So uh anything to talk about from last night's game? There have been some memorable Thursday games this season, with the Flacco-Rodgers old man shootout standing out, but last night's? They'll be talking about that one for a long time.

QUARTERBACKS

Gotta start by addressing what will no doubt be some unhappy people who benched Matthew Stafford. Seattle ranked 11th against the pass, held Stafford to 130 yards in the previous meeting, and had allowed only 17 touchdown passes. Stafford proceeded to cook them last night for 457 and 3, doing all he could to get the Rams their 12th win. Having an amazing year, probably going to win the MVP, and I hope some started him despite his low ranking.

I think we can say for certain now that the Jets, Panthers and Vikings all erred in getting rid of Sam Darnold. (I am aware he also had a cup of coffee with San Francisco, they have a quarterback.) Darnold certainly has some flaws, which have showed up at times this season (and last night, as in a pair of bad interceptions) and in last year's late-season meltdown with Minnesota. But the arm strength and passing talent suggests he can win a Super Bowl and a team that had him and currently does not have a great or arguably even good quarterback should not have let him go. Some of the throws last night, including the touchdown in overtime, were damn impressive. The 2-point conversion to win the game, too. (I think the Rams defensively should have brought the house on that play; letting him just stand there with plenty of time seemed like a mistake and was. I realize it's easy to say after the fact but we have evidence that Darnold can be rattled and it feels like they should have gone that route instead of sitting back.)

Seems like as good a place as any to talk about the bizarre 2-point conversion. I think about backward passes in red-zone situations a lot, considering the ramifications of whether a play will or should be scored as a touchdown pass (forward throw) or run (backward). But this registered with nobody on either team or the announcers, and even after it became apparent they were looking at it, I wasn't sure if it was legit, if the ball could be recovered by another Seahawk or whatnot. The fact that Zach Charbonnet politely stooping to pick up the ball to give it to a ref was deemed a successful 2-pointer; I've never seen that before and not sure I ever will again, there's usually someone on one of the two teams who reacts aggressively in case the play is still a live ball, but not last night. And in this case the ruling came with the teams lining up to kick off. Just crazy. Seattle might have still won the game, but there would have been no overtime and it would not have been that bonkers.

Another brief note on the winning 2-point conversion, described by ESPN as "gutsy" and lauded by the announcing team... Seattle had no choice there. A tie did them no good, since they would have lost an end-of-season tiebreaker with the Rams. They had to play to win, it was exactly why you defer in overtime if you win the toss. Kicking the extra point would have been idiotic, Sean McVay and the Rams would have said thank you very much as they clinched the No. 1 seed by merely beating Atlanta and Arizona the last two weeks.

RUNNING BACKS

Kenneth Walker had a big game, he's good. His screen pass early to set up a Zach Charbonnet touchdown, his own long touchdown run; he made plays all night. I get a little weary of the ubiquitous memes talking about Walker's fantasy managers getting upset by Charbonnet vulturing his touchdowns. It's Week 16, OK? They've been doing it all year long. Nobody who makes the decision to put Walker into a fantasy lineup at this point can be surprised or too upset by Walker getting lifted near the goal line. That's why he wasn't a higher pick on draft day, and why he's generally not ranked in the top 10 at the position. Complaining about Barkley losing 1-yard touchdowns to Hurts makes just as much sense. Ok, rant over.

Now if you want to complain about Kyren Williams losing short touchdowns to Blake Corum, Puka Nacua and even Terrance freaking Ferguson, I'll listen. That sucks. Williams looked really good early last night and it would have been nice if they'd showed him a little love. He's better than Corum (I suppose some may want to argue that) and certainly should have got one of those short scores. A starting running back finishing with like 11 PPR points in a 38-37 game is kind of annoying. Corum played half as many snaps and got about half as many carries, but finished with more points in typical leagues.

WIDE RECEIVERS

Monster game off a high-drama week for Puka Nacua, who unfortunately doubled down on his ripping of officials by doing it after the game, too. Sigh. I'm not really going to touch any of this stuff beyond saying, eh, there's just no point in ripping refs unless you want to pay fines to the league. Yeah the refs do suck on occasion, I don't think they really impacted the game with any wrong calls last night, but maybe I'm forgetting one. If you had Puka on your side you have a nice healthy lead in your playoff game.

Other Rams wideouts, well, won a couple of nice overs personally on Konata Mumpfeld. Just 3 for 40 on eight targets, but nearly made a leaping sideline catch at one point; I think he did OK with his chances. He's not Davante and the Rams had to settle for a couple of short field goals early on when having Davante might have made a difference, but Rams can't complain too much. Xavier Smith had a 48-yard catch and Jordan Whittington caught a ball, but LA wasn't too interested in throwing to its other wide receivers.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba was shut out in the first half but roared to life in the second half and ran a great route for the overtime touchdown. Like Nacua, a one-man show, with Cooper Kupp making one impact catch in overtime but losing a fumble (big hit) for his notable contribution in regulation. Rashid Shaheed made no impact on offense but had a nifty punt return touchdown that helped Seattle erase its 16-point deficit. But neither team was using its non-No. 1 wideouts much.

TIGHT ENDS

My biggest worry personally in overtime was that Colby Parkinson would get enough catches to hit his lofty over of 40.5. Parkinson was worth starting for touchdown potential, period, but no one should have been expecting him to catch 5 passes for 50 yards or anything. Rams throw to all three of their tight ends and Parkinson has been best because of his red-zone impact. Not last night, obviously, disappointing to those who started him. But not surprising that there will be some ups and downs with three players the position on the menu. Terrance Ferguson a nice dynasty option, eventually he should be the guy.

AJ Barner a big touchdown for Seattle, part of a 4-catch night. Essentially the No. 2 in the passing game. And need to mention Eric Saubert, coming through with the winning 2-point conversion. Bold move by Seattle's coaching staff with that huge play going to a guy who has 2 catches all year and isn't exactly familiar with catching the football. Saubert is with his 8th team in nine seasons, he gets around. What a moment for him last night.

MISCELLANEOUS

I think the big thing to talk about is the NFC West title and No. 1 seed. Obviously Seattle in the driver's seat, but as was pointed out to me yesterday, they have to play at San Francisco in Week 18. I do not know all the various tiebreaker scenarios; if Seattle wins twice, they're champs, if San Fran wins out, it could be a three-way tie, if the Rams win out, they need Seattle to lose once and ...somebody else can figure it out. But three west playoff teams for sure, with an NFC North team probably missing a playoff spot.

What can be said is there are three games next Thursday, and it's hard to imagine any will compare to last night's.