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The Chargers stepped up their game and obtained a worthy victory against the Bills on week 2, having reasonably improved their act from their messy season opener with the Chiefs. Now, they will need to bring all the guns at their disposal to match the Rams, when the Battle for Los Angeles breaks out next Sunday at the Memorial Coliseum (4:05 pm EST).
Sean McVay’s team has performed admirably during their last two encounters, in both offense and defense, and seems poised to become one of the best contenders for the Super Bowl trophy this year. QB Philip Rivers and his team are headed for a difficult away match: the Rams have allowed only 6.5 points and about 260 yards per game, compared to the 29 points in average going past the Chargers’ lines. Expert odds market YOUWAGER.eu has the Rams as clear favorite with a -7 spread and a 48 o/u.
Tough Odds
The Cards got a first-hand impression on the mounting power of the Rams, as they took a 34 to nothing pounding just last Sunday. QB Jared Goff and his squad utterly demolished Arizona’s defense: Goff and Todd Gurley scored 4 touchdowns total and kept the Cards limited to 138 yards on play. The Chargers haven’t found much luck during their previous road games with the Rams, losing the SU battle all last 4 times. The Rams, on the other hand, have managed a nearly perfect record, beating the spread 7 times out of 9 total matches.
Buffalo’s QB Josh Allen had to endure some heavy picking by the Chargers over the weekend, but it seems unlikely that Anthony Lynn and co. will fare as easy versus their fellow LA residents. Ndamukong Suh and Aaron Donald should be perfectly able to hinder any attempts on the attack by Rivers and Melvin Gordon, who suffered an upper body injury while playing against the Bills; he appears to be recovering pretty well and has already reported for duty ahead of Sunday. The Chargers are amongst the best scoring teams of the league, with an average 29.5 points scored per game.
Great Expectations
Regardless of which team ends up with the most points by the conclusion of the 4th quarter, we should expect a game of high scoring potential. Odds makers have already seen this coming and cranked up the total to a massive 48 o/u, nevertheless, don’t rush in your over bets just yet, as the under has taken precedence 5 times of 7 when situated at the Rams home turf.
While a Rams victory is the more probable option of the two possible outcomes, the sizeable spread toll (-7 still upon the last review) might fall a little too hard on the favorites. Many pundits are pointing out to a definite win by Goff’s team but only by a few points margin; taking the dogs on the plus might ultimately render itself the wisest choice.
My prediction: the way things are set, the Chargers don’t stand a real chance before the Rams. Rivers will find it pretty difficult to get any points through that well-knit web that is his opponent’s defense. Although, as stated just above, don’t bank on the Rams to cover the spread; the Chargers will put on a mighty fight and will give their all not to go home -which is about next door- empty-handed.
