Hiram Moreno
It is fair to say that after eight games played in this NFL 2022 regular season, Los Angeles Rams can start to panic, as the defending league champions come into this Week 9 with a 3-4 record and sitting in third place in the National Conference West division.
Their last game was precisely against a divisional rival and their main competitor for first place, the San Francisco 49ers, to whom they were defeated 31-14Their next game will not be any easier as they will face another great team in the National Conference, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Another loss would put the Rams in serious trouble for the second half of the season, and the sportsbooks have already given their verdict on their next matchup, and we invite you to join JefeBet to discover it, as well as we analyze its future odds in comparison to the previous week.
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Predictions, Odds and Betting Preview for Los Angeles Rams in Week 9 of the 2022 NFL Season
Moneyline (+130 from BetMGM)
After the dismal performance shown by Los Angeles in their last outing, few will be surprised that they start as underdogs for this game. Their fans may be fearing the worst, as the Rams were defeated in the previous three games in which they started with that tag, and the team gives no reason to think that this time will be any different.
Spread (+3 from BetMGM)
The Rams were at it again in the previous week, failing to cover their spread for the fifth time in their seven games this season. Now, the only game since October in which Los Angeles accomplished this was against the Carolina Panthers, one of the worst teams in the league.
In addition, on the three occasions this season when the Rams were assigned a spread of +3 at most, the team ended up losing (once to the Bills, twice to the 49ers).
Over/Under (42.5 from BetMGM)
This match will have a fairly low point total despite the fact that, on paper, they are two of the best teams in the division and have some of the best offenses.
The Rams enter this week as the fifth worst team in the NFL in terms of average points per game (16.9) and average total yards (322.0), plus they rarely generate danger on the ground with the second lowest average yards per game in the league (68.4), although they tend to compensate for this with a defense that tends to be reliable.
Tampa Bay will also face a solid defense that averages just 18.9 points allowed per game and is the sixth-best against the pass (average of 194.0 yards allowed by that route), which suggests that the game will be one in which the offenses will struggle to generate danger.
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Los Angeles Rams Future Odds
Over/Under wins for the season: Over 8.5 (+105 for DraftKings) / Under 9.0 (-125 for DraftKings)
Los Angeles Rams’ total wins have decreased compared to last week, going from 9.0 to 8.5, with their odds also being modified at both DraftKings and other sportsbooks.
However, this could continue to drop after this game considering the level at which the team arrives, and this could tip the scales towards the under for the rest of the season as after this trip to Tampa the Rams must face the Cardinals, Saints and Chiefs before the start of December, and then close their year with games against the Seahawks – current division leaders – Raiders, Packers and Broncos.
NFC West Champions (+450 from BetMGM)
The loss to the 49ers seemed to be the straw that broke the camel’s back for the sportsbooks, as the Rams went from +165 odds to win the division to a sky-high +450, and even the Seahawks have better odds than them now.
Los Angeles has only three games remaining against divisional rivals in the remainder of the season, and two of them are against Seattle, which could eventually define the division as only two wins currently separate first and last place.
NFC Champions (+1600 from BetMGM)
If we are not being strict, we can say that the Rams continue to have only five teams more favored than them to win the National Conference, but just as they have lost faith to win the division, it has also happened in this specific bet, with their odds going from +1100 to +1600 after their last performance.
Rams Win Super Bowl (+2500 from BetMGM)
Repeating a championship in the NFL is something that is not within the reach of just anyone, and it doesn’t look like the Los Angeles Rams are the ones who are going to pull this off for the first time since 2005 given what we’ve seen from them so far. So much so that their odds to lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy at the end of the season went from +2500 to +4000, and it takes a lot of courage to bet on them at this point, although the risk will clearly be well rewarded if they turn their season around.
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