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The Seattle Seahawks tied the Los Angeles Rams in the fourth quarter off one of the strangest plays you'll ever see ... and yet another reminder to play through the whistle.

Down 30-28 with 6:23 left in regulation, following Sam Darnold's touchdown pass to A.J. Barner, Jared Verse tipped away Darnold's screen pass to Zach Charbonnet on Seattle's two-point conversion attempt.

At least, that's what it looked like.

However, replays showed Darnold's pass was actually a backward pass and because Charbonnet picked the ball up in the end zone and the whistle hadn't blown, it counted as a two-point conversion. Replays clearly show the ball was traveling backward from between where Darnold released it and Verse tipped it away.

Charbonnet's seemingly nonchalant action ended up being a huge shift.

The Seahawks were down 30-14 just moments before this touchdown, but Rashid Shaheed took a punt back 58 yards, the Seattle defense forced a three-and-out, and then Darnold led a quick touchdown drive. Then this play happened, completing a wild sequence that tied things up.

"Very interesting," Rams coach Sean McVay said. "Didn't get a clear explanation of everything that went on just because of some of the timing of it ... [I've] never seen or never been a part of anything like that."

The was the last score of the fourth quarter, but far from the final twist in an overall wild game. After missing a late field goal, the Rams scored first in overtime and kicked an extra point to go up 37-30. The Seahawks answered right back with a touchdown of their own and then converted the game-winning two-point conversion -- this one a much more traditional pass play from Darnold to Eric Saubert.

The Seahawks had been down 30-14 in the fourth quarter but converted three two-point conversions -- the first one a Darnold pass to Cooper Kupp -- to aid in the remarkable comeback. In the process, Seattle became the just the eighth team to convert three two-point conversions in a single game and the first since the Dallas Cowboys in 2020. Furthermore, the Seahawks became the first team ever to win a game on an overtime two-point conversion, and they also slid into the driver's seat in the race for the top spot in the NFC.