Bank of America Stadium will host the first game of the Wild Card Round, with the Los Angeles Rams a massive road favorite over the Carolina Panthers on Saturday, January 10.
My Rams vs. Panthers predictions and NFL picks expect Los Angeles to dominate Carolina on both sides of the football to begin one of the best football weekends of the year.
Our best Rams vs Panthers SGP for Wild Card Weekend
Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay and potential NFL MVP Matthew Stafford take an active 17-5 record against the spread to face the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium, and the Rams are the better team on both sides of the football.
Carolina isn’t keeping pace or covering the number against Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon.
The Panthers finished 25th in DVOA with a minus-69 point differential, while the Rams ranked second with a plus-172 mark.
Carolina quarterback Bryce Young is also making his first playoff start against the fourth-ranked defense in DVOA, and he finished 20 spots below Stafford in EPA+CPOE composite during the regular season.
Additionally, the weather forecast looks messy, so I’m expecting the Rams to lean on the running game against the Panthers, who rank 24th in run defense DVOA while allowing the sixth-highest EPA per rush, helping keep this total Under the number.
Los Angeles also generated pressure at the seventh-highest clip during the regular season despite blitzing at the second-lowest rate, so look for the Rams to make life uncomfortable for Young with the Panthers ranking 30th in pass block win rate.
Turning to the final leg of this same-game parlay, while Rams No. 1 running back Kyren Williams has failed to find the end zone in each of his past three games, a return to pay dirt is on tap Saturday.
After all, in addition to the highlighted Carolina shortcomings against the run, the Black Cats also allowed 10 touchdowns to opposing rushers across their final seven games, and Williams scored in six of seven games before the highlighted three-week drought.
Odds are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change.
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