Rams hope they can put turmoil aside Thursday when they play the Seahawks in frigid Seattle

Talk about a cold business.

Three days after their coach was fired — and four days after suffering a humiliating defeat in front of booing home fans — the Rams will play Thursday night in 30-degree temperatures against a perennial playoff team on a mission to secure a first-round postseason bye.

And do it in the NFL’s loudest stadium.

It’s probably a fitting final trip for a team traveling 35,952 air miles this season.

But few could have predicted the Rams would reach this final destination with a special teams coordinator serving as interim coach, a rookie quarterback making his fifth start, a frustrated running back lamenting what he described as “a middle-school offense,” and rumors swirling about who will lead the franchise in 2017 going forward.

If nothing else, the Rams are once again the talk of the NFL.

Jeff Fisher’s firing put behind the Eric Dickerson sideline pass, Fisher contract-extension and reported infighting controversies that dogged the franchise the last few weeks.

John Fassel, appointed interim coach after Fisher was axed, sounded a bit overwhelmed at his introductory news conference Monday. A day later, he said he was still “learning on the fly” but that players would be prepared despite the circumstances.

“The guys will be ready to go,” he said.

The Rams are nothing if not familiar with their opponent: They have defeated the NFC West-leading Seahawks three times in a row.

“We know them,” Rams middle linebacker Alec Ogletree said. “We know what kind of game it’s going to be.”

In Week 2, after a season-opening shutout defeat by the San Francisco 49ers, the Rams beat the Seahawks, 9-3, at the Coliseum in an impressive if not exactly entertaining defensive performance. It was the first of three consecutive victories that put the Rams in first place in the NFC West.

The fast start spurred talk of a possible run to the postseason, something the Rams have not experienced since 2004.

But the Rams lost eight of their last nine games. Last week’s humiliating 42-14 loss to the Atlanta Falcons at the Coliseum dropped them to 4-9 and set the stage for Fisher’s dismissal.

One thing has not changed since the Sept. 18 victory over the Seahawks, which was achieved with three field goals: The Rams still have the NFL’s worst and lowest-scoring offense.

After the Atlanta loss, running back Todd Gurley could no longer contain his frustration. Along with his “middle-school” reference, he said some players were “just going through the motions.”

Gurley stood by his comments this week.

“It definitely should be taken to heart — the way we played,” he said. “Just way too many turnovers, way too many penalties, and we just can’t be doing that week after week.”

Quarterback Jared Goff, who was on the bench watching Case Keenum for the first game against the Seahawks, was responsible for several turnovers against the Falcons.

He had two passes intercepted, one that was returned for a touchdown, and also had a ball stripped and returned for a touchdown.

Fisher’s firing and the short turnaround to prepare for the Seahawks was “just a little bit of a distraction,” said Goff, who made previous road starts at New Orleans and New England.

“We need to find a way to move on and find a way to beat Seattle,” he said. “I know there will be no one rooting for us more than Coach Fish.”

Keenum, who also was under center when the Rams defeated the Seahawks at CenturyLink Field in late December last season, said the key for a quarterback was “poise in the noise.”

There should be plenty volume from Seahawks fans eager to see their team bounce back from Sunday’s 38-10 loss at snowy Green Bay.

It was the Seahawks’ second-worst loss since Pete Carroll became coach in 2010 and ended a streak of 95 games of not losing by more than 10 points.

“That was terrible game for us, and one that was well outside of the lines of what we’ve been doing over a lot of years,” said Carroll, who is under contract until 2019 and said that he should not be considered a candidate to succeed Fisher.

Super Bowl-winner Russell Wilson is the latest in a line of elite quarterbacks the Rams have faced the last four games, but he is coming off a five-interception game against the Packers.

Wilson, though, is in much better shape than he was the last time he played against the Rams. Wilson had suffered a high ankle sprain in the season opener and “was kind of hobbling around” at the Coliseum.

“I feel 100 times better now,” he said.

After enduring a tumultuously short week, the Rams are aiming for a similar feeling.