RB Cam Akers powers Rams past Seattle in NFC wild-card game,
Cam Akers ran for 131 yards and scored a touchdown, Jared Goff tossed one touchdown pass and Darius Williams had a 42-yard interception rection for another score as the Los Angeles Rams ended Seattle’s 10-game home winning streak in the playoffs with a 30-20 wild-card win punctuated by five sacks.
The third-seeded Seahawks pulled to 30-20 with 2:28 remaining on DK Metcalf’s second touchdown catch of the game. But the Rams recovered the ensuing onside kick.
The win may have been costly: The Rams suffered key injuries to quarterback John Wolford, star Aaron Donald and receiver Cooper Kupp.
Wolford started but injured his neck in the fist quarte, and Goff was pressed into duty less than two weeks since he had three pins surgically inserted into his broken right thumb.
Donald suffered a rib injury on a tackle of Russell Wilson after collecting two sacks and Kupp limped into the locker room after injuring his right knee in the closing minutes.
The Seahawks last lost a home playoff game in 2004 when they were beaten 27-20 by the then-St. Louis Rams.
Donald appeared to be grabbing at his abdomen and after being checked briefly on the sideline walked to the locker room with athletic trainers.
Donald had three tackles and two sacks prior to getting hurt.
Quarterback John Wolford was taken via ambulance to a hospital after injuring his neck in the first half.
Matt Gay’s 36-yard field goal with 11:33 remaining put the Rams ahead by 10 in their quest to hand Seattle its first home playoff loss since 2004. Gay had three field goals, accounting for 12 points, the longest was 40 yards.