Seahawks vs. Rams: How to Watch, Betting Odds
When game time comes on Sunday, it will have been 239 days since the Seattle Seahawks played a meaningful game. On that day, the Hawks' postseason ended with a 41-23 loss to San Francisco in the Wild Card Round of the 2022 playoffs.
Sunday starts a new campaign, and the Seahawks, not the Los Angeles Rams, have real hopes of returning to play for a championship. The Rams are coming off their worst season with coach Sean McVay at the helm, a 5-12 year where everything went wrong.
Quarterback Matthew Stafford still calls LA home, as does defensive standout Aaron Donald, but the team as a whole is very different from the one that won the Super Bowl two seasons ago.
“Every team is new. We happen to have a lot of young guys on our team, a lot of rookies that have come in and done a heck of a job and earned roles on our football team,” Stafford said. “They are going to be big parts of our season and that’s exciting.”
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But Seattle's season was very different. The Seahawks began last year with thoughts of being near the bottom of the league after trading away their franchise quarterback in a blockbuster deal, but leaving them with no bonafide signal caller to count on. No one talked about Geno Smith being able to carry the team to the playoffs. But that's exactly what happened as Smith had a career season and earned a new contract and the label "starting quarterback" for the foreseeable future.
The team hopes Smith's strides and offseason additions have helped close the gap with defending division champ San Francisco. “I believe we have a tremendous opportunity this season with the players that we have and the coaches that we have,” Smith said. “So I expect to go out there and play well. And obviously like I said, we got to prove it. It’s not going to be given to us. And that’s what I’m looking forward to is the opportunity to prove myself again.”
WHAT: Los Angeles Rams (0-0) at Seattle Seahawks (0-0)
WHERE: Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington (68,740)
WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, 1:25 p.m. PT
TELEVISION: FOX / FuboTV (try it free)
RADIO: KIRO-FM 97.3 / Seattle Sports 710
TICKETS: SI Tickets
BETTING: SI SportsBook
SPREAD: Rams +4.5 (-110), Seahawks -4.5 (-110)
TOTAL: 46.5 (o -110, u -118)
MONEYLINE: Rams +175, Seahawks -213
