Rams' Nacua, Stafford, McVay Sound Off on Seahawks' Controversial 2-Point Conversion

Members of the Los Angeles Rams had some questions about a controversial two-point conversion by Zach Charbonnet that allowed the Seattle Seahawks to tie the game en route to a dramatic 38-37 overtime win on Thursday night.

The play saw Charbonnet pick up the ball in the end zone after a Sam Darnold pass was deflected by Rams linebacker Jared Verse, but replay assist determined the ball was still live because the pass was thrown behind the line of scrimmage.

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Rams star Puka Nacua, who made headlines earlier in the week for comments about the officials, went after them again in a since-deleted post on X.

Speaking to reporters after the game, Nacua said that post was actually in reference to "the opportunities that we didn't take advantage of" and left the game in the hands of the officials.

"Some of the moments that we put in the officials' hands just felt like we could have executed to not put ourselves in those situations," Nacua said.

Rams head coach Sean McVay explained he never got an exact clarification on why the call was reversed after the officials blew the whistle to end the play:

"Very interesting. Didn't get a clear explanation of everything that went on just because of some of the timing of it. I've never seen anything or never been a part of anything like that. And I've grown up around this game. I'm not making excuses. We don't do that. I don't believe in that. It doesn't move us forward, but we do want clarity and an understanding of the things that we can do to minimize that when we rejected the 2-point conversion."

Matthew Stafford was puzzled by the call because he "didn't think you were allowed to advance a fumble" in that situation.

According to the NFL's official rulebook (rule eight, section seven, article six), after a two-minute warning or on a try-for play, the ball is considered dead at the spot of the recovery if it is picked up by a teammate of the player who fumbled.

This is an instance where two things are correct. Stafford is right that the Seahawks aren't allowed to advance the ball. However, since Charbonnet picked up the ball when it was in the end zone, he didn't have to advance it for the conversion to be successful.

Even though the Rams have questions about the specifics of that play, there is plenty of blame to go around for why they lost. They led by 16 points with just over eight minutes remaining, didn't score on their final five possessions in regulation, went three-and-out on three consecutive possessions at one point in the fourth quarter and missed a 48-yard field goal attempt with 2:08 remaining that would have put them up 33-30.

The Seahawks were also able to convert on three straight two-point conversion attempts between the fourth quarter and overtime, with the latter being the difference in the game.