For the third time this season, the Los Angeles Rams will tangle with the Seattle Seahawks. And this time, a Super Bowl berth is on the line.
The pregame narrative: Seattle won a thriller at home over L.A. last month, and the Seahawks are favoured to come out on top again. The Rams won a low-scoring battle in Chicago last week, which snapped a seven-game streak of L.A. cashing the over.
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Rams vs. Seahawks bets
SGP: Adams under 4.5 catches | Walker 100+ rush/rec. yards | Over 44.5 points (+325)
Adams under 4.5 catches (-159): At this point in his career, Adams isn't called upon to be a high-volume receiver.
He still has great hands and runs great routes (especially near the goal line), but Adams is a quality-over-quantity guy. Consider that he had 14 touchdowns on 60 catches this year, while Puka Nacua had 10 touchdowns on 129 catches.
- The floor is high, but the ceiling is low for Adams' catch volume. He finished between four and six catches in 13 of 16 games. And he never had more than six catches.
- Adams is averaging 4.2 catches/game. This under is 9-6.
- He missed L.A.'s Week 16 matchup vs. Seattle, meaning his only matchup against the Seahawks this year came in Week 11. Adams caught one of eight targets for a one-yard score.
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Seattle is allowing just a 61.8 passer rating to opposing quarterbacks, which ranks in the 87th percentile, per RotoWire. It's a tough matchup for anyone, so I wouldn't expect Adams to over-index on receptions.
Rams vs. Seahawks prop prediction
Walker 100+ rushing/receiving yards (-186): Walker was excellent in Seattle's divisional round blowout win, amassing 145 yards and three touchdowns on 22 touches.
Fellow running back Zach Charbonnet suffered a season-ending injury in that game, which is obviously bad news for the Seahawks. But effectively locks Walker into a bell cow role for Sunday.
And after how he fared in his matchups against the Rams this year, Walker has earned the right to have his number called over and over and over:
- Week 11: 19 touches, 111 scrimmage yards, 1 TD
- Week 16: 14 touches, 164 scrimmage yards, 1 TD
Seattle's RB2 figures to either be the ghost Cam Akers (five carries this season) or Velus Jones (a converted receiver). Neither of those options should cut into Walker's opportunity in an appreciable way.
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SGP prediction: NFL Over/Under pick
Over 44.5 points (-136): Neutral fans are probably rooting for Sunday's showdown to look a little something like the Week 16 game in Seattle. And that'd certainly be great for the over.
Last month, the Seahawks beat the Rams in overtime, 38-37. The teams combined for 996 yards of offence.
With an MVP frontrunner on one side (Matthew Stafford) and a pair of 1,700-yard receivers on the field, it's easy to spot the scoring potential. Especially with a promising weather forecast.
According to The Weather Network, Sunday's afternoon forecast in Seattle is calling for partly cloudy skies, virtually no wind, above-freezing temperatures and just a 20% chance of precipitation. Not bad.
This over is 3-1 in Rams/Seahawks games since the start of the 2024 season.
Rams vs. Seahawks bets made at 12:35 p.m. on Jan. 23, 2025.
