Rams with the illusion of playing the SB at home, but face the dangerous Cardinals

Possibly the closest wild card round game, however the home side should take the match

  • Cardinals: Lost 6 of their last 10 games after starting the season 7-0.

  • Cardinals: They were the team that won the most games as a visitor (8) this season.

  • Cardinals: 8th. team in history to reach the postseason despite losing 4 temp games. regular on Dec/Jan.

  • Cardinals: 3 straight postseason road losses. His last win was against the Panthers in the 2008 Divisional Round.

  • James Conner (ARI): 11 TDs vs. divisional rivals this season (NFL leader).

  • Kyler Murray (ARI): Will make his postseason debut. Over the past 20 seasons, the QB chosen with the No. 1 overall pick is 3-6 in his playoff debut.

  • Rams: Defeated Cardinals 35-23 in the 1975 Divisional Round (the only record between them in the Playoffs).

  • Rams: 9-1 in last 10 meetings with Cardinals (The loss was this season at SoFi Stadium).

  • Rams: 5th. Playoff game played on Monday in the Super Bowl era, the Rams were involved in 3 of the previous 4.

  • Cooper Kupp (LAR): 4th. player since 1970 to win the triple crown for a catcher (S. Smith Sr., Sharpe, Rice).

  • Matthew Stafford (LAR): 7-66 in his career (Including Playoffs) against teams that won 10+ games in a season (2-5 in 2021).

  • Matthew Stafford (LAR): 4th. QB (5th instance) in the last 10 seasons to reach the postseason with 17+ INT in a campaign. Only Peyton Manning won a postseason game.

The Gambler’s Guide

  • Arizona is 10-7 against the line this season (low: 9-8). Los Angeles went 8-9 against the line (overs; 9-7-1).

  • Arizona is 6-0 against the line and completely underdog this season. That’s the most outright wins as an underdog in a single season without losing in the Super Bowl Era.

  • Teams that went 2-0 against the line or better as underdogs during the regular season went 15-25-1 as underdogs in the postseason (Arizona: 6-0 against the line as underdogs).

  • Arizona went 8-1 against the road line this season.

  • Sean McVay is 9-1 against the line against Arizona and 5-1 against the line vs. Kliff Kingsbury. Los Angeles was the favorite in all but one of those games (underdogs in the last meeting in Week 14).

  • Sean McVay is 17-8-1 against the line with at least seven days between games. Kliff Kingsbury 8-5 against the line with at least seven days between games (7-2 against the line when an underdog).

  • Four of the last five meetings between these two teams have gone over the total.

  • Since 2014, the underdogs are 7-0 against the line in divisional rematches in the postseason (5-2 outright).

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