Rams' Sean McVay asks for explanation after Seahawks' game-tying 2-point conversion on recovered fumble
- - Rams' Sean McVay asks for explanation after Seahawks' game-tying 2-point conversion on recovered fumble
Jack Baer December 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Thursday's clash between the Los Angeles Rams and the Seattle Seahawks might go down as the NFL's game of the year, and the moment where we truly lost the plot came in the fourth quarter.
Down 30-22 with seven minutes remaining in the game that could decide the top seed in the NFC, the Seahawks scored a quick touchdown with a 31-yard Rashid Shaheed run and a 26-yard pass to AJ Barner. Their two-point attempt then appeared to fail with a screen pass batted down at the line of scrimmage.
The play appeared to be settled and both teams started preparing for the Seahawks' kickoff, but then the officials announced they were taking a closer look at the play. And then the replay showed Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold had thrown the ball backward, making it a lateral play and keeping the ball live.
Seahawks running back Zach Charbonnet had casually picked up the ball in the end zone. And that ended up being a game-saving play for Seattle, as it cashed the two-point conversion and tied the game 30-30.
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Neither team scored in regulation after that and the game go on to overtime, where the Seahawks won 38-37 on another two-point conversion.
The replay decision appeared to be the correct one, which was little consolation for the Rams, who could now finish 13-4 and not host a playoff game with the Seahawks in control of the NFC West. Rams head coach Sean McVay was animated after the game, requesting a more clear explanation from the league about how the situation played out:
"I've never quite seen anything like what happened on the 2-point conversion, where you're lined up to kick off, then they say it's a fumble to clear an obvious recovery, now you tack it on, you make it a 30-30 game. Very interesting. Didn't get a clear explanation of everything that went on just because of some of the timing of it. They were trying to be able to do that, but that's the thing that I've said. I've never seen anything or never been a part of anything like that, and I've grown up around this game.
"I'm not making excuses. We don't do that. I don't believe in that. It doesn't move us forward, but we do want clarity and an understanding of the things that we can do to minimize that when we rejected the 2-point conversion."
Rams wide receiver Puka Nakua also wasn't happy with the officials after the game — and we mean immediately after — but he could have been speaking more broadly.
The view was a bit happier from the Seattle sideline, as Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III put it:
"I didn't know what was going on until I looked at the review and then Zach picked the ball up and s***, they gave us two points. We'll take them."
The play was ultimately one part of a full collapse for the Rams, who led 30-14 at one point in the fourth quarter. They outgained the Seahawks 581-415 and committed zero turnovers to Seattle's three, but sometimes football simply comes down to timing. And picking up the ball in front of you.
Source: “AOL Sports”
