The Seahawks won a Thursday night classic over the Rams, but more importantly got a leg up in the NFC West and in the playoffs picture.

The NFC West is the NFL's best division going into Week 16 of the 2025 NFL season. The Rams (11-3), Seahawks (11-3) and 49ers (10-4) all would be in the playoffs and those records suggest anything can happen in the division race over the final three weeks.

Nobody really knew what to expect out of the NFC West in the 2025 NFL season. Sure, the Los Angeles Rams were supposed to be good, but how would Sam Darnold far

It wasn't just the Seahawks celebrating Thursday's night win. The 49ers now have a path to the NFC West title, too.

If these two things happen, the 49ers would finish 13-4 and win the NFC West over a 13-4 Rams team based on the division record tiebreaker. If the Seahawks also finish 13-4 in this scenario, the 49ers would have swept them, so they'd win any tiebreaker with Seattle. At 7-to-1 odds to win the NFC West, the 49ers feel like a steal.

Rams running back Kyren Williams was stopped short of the line to gain by Seahawks cornerback Josh Jobe and linebacker DeMarcus Lawrence. Seattle turned L.A. over on downs at the Seattle 38-yard line. LA goes for another 4th down, but this time the @Seahawks say NO LARvsSEA on Prime Video Also streaming on @NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/S1eR2SoMG3

Several NFL teams are gunning for playoff spots in Week 16 with the Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Rams already in the postseason after wins last week.

The Seattle Seahawks came back from a 16-point, fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the Los Angeles Rams 38-37 in an overtime thriller on Thursday night to officially clinch a playoff spot for the first time since the Pete Carroll era.