Seattle remains the most pivotal game

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When I did it I had the Rams losing to both NO and PHIL. The difference in my picks for the Rams was Seattle. Win and they finish 11-5 and win the West/4th seed. Lose and they were out (10-6 but lost tiebreakers to 10-6 Detroit and Washington). Now of course I could and would easily be wrong on some of those other games but to me I think the difference for the Rams is week 15 at Seattle. In my picks even if the Rams beat NO and SEA they are still the 4th seed in the NFC behind PHIL, MIN and NO.

Just trying to say that this week they may be playing a team that's even better than Minnesota. And if they lose they still very much control their own fate. 11 wins, including beating the Seahawks, gets them where they want to be.