San Francisco 49ers vs. St Louis Rams NFL Betting Odds & Predictions

Written November 14, 2008 by Jason Lowry

This Sunday the 2-7 St Louis Rams take on the 2-7 San Francisco 49ers, as these two teams are simply playing for pride the rest of this season, as they have little to no chance of catching the Cardinals in the NFC West. Last week the 49ers hopes of doing just that pretty much hit rock bottom when they were unable to beat the Cardinals last week. As for the Rams they remain without their star running back Steven Jackson this week, and last week they got demolished by the Jets 47-3. For those of you looking to do a little NFL betting on the game this weekend, the oddsmakers are going with the 49ers in this one, as San Francisco comes in 6.5 point favorites over St Louis at Sportsbook.com

Without Steven Jackson in the lineup the Rams offense has no way of moving the football, as they barely ran for more than 80 yards last week against the Jets. The passing game wasn’t much better as Marc Bulger and Trent Green both got their shots in this one, and it was pretty much the same for both of them as, Green had 70 yards and an interception, while Bulger had just 65 yards and another interception. Its hard to think of where the offense is going to go from here, as they have little to no identity and no star player that can make the big plays. This offense needs a lot to go right this week if they want a chance at pulling the upset this week.

The Rams defense isn’t much better as they let the Jets look like the best team in the league last week. Now they might of held Brett Favre to just 167 yards and a score, but Favre was 14 of 19 passing and didn’t really ever need to throw the football in this one. The run defense wasn’t much of anything as the juts had well over 200 yards on the ground, and they gave up 3 scores to Thomas Jones who led the way with 149 yards. This week they have to be able to stop Frank Gore or its going to be another long day for Rams fans. Bet St Louis +6.5 at Sportsbook.com

Now the 49ers might have the same record as the Rams this season and losers of 6 straight, but this team was at least competitive last week against the Cardinals, as they actually had multiple chances to win the game including a shot from the 1 yard line before time expired. The 49ers questionably called a dive to Michael Robinson that wound up falling short. Head coach Mike Singletary looks to have this team going in the right direction for now, but its hard saying if they are going to put to many more wins on the board. Last week Gore had had 99 yards on the ground while Shaun Hill alright throwing for 217 yards and 2 scores.

The 49ers defense gave up a ton of passing yards to Warner and Cardinals, but so has nearly every other team the Cardinals have faced this season. The 49ers were solid against the run solid against the run giving up just 22 yards to Tim Hightower, who had over a 100 yards the previous week. With the Rams having little to no body on the offense that can do much of anything we expect this defense to have one of its best games of the season. Bet 49ers -6.5 at Sportsbook.com

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