Buffalo Bills vs Los Angeles Rams Prediction, 9/8/2022 NFL Picks, Best Bets & Odds Week 1

by Tony Sink - 8/29/2022

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Game: Buffalo Bills vs Los Angeles Rams

Date: Thursday, September 8, 2022

Location: SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA

TV: NBC

Odds/Point Spread: Rams (+2.5)

Total/Over-Under: 52

SoFi Stadium is the location where the Los Angeles Rams (15-5 last season) will go up against the Buffalo Bills (11-6 last year) on Thursday. Los Angeles opens this matchup as 2.5-point underdogs from oddsmakers. The over/under is 52.

The Buffalo Bills finished the year holding a 11-6 record. In their last contest of last season, the Bills faced off with the Chiefs and took a loss by a score of 42-36. Devin Singletary was the rushing leader for the Bills with 10 carries for 26 yards (2.6 yards per attempt). Gabriel Davis averaged 25.1 yards per reception by notching 201 yards on 8 catches. Josh Allen finished 27/37 with 329 yards passing and 4 touchdowns. He had a QB rate of 136 and finished the contest with no interceptions. In the running game, the Bills gave up 182 yds on 27 tries, which is 6.7 yds per run surrendered. Buffalo allowed 33 pass completions on 44 attempts for 370 yds, and a completion percentage of 75.0%. At the end of the game, they tallied 63 plays which gave them a total of 422 yds. The Buffalo Bills ended up running the ball 24 different times and accumulated 109 yards, earning them an average of 4.5 yds per attempt.

Regarding scoring, the Buffalo Bills were sitting at 28.4 PPG. As a unit they maintained an average of 129.9 yds on the ground, which had them sitting 6th in the league. The Bills earned 6,493 total yards last year. Buffalo amassed 236 1st downs as a team, and they were flagged for 113 infractions for 980 yards. They turned the football over 22 different times (16 interceptions and 6 fumbles). Buffalo compiled 36 touchdowns via the pass and 20 rushing touchdowns.

The Bills were ranked 1st in the NFL concerning team defense, allowing 17.0 points per contest. They allowed an average of 4.2 yards per rushing attempt and 109.8 rushing yards per game last year. During the campaign, they gave up 1,866 rushing yards through 17 games. Concerning passing yards, the Bills gave up 2,771 yards which ranked them 1st in football. In their 17 games played last year, they gave up 163.0 yards per outing through the air and allowed a completion percentage of 56.0%. They allowed 272.8 yards per contest ranking them 1st in football. They allowed 12 touchdowns through the air in addition to 19 rushing touchdowns.

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The Rams wrapped up their year holding a 15-5 record. When they last stepped on the field last year, the Rams walked away with a victory by a final of 23-20 against the Bengals. Matthew Stafford (3 touchdowns) walked away from the contest with 283 yards on 26/40 passing while his quarterback rating was 89.9. He threw 2 interceptions and his avg yards per attempt was 7.08 yds. Cooper Kupp was the best receiver for the Rams, grabbing 8 passes for 92 yards (11.5 yds per catch). Cam Akers carried the rock 13 times for 21 yards, ending the contest with 1.6 yards per attempt for Los Angeles. The Rams finished the game with 313 yds and they ran 66 plays (4.7 yds per play). Los Angeles ran the ball for 1.9 yards per attempt, totaling 43 yds on 23 attempts. Los Angeles surrendered 20 rush attempts for 50 yards (2.5 yds per carry). The Rams pass defense allowed a completion rate of 53.3%, surrendering 232 yds on 16 out of 30 through the air.

In relation to their scoring prowess, the Rams had a ranking of 8th out of all teams in the league averaging 27.1 PPG. Last season, the Rams had a total of 4,642 yards via the pass in addition to averaging 273.1 passing yards per contest, which ranked 5th out of all NFL teams. They maintained an average of 99.0 yards per game via the rush and rushed for 1,683 yards overall. The Los Angeles Rams held an average of 372.1 yards per contest which ranked them 9th out of all teams in the league. The Los Angeles offense totaled 637 yds of penalties on 76 violations, which had them sitting 29th in the league in terms of helping out the other team. They gave away 18 picks while surrendering 5 fumbles and they obtained 233 1st downs.

The Rams relinquished 21.9 points per game, which put them in 15th in the league. Los Angeles surrendered a total of 1,754 yards rushing (103.2 yards per game) and 18 touchdowns by way of the ground game over the course of last year. They surrendered 17 touchdowns through the air as well as 241.7 yards/contest, which had them in 22nd in the league. The Rams defense was on the field for 1,118 plays, which had them sitting 28th in the league. Last year, they conceded 372 points in total. Their defense totaled 25 takeaways (6 fumbles recovered and 19 interceptions) last year.

Who will win tonight's Bills/Rams NFL game against the spread?

Tony's Pick: Take the Bills -2.5

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