USA TODAY Sports was at the NFC West "Thursday Night Football" battle. Here are the winners and losers from the Week 16 instant classic.

The Seahawks won a Thursday night classic over the Rams, but more importantly got a leg up in the NFC West and in the playoffs picture.

The Rams and Seahawks are fighting for the NFC West crown. What does each team need to wrap up the division - and potentially the top seed in the NFC with it?

As the number of teams competing for playoff spots begins to dwindle, those that will make field are jockeying in for top seeds.

If these two things happen, the 49ers would finish 13-4 and win the NFC West over a 13-4 Rams team based on the division record tiebreaker. If the Seahawks also finish 13-4 in this scenario, the 49ers would have swept them, so they'd win any tiebreaker with Seattle. At 7-to-1 odds to win the NFC West, the 49ers feel like a steal.

The NFC West is the NFL's best division going into Week 16 of the 2025 NFL season. The Rams (11-3), Seahawks (11-3) and 49ers (10-4) all would be in the playoffs and those records suggest anything can happen in the division race over the final three weeks.

There are three weeks remaining in the NFL regular season. Week 16 features a Saturday doubleheader. Here's what to know about the games.

A 58-yard punt return touchdown and two-play, 57-yard touchdown drive, capped by a 26-yard pass from Sam Darnold to AJ Barner put the Seahawks suddenly within two. Then, in bizarre fashion, Seattle tied the game on a 2-point conversion that initially looked like an incomplete screen pass to Zach Charbonnet.