Seahawks or Rams

[Pantherxtreme]

Let's say we take care of business against the Bucs and/or the Falcons take care of the Saints and we lock that 4th seed for the playoffs.

Who do we root for this Sunday in the NFC West matchup with Seahawks at San Francisco winner takes the NFC West division.

A Seahawks win would mean we face the Rams at home or with a 49ers win we host the Seahawks again. 

Which opponent would most prefer?

In the earlier Rams game we won primary due to turnovers specifically Mike Jackson pick-6 in combination with a good running game with Chuba and Rico whereas we kept the Rams offense off the field and Bryce was able to connect on two big 4th down throws for touchdowns.

However when the Rams offense was on the field they pretty much got whatever they wanted, Williams and Corum gashed us in the run game, and we had no answer for Devonte Adams. Granted whe were missing some pieces on defense with Horn and Moehrig.

Against Seattle our defense held it's own for the most part, it was our offense and turnovers which aided in the Panthers loss. 

Seattle was the most stingy, best tackling defense the Panthers have played all season, and when we turned Darnold over we didn't do much with it. 

The offense had no answers for what the defense was throwing at them and apparently were caught off guard by the amount of man coverage the Seahawks played. 

With all that who do you think would be the better matchup the 2nd time around?

I trust Stafford far more than I do Darnold, both running games are on par with each other, of the defenses Seattle has the dominant unit. 

I personally prefer Seattle again, that would mark their 3rd consecutive road game, we've just played them, so we know exactly what to expect, and I feel Caneles should be able to come up with a better scheme to counteract what the Seahawks defense was doing, and we may be able to trip Darnold up, I don't want to try and win another shootout against the Rams. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 31, 2025 by Pantherxtreme

[Packersfan]

Rams since you beat them already and they are 0-2 on the road against NFC South teams.

[jfra78]

Rams

[Pantherxtreme]

Just now, Packersfan said:

Rams since you beat them already and they are 0-2 on the road against NFC South teams.

It's hard to beat a good team twice though. 

I think Seattle is the overall better team of the two, but the circumstances I believe favors the Panthers in that matchup. 

[fanpanther]

i thought panthers play the loser of the seahawks and 49ers since the rams lost again

[Aussie Tank]

Who cares your gonna have to roll em all to win the main prize 

[Pantherxtreme]

35 minutes ago, fanpanther said:

i thought panthers play the loser of the seahawks and 49ers since the rams 

If Seattle loses they still finish with a better record than the Rams either way.

If the Rams beat the Cardinals and the 49ers lose they both finish 12-5 and the Rams own the tiebreaker and would get the higher seed. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Pantherxtreme

[TheSpecialJuan]

Doesn't matter we'd lose to either opponent 

[ProcessBlue2]

Give me the Seahawks. Rams will be dialed in and focused on us. 
 

Seahawks will be on their 3rd consecutive road trip including their 2nd to Charlotte in 3 weeks. I also think they will more likely to play down because they just beat us. Plus, I’d like to see Darnold have the playoff yips. Stafford don’t get those often.

[Packersfan]

2 hours ago, Pantherxtreme said:

It's hard to beat a good team twice though. 

I think Seattle is the overall better team of the two, but the circumstances I believe favors the Panthers in that matchup. 

That’s true. Rams 3 out of 4 losses have all come traveling across the country