2026 NFC Championship Game odds, prediction: Rams vs. Seahawks picks by expert on 28-10 roll

NFC West behemoths meet when the fifth-seeded Los Angeles Rams battle the top-seeded Seattle Seahawks in the 2026 NFC Championship Game on Sunday. This will be the third meeting between the teams this season with both previous games decided by two points or fewer. Los Angeles earned a 21-19 win on Nov. 16, before Seattle outlasted the Rams 38-37 in overtime on Dec. 18. The Rams (12-5), who are coming off a 20-17 overtime win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday, are 7-4 on the road this season, including the postseason. The Seahawks (14-3), who defeated San Francisco 41-6 on Saturday, are 7-2 on their home field. Seattle will be without running back Zach Charbonnet (knee) as Cam Akers has been elevated to the main roster. WR Tutu Atwell and TE Nick Vannett are inactive for the Rams.

Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. ET at Lumen Field in Seattle. The Seahawks leads the all-time series 29-28. The Seahawks are 2.5-point favorites in the latest Rams vs. Seahawks odds, while the over-under for total points scored is 45.5, having dropped since opening at 47.5. Seattle is at -139 on the money line (risk $139 to win $100), with the Rams at +118 (risk $100 to win $118).

Before making any Rams vs. Seahawks picks, you NEED to see which side SportsLine NFL expert Larry Hartstein is on, considering his mastery of Rams picks.

A former lead writer for Covers and The Linemakers, Hartstein combines a vast network of Vegas sources with an analytical approach he honed working for Pro Football Focus. He enters the championship round of the 2026 NFL playoffs on a 43-33 run on NFL spread picks, and he's been especially locked in on his picks involving the Rams recently as he's on a 28-10 run, returning +1701!

Now, Hartstein has locked in another confident against-the-spread pick for Rams vs. Seahawks. 

We can tell you he's leaning Over on the point total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

So who wins Rams vs. Seahawks in the NFC Championship Game, and what x-factor makes one side of the spread hit HARD? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the Rams vs. Seahawks spread to back, all from the expert who is on a blistering 28-10 run on his Los Angeles picks!