After a much-needed week off for their bye, the Los Angeles Rams will be back home at SoFi Stadium on Sunday afternoon when they host the Seattle Seahawks. They’re underdogs once again in this one, but with Matthew Stafford back, Los Angeles has a great chance to take down its rivals again.
Looking at the prop bets from BetMGM, we’ve highlighted four of the best for the Rams. We’re buying the passing game and fading Darrell Henderson Jr. as a runner, while also expecting a couple of field goals from kicker Lucas Havrisik.
Here are the four best prop bets for Sunday’s contest.
Henderson simply has not been very good for the Rams this season and now is the perfect time for them to change things up in the backfield. Royce Freeman has clearly been the better option and while Henderson still has value as a pass blocker, it should be Freeman getting more carries like he did in Week 9.
Henderson has just one carry longer than 7 yards this season and it was his first carry of the year – a 16-yarder against the Steelers. Since that game, he’s been very inefficient and has struggled to create big plays.
Stafford threw for 334 yards in Week 1 against this Seahawks defense, picking it apart in what was arguably his best game of the season. Having Devon Witherspoon will help Seattle but this is still a secondary that a good quarterback like Stafford can have success against.
Stafford averages 287.8 yards per game against the Seahawks in his career and 314 yards per game against Seattle as a member of the Rams. He went over this number in each of the first four games of the season, too.
The Rams are 10th in red zone efficiency but it’s the area from the 21 to the 35 where the offense really struggles, causing Sean McVay to settle for long field goals. Havrisik should get at least two field goal attempts in this game and as long as they’re not 50-plus yarders, he has a good shot of making a couple field goals.
He attempted two field goals in each of his first two games and went 3-for-4.
This prop was set much higher earlier in the season when Atwell was a big part of the offense, but it’s dropped significantly since then. At 17.5 yards, this feels like a bargain.
Stafford should take at least one deep shot to Atwell a game, and coming out of the bye, there’s an even better chance the Rams will scheme plays up for the speedy receiver. The beauty of this bet is it doesn’t even have to be a deep throw. It can be a crosser over the middle where Atwell picks up 10-15 yards after the catch. I love the value here.