The Seahawks pulled off a remarkable comeback against the Rams on Thursday Night Football to take control of the NFC West and put themself in position to earn the conference’s only bye. Overcoming a 16-point deficit in the fourth quarter required many things to go right and for Seattle to make all kinds of clutch plays down the stretch. By far the weirdest, and perhaps important, was running back Zach Charbonnet casually picking up an unattended football in the end zone after what appeared to be an unsuccessful two-point conversion.
After someone decided the officials on the field and in the replay center should take another look at the seemingly meaningless move, the Seahawks were appropriately given the game-tying points as Sam Darnold’s pass was clearly moving backward when it was deflected by a Rams player into the end zone, making it a live ball. Seattle went on to prevail in overtime on another, more normal two-point conversion.
