NFC Wildcard Saturday: Rams Host Falcons in LA

NFC Wildcard Betting Preview & Pick- Atlanta at Los Angeles

The backend of this Saturday’s NFL Wildcard Round doubleheader should be a doozy.  The 10-6 Atlanta Falcons head to the West Coast to face the 11-5 Los Angeles Rams in an 8:15 p.m. start on NBC from Memorial Coliseum.

BetAnySports opened the Rams as 4.5-point favorites with the total set at 49 points. The line is now LA as a 6-point favorite and the total has dropped to 48.

Reigning NFC Champs had to Fight for NFC Wildcard Life

The Falcons needed that 10^th straight-up win of the year to secure the final playoff spot in the NFC. The fact that they are still the defending conference champion, they could be one of the more interesting betting teams in this year’s NFL playoffs.

Atlanta was not a solid betting option in the regular season. They went 7-9 against the spread. On the road is where it went awry as they were 2-6 ATS. They did cover in the only two games it closed as an underdog.

Veteran quarterback Matt Ryan did not turn in one of his best performances this season throwing the ball. It was still good enough for the Falcons to end the year ranked eighth in the league in average passing yards per game with 249.4.

Julio Jones caught 88 passes for 1,444 yards, but he was only on the receiving end of three throws for touchdowns.

Rams Take NFL's Top Offense Into NFC Wildcard Weekend

Los Angeles decided to go with Sean McVay as its new head coach following a four-win season in 2016. The move has paid immediate dividends. This year’s sudden turnaround to a SU 11-5 record while going 9-7 ATS is astounding.

The Rams won the NFC West Division title for the first time since 2003. They went 6-4 ATS as favorites this season. The total went OVER or ended as a PUSH in 11 of the 16 games overall.

The emergence of Jared Goff as a big-time NFL quarterback was huge. The revitalized effort of Todd Gurley, both running and catching the ball, helped push Los Angeles to first in the NFL in scoring this season. The Rams led with an average of 29.9 points per game.

While the Rams’ defense did have some issues occasionally with an average of 339.6 total yards allowed. The unit was ranked 12^th in the NFL when it came to points allowed with 20.6 ppg.

This should be a great matchup in a game that could easily go OVER BetAnySports’ total line. I am going with the Falcons’ plus the 6 points as my ‘best bet’ pick given their edge on a much bigger stage in the postseason.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Atlanta	10-6	7-9	22.06	19.69	2.37	5-3	2-6	5-11	2-6	3-5
LA Rams	11-5	9-7	29.88	20.56	9.32	4-4	5-3	10-5-1	3-4-1	7-1

Power Stats

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
ATL	16.54	16.17	0.37
LAR	12.1	16.53	-4.43

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
ATL	11.63	9.47	2.16
LAR	11.95	10.74	1.21

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
ATL	4.30	4.14	0.16
LAR	4.30	4.69	-0.39

Team Records

Atlanta Falcons

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	10-6	5-3	5-3	7-9	5-3	2-6	22.06	19.69	2.37
vs Conf	9-3	5-1	4-2	7-5	5-1	2-4	23.92	19.08	4.84
vs Div	1-2	0-0	1-2	0-3	0-0	0-3	18.00	21.33	-3.33
Last 3	2-1	1-0	1-1	1-2	1-0	0-2	19.67	18.00	1.67

Los Angeles Rams

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	11-5	4-4	7-1	9-7	4-4	5-3	29.88	20.56	9.32
vs Conf	7-5	2-4	5-1	6-6	2-4	4-2	28.75	22.75	6.00
vs Div	3-0	0-0	3-0	2-1	0-0	2-1	38.33	20.67	17.66
Last 3	2-1	0-1	2-0	1-2	0-1	1-1	27.33	21.33	6.00

NFC Wildcard Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	22.06	15	20.56	12
Away Team Road Passing vs Home Team Home Passing Defense	252.38	7	209.75	11
Away Team Road Rushing vs Home Team Home Rushing Defense	110.63	10	114.13	21
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	29.88	1	19.69	8
Home Team Home Passing vs Away Team Road Passing Defense	258.25	8	222.13	14
Home Team Home Rushing vs Away Team Road Rushing Defense	106.88	21	113.50	14

Head To Head Summary

Name	Record	ATS	OU	Score	Rush	YPR	PA	CP	PY	TY	TO +/-
Atlanta	6-4	5-5	7-3	25.40	149.10	5.52	32.20	59.63	202.80	351.90	1.60
LA Rams	4-6	5-5	7-3	24.60	105.80	4.62	35.90	66.30	279.10	384.90	1.90

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	Home	Score	Line	Total	OU Result	ARY	APY	ATY	ATT	HRY	HPY	HTY	HTT	Away Team Attempts	Home Team Attempts	Away Team Completions	Home Team Completions
Dec 11, 2016	ATL	LAR	42-14	66	220	286	0	104	208	312	5
Sep 15, 2013	LAR	ATL	24-31	69	352	421	1	36	357	393	0
Nov 21, 2010	ATL	LAR	34-17	138	253	391	0	71	233	304	1
Dec 28, 2008	LAR	ATL	27-31	202	206	408	0	263	154	417	3
Dec 2, 2007	ATL	LAR	16-28	111	324	435	3	105	304	409	2
Jan 15, 2005	LAR	ATL	17-47	77	262	339	2	327	70	397	1
Sep 19, 2004	LAR	ATL	17-34	30	250	280	2	242	174	416	0
Oct 13, 2003	ATL	LAR	0-36	73	136	209	4	119	377	496	3
Jan 6, 2002	ATL	LAR	13-31	107	148	255	3	192	266	458	3
Dec 2, 2001	LAR	ATL	35-6	89	333	422	0	128	192	320	2

NFC Wildcard Betting Trends

Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games
Atlanta is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Atlanta is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta's last 6 games on the road
Atlanta is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing LA Rams
Atlanta is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing LA Rams
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing LA Rams
Atlanta is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against LA Rams
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 7 games when playing on the road against LA Rams

Los Angeles Rams
LA Rams is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Rams's last 5 games
LA Rams is 4-10-1 ATS in its last 15 games at home
LA Rams is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Rams's last 6 games at home
LA Rams is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Atlanta
LA Rams is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Rams's last 5 games when playing Atlanta
LA Rams is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Rams's last 7 games when playing at home against Atlanta

Team Last 5 Games

Atlanta Falcons

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Dec 31, 2017	CAR	22-10	W	-5/44.5	W/U	60	311	371	87	161	248	-3	H
Dec 24, 2017	NO	13-23	L	5/51	L/U	67	264	331	86	229	315	1	A
Dec 18, 2017	TB	24-21	W	-7/49.5	L/U	201	209	410	84	289	373	-1	A
Dec 7, 2017	NO	20-17	W	-2.5/51.5	W/U	132	211	343	50	256	306	2	H
Dec 3, 2017	MIN	9-14	L	-2/48.5	L/U	102	173	275	105	207	312	0	H

Los Angeles Rams

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Dec 31, 2017	SF	13-34	L	6.5/44	L/O	102	149	251	171	292	463	-1	H
Dec 24, 2017	TEN	27-23	W	-5.5/46	L/O	116	286	402	97	269	366	0	A
Dec 17, 2017	SEA	42-7	W	1/47.5	W/O	244	108	352	78	71	149	-1	A
Dec 10, 2017	PHI	35-43	L	1/47	L/O	109	198	307	139	316	455	1	H
Dec 3, 2017	ARI	32-16	W	-7/43	W/O	90	213	303	118	194	312	-1	A

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