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Conference Championship · 2026-01-25 · Lumen Field
SEA 31
LA 27
Seattle wins
The breakdown
Efficiency
Play calling
Swing plays
Offense
Defense
Drives
What happened
Seattle on both sides of the ball
SEA offense
SEA defense
EPA per play
+0.182
+0.297
Success rate
47.8%
51.7%
Pass EPA
+0.476
+0.481
Rush EPA
-0.281
+0.041
Explosive play rate
10.4%
23.3%
Third down
53.8%
12.5%
Sacks
3 taken
1 made
Turnovers
0 lost
0 won
Play calling
How each side called it
Seattle
Neutral early-down pass rate
51.4%
Pass rate over expected
+1.3
1st down pass rate
43.3%
2nd down pass rate
75.0%
3rd down pass rate
76.9%
Shotgun rate
53.7%
Avg depth of target
8.2
Play action rate
30.0%
Screen rate
7.5%
Pre-snap motion
70.2%
No-huddle rate
3.0%
Avg box faced on runs
7.1
Runs into 8+ box
34.6%
Blitzed on
22.5%
Los Angeles (Rams)
Neutral early-down pass rate
52.9%
Pass rate over expected
+0.4
1st down pass rate
51.6%
2nd down pass rate
73.7%
3rd down pass rate
87.5%
Shotgun rate
48.3%
Avg depth of target
12.6
Play action rate
27.0%
Screen rate
0.0%
Pre-snap motion
58.3%
No-huddle rate
3.3%
Avg box faced on runs
6.6
Runs into 8+ box
0.0%
Blitzed on
13.5%
How Seattle lined up
Personnel groupings
plays
pass
EPA
11 personnel (3 WR)
30
83%
+0.356
12 personnel (2 WR)
28
50%
+0.041
13 personnel (1 WR)
7
0%
+0.137
Formation
Shotgun
34
+0.343
Under Center
31
+0.063
Pistol
2
-0.694
How Los Angeles (Rams) lined up
Personnel groupings
plays
pass
EPA
13 personnel (1 WR)
29
48%
+0.318
11 personnel (3 WR)
17
94%
-0.184
12 personnel (2 WR)
14
64%
+0.838
Formation
Under Center
31
+0.490
Shotgun
29
+0.091
Swing plays
The five that moved it most
Q4
04:59
(4:59) (Shotgun) 9-M.Stafford pass incomplete short middle to 18-T.Ferguson (21-D.Witherspoon).
+18.1% win probability for SEA
· -2.830 EPA
Q1
12:51
(12:51) (Shotgun) 14-S.Darnold pass deep right to 22-R.Shaheed to LA 25 for 51 yards (31-D.Williams).
+13.2% win probability for SEA
· +4.570 EPA
Q2
00:25
(:25) (Shotgun) 14-S.Darnold pass short left to 11-J.Smith-Njigba for 14 yards, TOUCHDOWN [8-J.Verse].
+12.2% win probability for SEA
· +3.610 EPA
Q2
00:44
(:44) (Shotgun) 14-S.Darnold pass deep middle to 11-J.Smith-Njigba to LA 22 for 42 yards (3-K.Curl).
+10.6% win probability for SEA
· +2.850 EPA
Q4
05:06
(5:06) (Shotgun) 9-M.Stafford pass incomplete short right to 15-K.Mumpfield (21-D.Witherspoon).
+9.8% win probability for SEA
· -1.410 EPA
Seattle offense
Usage, production, and a grade
Quarterback
DB
C/A
Yds
TD/INT
EPA
CPOE
Grade
Sam Darnold
QB
39
25/36
321
3/0
+0.462
8.7
91
Skill
Snaps
%
Production
Grade
Kenneth Walker III
RB
42
63%
4/4 for 49 · 19 car 62 · 1 TD
55
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
WR
55
82%
10/12 for 153 · 1 TD
91
George Holani
RB
23
34%
3/4 for 27 · 3 car 4
30
Cooper Kupp
WR
52
78%
4/6 for 36 · 1 TD
85
Rashid Shaheed
WR
38
57%
1/3 for 51 · 1 car 0
70
AJ Barner
TE
64
96%
2/3 for 13
39
Jake Bobo
WR
13
19%
1/2 for 17 · 1 TD
-
Sam Darnold
QB
67
100%
2 car -5
-
Seattle defense
Usage, production, and a grade
Player
Snaps
%
Production
Grade
DeMarcus Lawrence
LB
45
74%
1 sack · 1 hit · 1 TFL · 2 tkl
90
Nick Emmanwori
DB
58
95%
3 PD · 5 tkl
89
Devon Witherspoon
DB
60
98%
2 PD · 6 tkl
84
Riq Woolen
DB
52
85%
2 PD · 2 tkl
80
Ernest Jones
LB
61
100%
7 tkl
66
Drake Thomas
LB
36
59%
5 tkl
55
Uchenna Nwosu
LB
30
49%
1 hit · 1 tkl
54
Leonard Williams
DL
52
85%
1 hit · 1 tkl
54
Byron Murphy II
DL
37
61%
4 tkl
48
Eric Saubert
TE
0
0%
3 tkl
40
Julian Love
DB
61
100%
3 tkl
40
Tyrice Knight
LB
11
18%
2 tkl
29
Los Angeles (Rams) quarterback
DB
C/A
Yds
TD/INT
EPA
CPOE
Grade
Matthew Stafford
QB
35
22/34
365
3/0
+0.462
6.2
91
Seattle drives
Every possession
1
7 plays, 81 yards
Touchdown
2
12 plays, 66 yards
Field Goal
3
4 plays, 11 yards
Punt
4
3 plays, 2 yards
Punt
5
6 plays, 79 yards
Touchdown
6
5 plays, 7 yards
Punt
7
1 plays, 17 yards
Touchdown
8
9 plays, 65 yards
Touchdown
9
8 plays, 24 yards
Punt
10
12 plays, 44 yards
Punt