At 3-3, the Los Angeles Rams may not be off to a roaring start in 2019, but they’ve looked better than the Atlanta Falcons have. That’s exactly why they enter Sunday’s game as 2.5-point favorites despite being on the road.
The spread might be somewhat small in the Rams’ favor, but the number of experts picking Los Angeles to win is not. According to NFL Pick Watch, 89 percent of experts are taking the Rams compared to just 11 percent for the Falcons.
That’s the seventh-largest difference of any game this weekend, with 100 percent of pundits taking both the 49ers and Patriots to win their respective games.
The Rams have been the favorites in the eyes of experts each week this season, but they haven’t come through with six wins. Instead, they’re simply trying to snap a three-game losing streak, and this is a great opportunity to do just that.
The Falcons own one of the worst defenses in football, struggling to defend the pass or generate any pressure on quarterbacks. The Rams won’t call this a must-win game, but dropping to 3-4 and losing to a 1-5 team will be a disastrous scenario.
