Twelve catches for 128 yards and a touchdown made for a career day for Seahawks wide receiver Darrell Jackson. It was worth discussing one week after he shunned reporters in the locker room after the regular-season finale.

"My mama said don't talk to you all," Jackson said when asked why he was upset last week, when a uniformed police officer warded off reporters at his locker.

"You all try to criticize me too much. So she said don't talk; go out and play ball."

Jackson was one of four Seahawks to drop a pass yesterday, but his came early and didn't cost the Seahawks.

"You guys don't know a dropped pass from a great catch or great effort. Sometimes we get unfairly criticized for dropped passes when they're great efforts," Jackson said.

As a team, the Seahawks dropped 44 passes this season, including yesterday's game.

What's next for Rice?

Though Jerry Rice did not catch a pass yesterday, he said he was glad to have an opportunity to help the Seahawks this season. But he also said he doesn't know if he'll come back to play next season.

"I'm going to take time, hit a lot of golf balls and then make a decision," Rice said. "I felt good this year. There's still more to come if I still want it."

Kaz plays in pain

Linebacker Isaiah Kacyvenski felt numbness in his left elbow after injuring it trying to tackle the Rams' Steven Jackson on the fifth play of the game. Kacyvenski left the game briefly and had his elbow wrapped on the bench. He was back in for the next defensive series, but did not get credit for a tackle in the game.

Afterwards, Kacyvenski could hardly lift his swollen arm without grunting in pain.

"I didn't know exactly what happened," he said. "It kept tingling the whole game. I felt how it was to play on one arm. I just had to stick it up in there because we had to win."

Penalties aplenty

The Seahawks, the NFL's least-penalized team during the regular season, were whistled for nine penalties yesterday. Cornerback Ken Lucas, the offender on three of them, wasn't happy about illegal-contact and defensive-holding calls he drew.

"You have to let us play," Lucas said. "You can't take the aggressiveness away from the defense. We really can't do too much on defense as it is. It's just so unfair to the defensive back, because wide receivers push off all the time and they never call it. You have to give me some room to fight."

Lucas was referring to the NFL's point of emphasis this season on defensive contact with a receiver outside of the five-yard chuck zone.

Making history

The Rams pulled off the NFC West version of the three-peat yesterday, beating the Seahawks three times in the same season, including twice on the Seahawks' field. They also became the first team in NFL postseason history to win a playoff game after finishing the regular season 8-8.

There was some thought in the Rams' locker room afterward that this victory gave them back the division championship the Seahawks technically won a week earlier.

"Here's what today stands for," receiver Shaun McDonald said. "We're division champs. We took it upon ourselves to make history today."

Locked and loaded

Sure, Marshall Faulk scored a touchdown, and Torry Holt scored another and gained 108 yards receiving. But it was the Rams' lesser-known players who took a big bite out of the Seahawks' defense.

Kevin Curtis had four catches for 107 yards. McDonald gained 31 important yards on the Rams' last drive, and Steven Jackson gained 36 yards out of the backfield.

"It's uplifting to see these guys," Bruce said. "Their confidence grows with every catch."

Chillin' in Seattle
Temperature at game time yesterday was 45 degrees. The coldest Seahawks home games since the team moved outdoors from the Kingdome after the 1999 season:
Date	Opponent	Stadium	Dg.
Jan. 1, 2005	Atlanta	Qwest Field	40
Dec. 23, 2000	Buffalo	Husky Stadium	41
Dec. 12, 2001	San Diego	Husky Stadium	41
Nov. 28, 2004	Buffalo	Qwest Field	41
Nov. 30, 2003	Cleveland	Qwest Field*	42
* Then known as Seahawks Stadium