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Los Angeles Rams 2020 NFL schedule: 5 must-win games

By Matt Conner

LONDON, ENG - OCTOBER 27: Los Angeles Rams Head Coach Sean McVay and Los Angeles Rams Quarterback Jared Goff (16) talk on the sideline during the NFL game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams on October 27, 2019 at Wembley Stadium, London, England. (Photo by Martin Leitch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
LONDON, ENG - OCTOBER 27: Los Angeles Rams Head Coach Sean McVay and Los Angeles Rams Quarterback Jared Goff (16) talk on the sideline during the NFL game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams on October 27, 2019 at Wembley Stadium, London, England. (Photo by Martin Leitch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 08: Kicker Jason Myers #5 of the Seattle Seahawks celebrates his field goal in the fourth quarter to trail the Los Angeles Rams 28-12 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on December 08, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 08: Kicker Jason Myers #5 of the Seattle Seahawks celebrates his field goal in the fourth quarter to trail the Los Angeles Rams 28-12 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on December 08, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images) /

Away: Seattle Seahawks

The NFC West is loaded and if the 49ers somehow falter in their own attempts to repeat, Pete Carroll and perennial MVP candidate Russ Wilson will be there waiting with postseason expectations of their own.

The Rams were able to split the season series with the Seahawks last year and the loss was a single-point separation on the road in Seattle. In short, McVay should be a bit more confident here than against San Francisco and it showed in the second game of the year, a 16-point drubbing of the Seahawks in December.

In that second game, the Rams were able to keep Jared Goff completely upright while getting to Wilson again and again. Seattle even won the turnover battle and still got whipped thanks to the Rams offensive momentum and defensive pressure. Wilson went down five times, was hurried several more, and Aaron Donald had four quarterback hits himself.

Therefore, the Rams have to smile at the fact that Seattle’s offensive renovation has brought in names like Brandon Shell, Cedric Ogbuechi, and B.J. Finney. It’s reshuffling deck chairs on the Titanic as they say, and the Rams defensive front should feast again this year unless Seattle invests heavily in the draft or makes moves later this year.

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