This just was not the result that any of the experts were predicting. The Seahawks were reeling after their loss to the Cowboys at home last week, and the Rams lone win of the season came against the Tampa Bay Bucs. Seattle even outgained the Rams by 191 yards of offense, but the Rams were able to find other ways to win against the strong Seahawks team. 

Everything was following the script for the first 5 minutes of the game. The Rams had the ball and couldn't get a first down when they were forced to punt on a 3 and out. Lynch and Wilson worked together to get the ball down the field and into the red zone, but they were not able to punch the ball in the end zone, with Russell Wilson throwing incomplete to Kearse on 3rd and 5 from the Saint Louis 6 yard line. Steven Hauschka would hit the 24 yard field goal to give the Seahawks their only lead of the game.

But the St. Louis special teams got them right back into the game. Despite having the kickoff go 6 yards deep into the end zone, Benny Cunningham took the ball and ran it for a 75 yard return all the way to the Seahawks 31 yard line. Tre Mason had 4 carries on 6 plays, accounting for 20 of the 31 yards and the touchdown to give Saint Louis a 7-3 lead. Seattle didn't get anything on their next drive before punting the ball to St. Louis. Once the Rams got the ball they were aided by some Seahawks penalties to get down the field. Both penalties were on cornerback Tharold Simon. He had a 16 yard defensive pass interference, and then a 13 yard facemask penalty. On third and 3 from the 5 yard line, Austin Davis completed a touchdown pass to Benny Cunningham to extend their lead to 14-3.

But the most exciting play of the first half happened after the Rams stopped the Seahawks on their next possession after getting a few sacks on Russell Wilson. Jon Ryan came in to punt to Tavon Austin, who went toward his left sideline with the majority of blockers. But similar to a play the Bears had run on special teams a few years prior, there was a man on the other side of the field running over to catch the ball. That man was the special teams star of the game in Benny Cunningham, who caught the ball at the St. Louis 10 yard line, and ran it back all 90 yards for a touchdown. All of a sudden, the Rams had taken a 21-3 lead on the Seahawks in the first half. But this wasn't the first time the Rams had built a first half lead against as superior opponent, because they were up 21-0 on the Dallas Cowboys a few weeks ago as well. This game was going to come down to whether or not the Rams could hold onto the lead that they had built.

After forcing another 3 and out, the Rams attempted a field goal right after the two minute warning, but Zuerlein missed the 52 yarder wide right, which gave the Seahawks good field position to go down the field to get another Hauschka field goal before the half, this time from 35 yards out. A 21-6 lead at halftime for the Rams has to be great for the home team, but it also raised questions about the Percy Harvin trade done so late in the week. Harvin must have been in their original game plan and appeared to be missed in the first half for Seattle.

In the second half Seattle got their offense going, first getting on the board on a 12 play, 82 yard drive that ended with a Russell Wilson 19 yard rushing touchdown. This is one of his best attributes and that is something that had to get Rams fans a little worried early in the second half. Seattle would get the ball back again right at the start of the 4th quarter, and would go down and Russell Wilson would get a passing touchdown this time finding the former Duke Blue Devil Cooper Helfet. This put the Seahawks down 2 with just under 10 minutes left in the game. Pete Carroll went for the tie, which this writer thinks was the correct decision at this point in the game. But the pass attempt to Jermaine Kearse was incomplete and the score was 21-19.

Austin Davis decided to have his best drive of the game directly after this. He went 4 for 5 on the drive with 66 yards. He found multiple receivers including Lance Kendricks, Brian Quick, and Chris Givens. These castoffs has repeatedly been considered not good enough talent around the former Heisman winner Sam Bradford, but the young Davis performed quite eloquently on the drive. The key play on the drive was 3rd and 6 from the Seahawks 44 yard line. Davis was in the shotgun and found Chris Givens on a deep crossing route for 30 yards and that got the Rams into the red zone. The touchdown though came on a 4 yard completion to Lance Kendricks. There was 5:36 left on the clock to give the ball back to the Seahawks though, and the lead was only 28-19, it would be tough to see if the Rams would actually hold onto the lead with how the Seahawks were playing.

That is precisely what happened. The Seahawks offensive machine looked better than ever before in the game. They took 8 plays to go 80 yards and they did it in just 2:18 seconds, leaving just over 3 minutes on the clock. The touchdown was scored on a Russell Wilson completion to Doug Baldwin from 9 yards out to get the Seahawks closer. But they were still down 26-28, holding two time outs. So Pete Carroll made the decision that most Head Coaches would make in the situation, he kicked deep and Tavon Austin misplayed the ball and the Rams took the field at their own 11 yard line. On a key 3rd and 3 play, after the Seahawks took both their time outs to stop the clock, Austin Davis threw the ball incomplete to Tavon Austin, but Richard Sherman defended the ball quite well on the play and got a deflection. The next play was something that nobody expected to happen. The punter, Johnny Hekker, took the snap and threw a pass to, you guessed it, Benny Cunningham for a reception, first down, and gain of 18 yards. Jeff Fisher with the gutsy play call of the week, because if it wasn't converted, the Seahawks had the ball in the red zone already. The Rams ran the ball with Tre Mason a few more times, trying to get another first down so they could run out the clock, and on third and 1, Mason had passed the first down marker, when all of a sudden the ball popped out and starting rolling down the field. It looked like several players from both teams could have gotten their hands on the fumble recovery, and the referees eventually stated that the ruling on the field was a St. Louis fumble recovery. How they came to that conclusion is debatable, as the two closest players to the ball before it went out of sight on the replay were both Seahawks. But there was no clear possession and the call was not reviewed by the replay official because it wouldn't have been a remote chance to be overturned. After that it was just one Austin Davis kneel down and the game was over. This was most certainly a crazy one folks.

The Rams will go on the road next week as they stay in state to face the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. Seattle, on the other hand, will stay on the road and travel further east as they play the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The NFC West is a crazy division, and this was a game the Rams had to win in order to try and start a comeback, but the Seahawks could have used it as well with both the Cardinals and 49ers ahead of them at this time. Only time will tell how crucial this game was in the long run, but it certainly was an enjoyable game for this Sunday afternoon.