One of the most consequential plays of the 2025 season was one that few people understood. It was the bizarre two-point conversion by the Seattle Seahawks in Week 16 against the Los Angeles Rams, which tied that pivotal game in the fourth quarter on a bizarre incompletion-turned-backward-pass.
The Rams proposed to change two rules stemming from that play but according to ProFootballTalk, they’ve since withdrawn both proposals. The first was to have backward passes treated as fumbles in situations such as fourth downs, inside the 2-minute warning and on two-point conversions. That would’ve prevented the Seahawks from advancing the fumble and recovering it for a successful conversion in the end zone.
The Rams also wanted a 40-second time limit for replay reviews to be initiated. In the Rams-Seahawks scenario, the review started more than a minute after the play was over, and the teams had both lined up for the ensuing kickoff already.
Rams president Kevin Demoff shared this message on X, showing he’s still not happy about that play months later.
Neither of those proposals will be on the table for owners to vote on this year, likely because the Rams didn’t believe they’d get the necessary support to pass them.
It was a strange play that Matthew Stafford even admitted he didn’t understand after the game, but it’s one that can happen again based on the rules.
This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: Rams withdraw rule proposals stemming from bizarre 2-point conversion vs. Seahawks
Reporting by Cameron DaSilva, Rams Wire / Rams Wire
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