PREMIUM
Rogers' 10* TOP TOTAL TICKET
(NFL) Los Angeles vs. Tampa Bay,
Total: 42.00 | -101.00 Over
Result: Loss
Total: 42.00 | -101.00 Over
Result: Loss
LA Rams: Los Angeles traded up to the No. 1 pick in the draft to get QB Jared Goff from Cal but head coach Jeff Fisher insists the team only will play him when he's ready. In the meantime, the Rams have started Case Keenum, who ranks ranks last in the NFL among 33 qualifying QBs with a 57.8 rating and a 53.8 completion percentage. RB Todd Gurley, who ran for 1106 yards as a rookie, has just 98 yards rushing (2.7 YPC, compared to 4.8 last year) after two games. In all, the Rams have yet to score a TD in 2016 but the team which has scored just nine points through two games, is actually 1-1 after shocking Seattle 9-3 in Week 2, the team's first home game in LA since 1994. The Rams will take the field on Sunday, looking to avoid joining the 1976 Buccaneers, as the only teams in the NFL to fail to score a TD in the first three games of a season.
Tampa Bay: Ironically, the 2016 Bucs, are the Rams' opponent in this one. The Bucs opened the season with a 31-24 win over the Falcons at Atlanta in Week 1 but then lost 40-7 at Arizona in Week 2 to the Cardinals. QB Jameis Winston had four TD passes and just one INT in Week 1 but then had one TD pass and four INTs in Week 2 (plus added a fifth turnover with a lost fumble). Adding insult to injury, Tampa Bay lost leading rusher Doug Martin to a hamstring injury. He is expected to miss about three weeks. "We haven't been tested yet this season in that department," Buccaneers first-year coach Dirk Koetter told reporters about the possibility of his team bouncing back after the Loss in Week 2, "but the fact that we're coming into our own home stadium for our home opener, that's definitely going to be what we're working for." This marks Koetter's first NFL head coaching job and the jury is still out on him. As for Fisher, rumors are swirling surrounding just how long of a leash he'll get with the Rams.
The pick: There was a time, not all that long ago," that the Rams (while in St. Louis) were known as the "Greatest Show on Turf." However, they visit Tampa as the only team in the NFL without a TD after two games, while averaging 4.5 PPG. Many feel as if the game has passed Fisher by years ago. His OL is well below average plus LA owns arguably the NFL's worst starting QB, paired with the worst set of WRs in the league. No wonder Todd Gurley is averaging just 72 total yards during his last nine games, as defenses have been able to key in on him, constantly. However, the Rams' D owns one of the NFL's best defensive lines and just ask Russell Wilson and the Seahawks how tough this unit can be. The Bucs should win but the game staying Under is the better play. The Under is a 10* play..
Tampa Bay: Ironically, the 2016 Bucs, are the Rams' opponent in this one. The Bucs opened the season with a 31-24 win over the Falcons at Atlanta in Week 1 but then lost 40-7 at Arizona in Week 2 to the Cardinals. QB Jameis Winston had four TD passes and just one INT in Week 1 but then had one TD pass and four INTs in Week 2 (plus added a fifth turnover with a lost fumble). Adding insult to injury, Tampa Bay lost leading rusher Doug Martin to a hamstring injury. He is expected to miss about three weeks. "We haven't been tested yet this season in that department," Buccaneers first-year coach Dirk Koetter told reporters about the possibility of his team bouncing back after the Loss in Week 2, "but the fact that we're coming into our own home stadium for our home opener, that's definitely going to be what we're working for." This marks Koetter's first NFL head coaching job and the jury is still out on him. As for Fisher, rumors are swirling surrounding just how long of a leash he'll get with the Rams.
The pick: There was a time, not all that long ago," that the Rams (while in St. Louis) were known as the "Greatest Show on Turf." However, they visit Tampa as the only team in the NFL without a TD after two games, while averaging 4.5 PPG. Many feel as if the game has passed Fisher by years ago. His OL is well below average plus LA owns arguably the NFL's worst starting QB, paired with the worst set of WRs in the league. No wonder Todd Gurley is averaging just 72 total yards during his last nine games, as defenses have been able to key in on him, constantly. However, the Rams' D owns one of the NFL's best defensive lines and just ask Russell Wilson and the Seahawks how tough this unit can be. The Bucs should win but the game staying Under is the better play. The Under is a 10* play..
