Week 16, 2025

Who did the Curse Wheel curse?

• Los Angeles Rams (#2)

Did the Curse Wheel curse succeed?

• YES; the Rams lost to the Seattle Seahawks 37-38

How Bad Was the Curse?

• OOOOHHH BOY
• With 9:48 left in the 4th quarter, the Seahawks were down 30-14 when Seahawks QB Sam Darnold got intercepted. This brought the Rams up to a 98.8% win chance, their highest win percentage in the game.
• The Rams drive immediately after goes nowhere and so they punt, but Seahawks WR Rashid Shaheed runs it in for a punt return touchdown, bringing it to 30-20. The Seahawks go for a two-point conversion and succeed, now 30-22.
• The Rams next drive after that Seahawks touchdown also ended in a punt with 7:09 left in the 4th Quarter, only for the Seahawks to score another touchdown in two plays, now 30-28.
• The Seahawks go for another two-point conversion to tie the game. This one was initially ruled incomplete but was overturned, with how it was overturned being a rather bizarre set of specific circumstances:
  • Darnold unintentionally threw a backwards pass.
  • The pass was blocked by Rams defender Jared Verse, which bounced forward towards the end zone.
  • Rams Safety Kam Curl leaps forward to try to catch the bounced pass but doesn’t, arguably helping move it even further into the end zone.
  • However, since Darnold threw a backwards pass, that blocked pass was therefore technically a fumble.
  • The ball was finally just chilling out in the end zone since everyone thought it was a dead ball, so Seahawks RB Zach Charbonnet simply recovered the ball… but inadvertantly (and officially) scored the two-point conversion, tying the game, 30-30.
• At 2:11 left in the 4th Quarter, the Rams try to kick a field goal to potentially make it 33-30, but Rams kicker Harrison Mevis kicks it wide right.
• Overtime! Rams get the ball first and get a touchdown, now 37-30, giving the ball to the Seahawks. The Seahawks then get a touchdown themselves… and they go for two points AGAIN. That attempt is successful and the Seahawks win, 38-37.
• Stat-wise, the Rams outperformed the Seahawks. The Seahawks also suffered three turnovers while the Rams had none. But in the end, the Curse Wheel had spoken.