattle Seahawks, whom they face in their regular-season finale at SoFi Stadium.
The Rams are all but certain to claim the division crown for the first time since 2021, but they still need some help to secure the West this weekend.
Here's who the Rams should be rooting for in the remaining games across Sunday and Monday:
Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings, Washington Commanders, and San Francisco 49ers.
The Rams need those teams to combine for three wins, or two wins and a tie, to win the West with a strength of schedule tiebreaker over the Seahawks.
The Bills are hosting the New York Jets, the Browns welcome the Dolphins to Cleveland, the Vikings face the Green Bay Packers in a crucial NFC North encounter and the Commanders take on the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday Night Football. The 49ers, meanwhile, are set to play their final home game of a hugely disappointing season on Monday Night Football against the Detroit Lions.
An injury-riddled 49ers team won't be expected to prevail against the team most regard as the favorites in the NFC, but three results in the Rams' favor from that group off games is not an unrealistic proposition.
If it does not come to pass, then the Rams will still likely win the West even if they lose to the Seahawks next week. Seattle would need a host of results to go in their favor to gain the tiebreaker over the Rams after losing the first matchup between the two teams.
Having avoided a winner-take-all game with the Seahawks, the Rams are in the box seat to make the playoffs, but they will rest a lot easier if they get the results they require across the rest of the Week 17 slate.
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