The Los Angeles Rams have the NFL’s touchdown-reception leader.
The Seattle Seahawks have the leader in receiving yards.
However, only one of those players might suit up when the teams meet in an NFC West showdown on Thursday night in Seattle.
The Rams (11-3) might be without Davante Adams, who has 14 touchdown catches, because of a nagging left hamstring injury.
Coach Sean McVay said he would likely wait until game time to make a decision on Adams, who aggravated the injury while running a deep route on Sunday in Los Angeles’ 41-34 victory against visiting Detroit.
“I’m not ruling anyone out,” McVay said Tuesday. “He just got his hamstring. He felt it a little bit, and it’s something he’s been dealing with, and he’s as tough as it gets. Want to be able to see what it looks like with the time we have.”
Adams has twice previously dealt with hamstring issues this season, his first with the Rams. He has 60 catches for 789 yards.
Rams defensive end Braden Fiske (ankle) also missed practice on Tuesday.
Los Angeles quarterback Matthew Stafford is a leading MVP contender with a league-leading 37 touchdown passes and 3,722 yards through the air, second only to the 3,931 of the Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott.
The Rams, who have won two games in a row and eight of their past nine, lead the Seahawks (11-3) in the NFC West by virtue of their 21-19 home victory against Seattle on Nov. 16. Los Angeles intercepted Sam Darnold four times but had to sweat out a last-second 61-yard field-goal attempt by Jason Myers that narrowly missed wide right.
Myers kicked a franchise-record six field goals on Sunday as the Seahawks edged the visiting Indianapolis Colts 18-16. It was Seattle’s fourth straight win since the loss to the Rams.
Left tackle Charles Cross, who sustained a hamstring injury on Myers’ winning kick, was the lone Seahawks player to miss practice on Tuesday.
“We’re just trying to gather the info right now, exhausting all options to see how fast we can get him back,” Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said of Cross.
While the Seahawks’ Jaxon Smith-Njigba leads the NFL with 1,541 receiving yards, the rest of the offense has stalled. Seattle’s offense has scored just six first-half points in each of its past three games (not counting an interception return for a TD).
The Seahawks likely will need more than that against a Rams team that has scored 40-plus points in each of its past two contests.
“We just need to get together and understand the game plan and execute at the end of the day,” Smith-Njigba said. “And I’ll leave it at that.”
Seattle managed a season-low 50 rushing yards against the Colts, with Kenneth Walker III totaling just 17 yards on nine attempts.
“We didn’t run it the way we wanted to,” Macdonald said. “It’s kind of a little bit of everything right now. A little bit late in the year to be saying that. So, I mean, we got to pick it up, really, on all fronts.”
Seattle’s defense ranks second in the league in opponents’ scoring, allowing just 17.3 points per game.
McVay admitted he hasn’t gotten much sleep this week after his wife Veronika gave birth to son Christian Alexander McVay on Monday morning.
“What a crazy week to be playing on a Thursday,” McVay said. “This is a good challenge. … It’s a blessing to be able to play in meaningful games this late in the season.”
–Field Level Media
