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SEATTLE (AP) Whatever the reason the Los Angeles Rams seem to have solved winning in one of the most difficult venues in the NFL.
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Although the Rams gave up 385 yards through the air by Jameis Winston last week, their pass defense has been largely solid with the addition of safety Eric Weddle to three holdovers from the Super Bowl team. Marcus Peters returned the Rams' fourth interception of the season for a late touchdown against Tampa Bay. Los Angeles' defensive backs got no help from a struggling pass rush last week, but Clay Matthews and Dante Fowler hope to increase their quarterback pressure to take the load off Aaron Donald, who has been double-teamed on roughly 85 percent of the opponents' snaps.
COMEBACK COOP
Rams receiver Cooper Kupp leads the NFC with 388 yards receiving as he returns to the state where the Yakima native was born and raised and attended college at Eastern Washington. In the Rams' previous meeting with the Seahawks, Kupp badly injured his knee in the fourth quarter, sidelining him for the rest of the season in Los Angeles' Super Bowl run. He has returned better than ever, with his connection with Goff somehow even stronger.
RING OF HONOR
Seattle will induct former owner Paul Allen into the team's "Ring of Honor" before kickoff on Thursday. Allen purchased the Seahawks in 1997 and helped keep the team in Seattle after former owner Ken Behring attempted to move them to Southern California. He owned the franchise until his death last year from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Allen will become the 12th person honored by the team.
"He gave us a chance," Wilson said. "He gave us an opportunity just to have this amazing facility. To have the great coaches that we have. To have the culture that we have. The opportunities that we have."
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SEATTLE (AP) Whatever the reason the Los Angeles Rams seem to have solved winning in one of the most difficult venues in the NFL.
.............
TAKE YOUR PICK
Although the Rams gave up 385 yards through the air by Jameis Winston last week, their pass defense has been largely solid with the addition of safety Eric Weddle to three holdovers from the Super Bowl team. Marcus Peters returned the Rams' fourth interception of the season for a late touchdown against Tampa Bay. Los Angeles' defensive backs got no help from a struggling pass rush last week, but Clay Matthews and Dante Fowler hope to increase their quarterback pressure to take the load off Aaron Donald, who has been double-teamed on roughly 85 percent of the opponents' snaps.
COMEBACK COOP
Rams receiver Cooper Kupp leads the NFC with 388 yards receiving as he returns to the state where the Yakima native was born and raised and attended college at Eastern Washington. In the Rams' previous meeting with the Seahawks, Kupp badly injured his knee in the fourth quarter, sidelining him for the rest of the season in Los Angeles' Super Bowl run. He has returned better than ever, with his connection with Goff somehow even stronger.
RING OF HONOR
Seattle will induct former owner Paul Allen into the team's "Ring of Honor" before kickoff on Thursday. Allen purchased the Seahawks in 1997 and helped keep the team in Seattle after former owner Ken Behring attempted to move them to Southern California. He owned the franchise until his death last year from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Allen will become the 12th person honored by the team.
"He gave us a chance," Wilson said. "He gave us an opportunity just to have this amazing facility. To have the great coaches that we have. To have the culture that we have. The opportunities that we have."
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