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RENTON Robert Woods Jersey , Wash. (AP) — It took a trip to the desert for the Seattle Seahawks to find the blueprint coach Pete Carroll was seeking.Lean heavily on the running of Chris Carson, who rushed for 104 yards and didn’t fumble. Allow Russell Wilson to orchestrate without having to carry the entire weight of Seattle’s offense. And get a few big plays from the Seahawks defense, including a touchdown from one of their new stars.The 27-10 romp over Arizona on Sunday played out in nearly the exact fashion Carroll would like to see.But how much can be taken from beating up on the weak link of the NFC West, or for that matter any of Seattle’s results from its 3-1 start?Seattle has yet to face an offense ranked in the top 15 in the league or a defense ranked in the top 20. They’ve gotten off to their strong start by picking on the bottom of the league.That changes on Thursday when the Los Angeles Rams visit in a major division showdown that could have ramifications come December and possibly January.“It’s a solid start. There are a lot of teams in the same position we’re in so we haven’t separated from anybody, which is hard to do at this time,” Carroll said. “It’s a good solid start and with one lousy outing that we gave a game away to a really good team. I like where we are at this point I like this matchup as we’re kicking into the second quarter of the season and here we go. We’ll see what happens.”WHAT’S WORKINGThe connection between Wilson and tight end Will Dissly is surprisingly effective. Dissly was known more as a blocker coming out of college at Washington, and he struggled a little with his pass catching in his rookie season before suffering a major knee injury. But he might be Wilson’s favorite target not named Tyler Lockett. Dissly had seven catches on eight targets and grabbed his fourth touchdown of the season against the Cardinals. Add two catches for Luke Willson and Seattle’s tight ends caught nine of the Seahawks’ 22 completed passes.Dissly’s big day came in the same stadium where he suffered a torn patellar tendon last year.“He’s earned everything. He’s worked for everything and he’s a tremendous guy, tremendous player, tremendous teammate and that was big,” Wilson said. “I was happy for him for sure.”WHAT NEEDS HELPWilson continues to be sacked at a rate higher than Seattle would like. The Seahawks kept their quarterback clean on 50 pass attempts last week against New Orleans http://www.theramslockerroom.com/authentic-andrew-whitworth-jersey , but for the third time this year he was sacked four times by the Cardinals. Only Marcus Mariota, Deshaun Watson and Kyler Murray have been sacked more than Wilson through Week 4.STOCK UPJadeveon Clowney finally popped. Since acquiring him right before the season opener, the Seahawks had been waiting for a memorable moment from their new defensive end. It came late in the first quarter on Sunday when Clowney reached out his left hand and intercepted a screen pass, returning it 27 yards for a touchdown to give the Seahawks a 10-0 lead. It was the early boost Seattle needed.“I told you he looked like 7 feet on that play,” Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagner said. “Maybe it was just because of nerves going in. That was a big play in the game. He tipped it to himself and ran it back, showed a little speed.”STOCK DOWNRookie DK Metcalf has disappeared a bit over the past two games. After two big weeks to start the season, Metcalf has just three catches over the past two games. One of those receptions came on a jump ball at the end of the first half in Week 3 against New Orleans and went for 54 yards, meaning his other two catches have gone for a combined 19 yards. Seattle has seen Jaron Brown and Malik Turner both get a few more targets the past couple of weeks, along with David Moore’s return from an arm injury.INJUREDCarroll said he hopes backup running back Rashaad Penny (hamstring) will be able to play against the Rams after missing the past two games. Penny’s best career game to date came last year against the Rams when he ran for 108 yards and a TD. While Penny’s return would be a boost, the more important news was Seattle getting out of Arizona without any major injuries after recent trips where the Seahawks suffered some significant injuries in the desert.KEY NUMBERZero — With all the attention on Carson’s fumble problems through the first three weeks Womens John Johnson Jersey , the fact he avoided coughing up the ball while also rushing for more than 100 yards was a major accomplishment. Carson’s performance was reassuring for himself and the Seahawks.NEXT STEPSIt doesn’t get much bigger for Seattle than an early-season showdown against the Rams. Los Angeles has won three of its last four trips to Seattle. While San Francisco remains unbeaten, the winner on Thursday gains a significant advantage in the NFC West race. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rams running back Todd Gurley has been ruled out of Los Angeles‘ regular-season finale against San Francisco because of a knee injury.Safety Lamarcus Joyner also won’t play Sunday at the Coliseum, Rams coach Sean McVay confirmed Friday.“Those guys are making progress, but we don’t feel like it’s going to be at the point where they’ll be ready to go,” McVay said. “So we want to continue to be smart with that.”Los Angeles (12-3) can clinch a first-round postseason bye with a win over the 49ers or a loss by the Chicago Bears, but the Rams will have to do it without the centerpiece of their offense.Gurley is the NFL’s second-leading rusher with 1,251 yards, and he leads the league with 21 touchdowns. He is fourth with 1,831 total yards from scrimmage after leading the NFL last season when he was the AP’s Offensive Player of the Year.Gurley will miss the final two games of the regular season after sitting out last week’s win at Arizona, but McVay says he isn’t concerned about the star running back’s availability for the playoffs. While Gurley wasn’t ready to declare himself out for another week when he spoke to the media Thursday night Josh Reynolds Jersey , the Rams decided to be careful.“I think he understands his body better than anybody else,” McVay said. “I don’t get the sense that he’s concerned, but we want to be smart about this. If it’s feeling like something where he’s not going to be able to be the Todd Gurley that we’re accustomed to seeing, just based on the way that that thing is feeling, the smart thing for him, No. 1, and for our football team is to be able to rest him and get him back as quickly as possible.”Gurley rushed for just 76 combined yards in his past two games earlier this month, and he appeared to be moving gingerly at times. He couldn’t identify a specific play on which he was injured, saying he just felt “something wasn’t right” during the Rams’ loss to Philadelphia on Dec. 16.C.J. Anderson is likely to be Gurley’s primary replacement again this week against the 49ers. The longtime Denver running back joined the Rams last week and immediately thrived, rushing for 167 yards and a touchdown in a 31-9 victory over the Cardinals last Sunday.Gurley participated in pregame warmups at Arizona. He said he could have played http://www.theramslockerroom.com/authentic-samson-ebukam-jersey , but wasn’t sure how effective he would have been.Knee pain has stalked Gurley for months — no surprise given his heavy workload. After sitting out the entire preseason, Gurley also felt pain in his knee after the Rams’ season-opening win at Oakland back in September — and that was worse, he claimed.“It was bad,” Gurley said with a laugh. “I was contemplating on giving the Rams back their money and everything.”That win over the Raiders was Gurley’s first game after agreeing to a four-year, $60 million contract extension through 2023 at the start of training camp, making him the NFL’s highest-paid running back with $45 million guaranteed.The Rams won’t have any concrete idea about Gurley’s playoff availability until next week, but McVay is cautiously optimistic he will be back to full strength.“I would think so, but if you said a couple weeks ago that we would have to hold him out for the last two weeks, I probably would have been surprised about that,” McVay said. “But based on the information that we’re getting Womens C.J. Anderson Jersey , there isn’t any reason for us to press the panic button or think that he won’t be available.”Joyner has started all 15 games for Los Angeles while playing more than 95 percent of the Rams’ defensive snaps, but he has an ankle injury. He is the Rams’ third-leading tackler with 78, along with one interception.Backup defensive backs Blake Countess and Marqui Christian will play extensively in Joyner’s absence, McVay said.