Seattle Seahawks vs St. Louis Rams Preview
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Seattle at St. Louis NFL Lines
Date/Time: Sunday, October 3, 1 PM ET
Venue: Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO
Broadcast: FOX
Seattle Seahawks vs. St. Louis Rams Betting Lines from Sportsbook.com
Money Line: OFF
Spread: Seahawks -1
Over/Under: 38 ½
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Seattle Seahawks vs. St. Louis Rams Preview
This Sunday in a NFC West battle the St. Louis Rams (1-2) host the Seattle Seahawks (2-1). NFL betting lines have the Seahawks as slight 1-point favorites in this game with a total of 38.5.
The Seahawks have really had the Rams’ number for the last several years, as they have not lost to them in their last 10 games. The 2004 season was the last time St. Louis beat Seattle.
The Rams got their first win of the season last week and rookie QB Sam Bradford got his first win as a NFL starting QB. It looks as if Bradford has a solid future in the league, but he is still a rookie and this season he has more interceptions (5) than touchdowns (4).
Seattle is leading the weak NFC West, tied with the Arizona Cardinals, but they do not rank in the top 20 in the NFL in either passing or rushing yards per game and while they have been legit at stuffing the run their pass defense has been weak.
St. Louis RB Steven Jackson is still the big gun for the Rams on offense and he injured his groin in the Rams last win. However, the Rams got some good news on Monday as his injury is just a strain and not a tear and he may be ready to go for this big game with Seattle.
In their last games the Rams beat the Washington Redskins 30-16 and the Seahawks beat the San Diego Chargers 27-20.
Bradford plays well in the win over Washington this last weekend going 23/37 for 235 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT. The Seattle secondary will have to have especially good coverage on WR Mark Clayton, who is Bradford’s main target and had 5 catches for 85 averaging 17 yards per reception in the win over the Redskins.
The Seattle pass defense has been pretty bad this season, as they rank 30th in the league and last week in their win over San Diego they allowed the chargers to pile up 429 yards through the air. However, in the San Diego game they had 2 INT’s and Bradford has to be careful with his throws and not get picked off.
RB Steven Jackson had 58 yards with 1 TD averaging a legit 5.8 yards per carry against the Redskins before he went out with the injury. The Rams hope he can go, as his backup is Kenneth Darby, who only averaged 3.9 yards per carry last week.
No matter who is in the backfield for St. Louis this Sunday they will have a hard time picking up yards against a Seattle rushing defense that ranks 5th in the league and only gave up 89 yards to the Chargers last week.
The Rams have to play good on special teams against solid Seattle return man Leon Washington, who returned a 99-yard kick off return and 101-yard kickoff return last week against the Chargers.
The Seahawks did beat the Chargers last week, but it was because San Diego committed 5 turnovers and Washington had 2 long TD returns. In that game the Chargers out-gained the Seahawks by 247 yards.
Seattle and their 21st ranked passing offense is led by QB Matt Hasselbeck, who was ok last week against the Chargers going 19/32 for 220 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT. he may put up better numbers in this game against a Rams’ pass defense that only ranks 24th in the league and gave up 233 passing yards to Washington last week.
Seattle has not been able to run the ball this season with a rushing offense that only ranks 24th in the league. Their featured back is RB Justin Forsett, who only has 150 rushing yards this season so he is only averaging 50 rushing yards per game. He will have to pick up some yards in this game to take some pressure off Hasselbeck and that may not be too tough against a Rams’ rushing defense that ranks 24th in the league.
The Rams are a better team they were last season, but they will be playing a better Seattle team and they will really behind the 8-ball if Jackson can’t go. Look for Hasselbeck to have a good game, as the Seahawks will win this game and cover the spread, but it will be a close one.
Trends:
Seattle is 1-9 ATS in their last 10 road games, 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games as a favorite, and has an Over record of 6-2 in Seahawks last 8 road games.
St. Louis is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS win, 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games as a home underdog of 0.5-3.0, and has an Under record of 5-1 in their last 6 games.
In the last 6 games between these 2 teams Seattle is 6-0 ATS.
Pick: Seahawks -1 (Also, with the issues on defense these teams have the Over is also a great pick).
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