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The Rams won their first home game in nearly two years last week – can they actually make it two in a row on Sunday against Seattle? St. Louis is a 2-point dog on Bodog’s NFL Odds
It could be an uphill climb for the Rams as their two best players are in question. Running back Steven Jackson (groin) and safety Oshiomogho Atogwe (thigh) will be game-day decisions after both missed practices early last week and were limited on Friday. Prior to exiting on Sunday in the win over Washington, Jackson had 10 carries for 58 yards, including a 42-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. He has 214 rushing yards, a TD and 62 yards on nine receptions through the Rams’ first three games. Kenneth Darby would start if Jackson can’t go. Darby had 49 yards on 14 carries when Jackson went out last week.
No Jackson could mean more throwing for No. 1 overall pick Sam Bradford. He was 23 of 37 for 235 yards in the 30-16 win last week over the Redskins and now gets a Seattle secondary that surrendered 455 yards to Philip Rivers and the Chargers last week (albeit in a win).
The Seahawks, who have won 10 in a row in this series, are relatively healthy. Seattle is 2-0 at home but looked terrible in its one road game so far. In its two home wins, the Seahawks have a 6-3 advantage in turnovers-takeaways. On the road at Denver, they were 0-4. Overall the team is 3-14 in its past 17 road games. But Seattle’s only two road wins in the past 13 games were both in St. Louis. In 13 career games against the Rams, Seattle QB Matt Hasselbeck has thrown for 2,817 yards with 19 touchdowns and nine interceptions.
Certainly the Rams will try and kick away from Seattle’s Leon Washington. Last week he became the 10th player in NFL history, first in Seahawks history, to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in a single game. He brought back kickoffs 101 and 99 yards, making him just the third player in NFL history with two touchdowns of 99-plus yards in the same game. Washington leads the NFL in kickoff returns with 63.3 yards on four attempts. Seahawks rookie Golden Tate is first in the league in punt return average with 25.2 yards on five attempts.
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There’s no question that the 0-3 San Francisco 49ers, the preseason NFC West favorites, are the NFL’s biggest disappointment through three weeks and the Niners’ season could be all but over if they don’t pull an upset at Atlanta on Sunday – but the Falcons are 7-point favorites on Bodog’s NFL Odds.
The 49ers were blitzed last Sunday in Kansas City, 31-10, meaning the 49ers have now been outscored a combined 62-16 on the road this year by the Seahawks and Chiefs, two bad teams a year ago. So on Monday coach Mike Singletary decided to do something about it, firing offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye a day after saying Raye’s job was safe for the season. Singletary, whose own job is in jeopardy, promoted quarterbacks coach Mike Johnson to coordinator. Johnson’s first order of business is to improve his quarterback, Alex Smith, who has two touchdown passes against five interceptions this season and a 66.2 passer rating, which is near the bottom of the NFL. The running game is also stuck in gear as it ranks just 27th in the league. Incidentally, Bodog’s NFL odds offers a prop on how many offensive yards the 49ers put up on Sunday: over/under 340.5. The team didn’t come close to that number in the first two road losses but surpassed it in its lone home game.
Meanwhile, the Falcons enter this game riding high, having upset the Saints in New Orleans last week on a Matt Bryant 46-yard field goal with 1:55 left in overtime. Matt Ryan seems to have bounced back from his sophomore slump as he is 67-for-106 for 705 yards with five touchdowns and one interception. And no QB in the league is better on third down: Ryan leads the NFL with a 132.3 rating, completing 22 of 33 passes attempts for 278 yards with four touchdowns and zero interceptions. He is also completing 70.2 percent of his passes in the fourth quarter. As a whole, the Falcons offense is averaging 25.7 points and 385.3 yards per game.
Last year these teams met in San Francisco and the Niners played arguably their worst game of the season as Atlanta racked up 477 total yards in a 45-10 rout. That was the first of a four-game losing streak for the Niners that changed their season.
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What looks like the biggest mismatch on paper in Week 4 certainly comes in Green Bay on Sunday when the Packers host the Lions, with Detroit trying to avoid a 23rd consecutive road loss. The Pack opened as 14-point favorites on Bodog’s NFL Odds
Green Bay does have to play on a short week but figures to be plenty angry after blowing Monday night’s game in Chicago thanks to special teams blunders, a team-record 18 penalties and a late turnover in a game the Packers mostly dominated statistically. It’s hard to imagine the Pack losing here considering they have won 19 consecutive games in Wisconsin dating to 1991 against the Lions (including a few in Milwaukee) and nine in a row overall vs. Detroit. Both Green Bay wins last year were by at least three touchdowns. Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is 4-0 against the Lions, completing 70.3 percent of his passes for 1,342 yards, 11 TDs and one interception (121.7 rating). He has topped 300 yards in all four of those starts. Rodgers was brilliant against the Bears but his running game once again was practically useless so the Packers only ran it 15 times.
Meanwhile, the Lions will start backup quarterback Shaun Hill for the third week in a row. Starter Matthew Stafford still isn’t ready after suffering a shoulder injury in the first half of the opener against the Bears. Hill has thrown five interceptions, tied for third most in the NFL, since replacing Stafford. Rookie running back Jahvid Best, who left last week’s loss to the Vikings with a sprained right toe, plans to play Sunday despite barely practicing this week. Best, who leads the NFL with five touchdowns, was named the NFL Rookie of the Month for September. Lions receiver Calvin Johnson has five touchdown receptions in his last three meetings against the Packers.
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