Top 8 Stats And Odds To Know Rams-Seahawks NFL Week 11 First Place Showdown
Summary
A marquee NFC West showdown in Week 11 features the Seattle Seahawks (7-2) visiting the Los Angeles Rams (7-2), with both teams tied for the league’s best record. The Rams are favored by three points in a game featuring two of the NFL’s most efficient offenses. Both teams enter on four-game winning streaks, with Seattle boasting a remarkable ten consecutive road victories.
The matchup is highlighted by exceptional quarterback play. The Rams’ Matthew Stafford is the new MVP favorite, leading the NFC in passing yards and touchdowns. The Seahawks’ Sam Darnold possesses the NFL’s top QB rating. Their top receivers, Jaxson Smith-Njigba and Puka Nacua, are also among the league leaders. Advanced metrics like DVOA and yards per play differential further confirm these are two of the NFL’s top teams, making their clash critical for playoff seeding and division supremacy.
The biggest games in NFL Week 11 includes nine division contests headlined by the first place NFC West showdown Seattle Seahawks (7-2) at Los Angeles Rams (7-2). The two NFC leaders are among the top teams in a number of statistical categories, and favorites in NFL futures and player of the year awards. Â
The Rams and Seahawks are also tied with the Super Bowl champions Philadelphia Eagles (7-2) for the best record into Week 11 as the top teams push towards the playoffs, division titles and the top seed and first round playoff bye.
Rams-Seahawks Odds
The Sunday, Nov. 16 game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA has the Rams favored by a field goal and a higher game total.
- Seattle at Los Angeles (-3), total 48.5
Player props will drive more betting action along with live/in-game betting at top online sportsbook BetOnline. The Rams and Seahawks will play a rematch Dec. 18 in Seattle as
Top Stats and Odds To Know Rams-Seahawks
Let’s take a look at some of the key players, stats, odds and production that is driving the Rams and Seahawks to success this season.
- Â Â Quarterbacks
Rams QB Matthew Stafford’s NFL Most Valuable Player odds (+300) have been cut in half since last week and he’s the new MVP favorite. Seahawks QB Sam Darnold (+850) also saw his odds drop as the second choice in the NFC but still behind QB’s Drake Maye, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen. Stafford and Darnold’s stats shine among the NFL leaders with Stafford leading the NFC with 2,427 passing yards and league-high 25 TD passes with just 2 interceptions. Darnold has the No. 1 QB Rating in the NFL while passing for 2,262 passing yards and a league-best 9.9 yards per pass. That spikes to league-highs of 13.9 yards per attempt and 20.2 yards per completion when using play action with 56.1% of his snaps under center. Stafford is playing under center on a league-high 61% of his snaps (the league rate is 34%), and he has a career-high 35.5% rate of play action, which leads the league. Stafford has a 135.6 rating (2nd) using play action. Both QB’s are top 5 in passer rating with Darnold also top 5 in completion percentage at 71.1%.
- Wide Receivers
Seahawks wide receiver Jaxson Smith-Njigba leads the NFL with 1,041 receiving yards (115/game), and Rams wide receiver Puca Nucua has 775 receiving yards. They are both top 5 in receptions with 63 and 66 and Smith-Njigba averages 16.1 yards per catch with 5 TDs and Nucua 11.7 and 4 touchdowns. Smith-Njigba (+210) and Nucua (+4000) are top 3 in NFL Offensive Player of the Year odds, but trail heavy favorite, RB Jonathan Taylor (-400) of the Colts.
- Â DVOA
The Seahawks and Rams are the top 2 teams in DVOA, and it’s just the 26th time since 1978 that the top 2 DVOA teams meet in the regular season. DVOA is Defensive-adjusted Value Over Average, an advanced metric that measures efficiency of an NFL team.
- Yards Per Play
The Seahawks have a +1.7 yards per play differential to lead the NFL (6.3 offense, 4.6 defense). The Rams (+1.0) yards per play differential is based off of 5.9 offense and 4.9 defense yards per play.
- Strength of Schedule
The Seahawks played the 2nd easiest schedule through 9 weeks, but have the No. 5 toughest schedule to finish the season based on Sharp Football Analysis total efficiency of remaining opponents. The Rams have an average remaining schedule (No. 18) after the No. 15 schedule the first 9 weeks.
- Winning StreaksÂ
The Rams and Seahawks both enter on 4-game winning streaks, and Seattle has won 10 consecutive road games, the longest active streak in the league and the longest in franchise history.
     7. Stats
Over the past five weeks, the Rams lead the NFL in point differential (+82) while the Seahawks are 2nd (+62). The Seahawks have outscored opponents by 103 points in the first half this season (172-69), the largest margin in the league. The Seahawks and QB Darnold lead the league in passing play success rate (52.1%), and the Rams and QB Stafford are 5th (50.8%). More Sharp Football advanced stats show the Rams and QB Stafford average a league-high 4.1 passing plays of 20 or more yards per game, and the Seahawks and Darnold are 2nd (4.0). The Seahawks average 4.0 more yards per passing play than their opponent, the best differential in the league. The Rams are 3rd (1.6). The Rams have converted 37.1% of their third-and-long situations (requiring 7 or more yards), 2nd in the league. Seattle has converted a league-worst 13.2% (7 of 53) of their third and longs.
     8. Futures Odds
The Rams are +375 favorite and Seahawks +450 to win the NFC, and Los Angeles +225 and Seattle +350 to be the No. 1 seed. The Rams are +650 and Seahawks +950 to win Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8, 2025 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. The Rams are also +350 and Seahawks +525 to finish with the most wins in the 2025 regular season, and Rams -110 and Seahawks +100 to win the NFC West division.
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