LOS ANGELES — Maybe the Seahawks’s defense actually can do it all. Including be their team’s offense, too.

Three-time All-Pro safety Earl Thomas chopped his arm across that of Los Angeles’ Todd Gurley to force afumble off the goal-line pylon for a fumble, touchback and Seattle ball instead of an early Rams touchdown.

“He’s pretty good at the karate chop,” fellow All-Pro teammate Bobby Wagner said later with a big grin.

Then, with Seattle’s lead teetering with six minutes to go Sunday, Thomas intercepted wunderkind quarterback Jared Goff in Seattle territory. His entire sideline of teammate exploded onto the field with roars, dances and high-fives.

The Seahawks forced five turnovers, then stopped Goff and the Rams one final time from the Seattle 20 in the final seconds for a big 16-10 victory over the previously rampaging Rams.

Division winners in three of the last four years, the Seahawks reasserted their presence atop the NFC West before 60,745 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The old house was roaring with Seattle fans that made up at least half the crowd.

“People look forward to writing us off,” cornerback Richard Sherman said of Seattle’s 2-2 start with far less glitz than the new darlings in L.A. had been showing. “Our demise was greatly overstated.”

Eastern Washington’s Cooper Kupp had the potential winning touchdown pass from Goff go off his hands as he dived in the end zone open with eight seconds left, then apologized after the game and said he should have caught it.

On fourth down, Goff threw well short of the well-covered Kupp near the goal line. This was the fifth time Los Angeles drove within the Seattle 20. The Rams scored just three points on those marches.

The Seahawks (3-2) ran off the sideline to roar at their defense for doing it. Again.

Russell Wilson completed 24 of 27 passes for 198 yards, a touchdown and interception — and a battering. He got sacked three times, all in the first half, and was hit 11 other times by the Rams (3-2).

But Los Angeles’ defense was not as decisive as Seattle’s.

“This, ” Wilson said of the win, “shows the heart of our team.”

The Seahawks erased an early 10-0 hole to be tied at halftime on Jimmy Graham’s first touchdown catch of the season — a jump ball on Wilson’s one-step throw from the 4 with 1:55 left in the second quarter and Walsh’s 48-yard field goal as time expired in the half. That was after Doug Baldwin’s 15-yard catch got Seattle in position after one of the Rams’ three sacks of Wilson in the first half.

The Rams drove down the field with three third-down conversions to begin the second half. But Greg Zuerlein shanked a 36-yard field goal wide right to keep the game tied. It was Zuerlein’s first miss of the season and it had the Coliseum crowd roaring; there were many Seahawk boosters here Sunday.

They were roaring again after catches by J.D. McKissic and Eddie Lacy (who started at running back over Thomas Rawls with rookie Chris Carson on injured reserve, set up Walsh’s 49-yard field goal. Seattle led 13-10.

The Rams dominated the opening quarter, with 124 yards to Seattle’s 28, but because of Thomas’ play the game stayed scoreless.

Los Angeles turned an interception thrown by wide receiver and former college quarterback Tanner McEvoy on a mistimed double-pass trick play into a 27-yard touchdown run by Tavon Austin.

Then Wilson threw late and floated a pass in the red zone toward Luke Wilson. Rookie John Johnson intercepted that and ran 69 yards.

But Wilson sprinted 70 yards to tackle Johnson with a swipe at his foor. That saved four points, because Seattle’s defense held the Rams to 2 yards over the next three plays, setting up Zuerlein’s 35-yard field goal.

“Took me back to high school (in Richmond, Va.),” Wilson said.

With 10 minutes left, the Seahawks had just 226 yards of offense. Only