The Seahawks' Weirdest Play Just Got a Second Chance: Here's What the Rams Gave Up On
Remember that absolutely bonkers two-point conversion the Seahawks pulled off against the Rams in Week 16? Yeah, that one. The play that even Matthew Stafford didn't understand after the game? Well, the Rams were so mad about it they tried to change the rules. Spoiler alert: they just threw in the towel.
The Play That Started It All
Week 16 against LA was huge, and the Seahawks found a way to tie the game in the fourth quarter with one of the strangest plays you'll ever see. It was a two-point conversion that happened on what looked like an incompletion that somehow turned into a backward pass. The kind of play that makes you rewatch the highlight five times and still not totally get what happened. Stafford was as confused as the rest of us when it was all over.
Rams Tried to Close the Loophole, Then Blinked
The Rams weren't just going to let that slide. They proposed two rule changes to make sure something like that never happens again. First up: they wanted backward passes to be treated as fumbles in specific situations, which includes fourth downs, the last two minutes, and two-point conversions. That would've killed the Seahawks conversion dead. Second, they wanted a 40-second time limit before a replay review could even be started. In that Seahawks game, the review didn't kick off until more than a minute after the play was over, and both teams had already lined up for the kickoff.
But here's the thing: the Rams have officially withdrawn both proposals. The word is they didn't think they had the votes to get either one passed by the owners. So that weird play stays legal, which means it could happen again whenever someone gets clever enough to try it.
What This Means for the Emerald City
The Seahawks got away with one of the strangest moments in recent NFL history, and now it's not changing. That Week 16 play tied a pivotal game and showed that sometimes the rules give you opportunities if you're fast enough to take them. Nothing's getting patched up, so if Sam Darnold and the offense ever find themselves in that exact situation again, they know the rulebook is on their side.
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