2. San Francisco at Los Angeles Rams
LINE: Los Angeles -6.5
ATS PICK: Los Angeles
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The 49ers were fighting through injuries all season long, but they were sill able to battle and claw their way to wins – including a stunning 24-16 victory over the Rams back in mid-October.
It’s not like Jimmy Garoppolo was making anyone forget about Joe Montana, but when he got knocked out for the year, everything started to stumble.
To be fair to Nick Mullens, he hasn’t been bad and he’s had to go against Seattle and New Orleans on the road and Green Bay at home – the Niners probably lose those three games with Garoppolo, too.
But they lost those three, and combine that with the added stress of not knowing what’s happening next after Santa Clara County announced that physical sporting events can’t happen in the area for a few weeks.
Combine all of that with a red-hot Ram offense looking for revenge after the loss a month ago, and winning by a touchdown isn’t asking for the world.
And finally, the quarterback situation that’s so weird and bad that it’s actually a tad worse than Denver’s situation of no quarterback at all …