{"id":2448,"date":"2008-10-25T21:28:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T02:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/rams-patriots-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-25T21:28:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-26T02:28:00","slug":"rams-patriots-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/rams-patriots-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams-Patriots Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The St. Louis Rams and the New England Patriots will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Gillette Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Patriots listed as 8-point favorites versus the Rams, while the game’s total is sitting at 43. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Steven Jackson rushed for 160 yards and three TDs in Week 7 as the Rams throttled the Cowboys by a score of 34-14. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rams had been pegged as 7.5-point home underdogs in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day’s posted total (44.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt Cassel was 18-of-24 for 185 yards with three touchdowns, as the Patriots rolled past the Broncos 41-7 in Week 7 action on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
New England<\/st1:place> covered as 3-point home favorites as the teams played over the 46-point total set by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 2-4 SU, 2-4 ATS
New England: 4-2 SU, 3-3 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in October are 4-6
When playing on turf are 3-7
After being outgained are 2-8
When playing outside the division are 4-6<\/p>\n

New England<\/st1:place> most recently:
When playing in October are 9-1
When playing on turf are 9-1
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing outside the division are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of St. Louis’s last 11 games on the road
St. Louis is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing New England
St. Louis is 2-4-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing New England
New England is 16-2 SU in its last 18 games at home
New England is 22-3 SU in its last 25 games
New England is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis
New England is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, November 2
New England<\/st1:place> at Indianapolis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The St. Louis Rams and the New England Patriots will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Gillette Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Patriots listed as 8-point favorites versus the Rams, while the game’s total is sitting at 43. Steven Jackson rushed for 160 yards and three TDs … Continue reading Rams-Patriots Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}