The Seattle Seahawks (9-3) have pulled up alongside the Los Angeles Rams (9-3) in the NFC West race.

After seeing the Rams lose a stunner to the Carolina Panthers, the Seahawks took care of business at home by shutting out the Minnesota Vikings (4-8) in a 26-0 romp. The scoreline is unfair to the Vikings defense, who gave Seattle’s offensive line and Sam Darnold all sorts of problems, sacking Darnold four times and forcing a turnover on a lost fumble. Jaxon Smith-Njigba was held to just two catches for 23 yards, which is a huge blow in his quest for Calvin Johnson’s receiving yards record. Seattle only had one offensive touchdown, 219 total yards of offense, under 100 net yards passing, but it didn’t matter one bit outside of looking for a historic blowout.

Seattle’s defense made third-s

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