Seahawks revive to rout Rams, win West

Russell Wilson threw three touchdown passes, Tyler Lockett had 130 yards receiving and a score, and the Seahawks won the NFC West title with a 24-3 victory over the Rams on Thursday night in Seattle.

The Seahawks claimed their third NFC West title in four seasons, assuring themselves of at least one home game in the playoffs and keeping the pressure on Detroit in the competition for the No. 2 seed in the NFC and a first-round bye. Seattle also snapped a three-game losing streak to the Rams.

It wasn’t an impressive display by Seattle (9-4-1), but was far better than Sunday when the Seahawks were blown out by the Packers with Wilson throwing five interceptions.

Wilson was good enough against the listless Rams. After slogging through the first half, Wilson threw a 1yard touchdown pass to Doug Baldwin late in the third quarter for a 17-3 lead, then put the game away on a 57-yard touchdown strike to Lockett on the second play of the fourth quarter.

Wilson finished 19 of 26 for 229 yards, but also threw a careless interception at the goal line mid- way through the fourth quarter. Seven of those passes went to Lockett, whose previous career high was 104 yards. Luke Willson also had an 8-yard TD catch in the first half.

Rams quarterback Jared Goff was 13 of 25 for 135 yards before leaving in the fourth quarter to be checked for a possible concussion. The Rams (4-10) finished with 183 total yards, but 90 of those came in the fourth quarter.

The Patriots claimed wide receiver Michael Floyd off waivers one day after he was released by the Cardinals.

Floyd’s agent, Brian Murphy, confirmed the move in an email.

Floyd, Arizona’s firstround draft pick in 2012, was released by the team two days after he was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and failure to obey a police officer.