The Los Angeles Rams aren’t going to rest all of their starters in Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers, but they will keep their top players off the field – including Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp and Aaron Donald.
The 49ers will take a similarly cautious approach, keeping Brock Purdy and Christian McCaffrey out of the lineup in the final game of the season. As a result, we’ll get Carson Wentz vs. Sam Darnold in the finale on Sunday, a matchup no one saw could have predicted even two months ago.
The oddsmakers all expected each team to rest its starters in some capacity when the lines were released on Monday, so they haven’t shifted a ton since the official announcements of which players won’t suit up.
According to BetMGM, the Rams are now 4-point underdogs after opening as 3.5-point underdogs on Monday.
Moneyline (ML)
- Rams +165 (bet $100 to win $165)
- 49ers -200 (bet $200 to win $100)
Against the spread (ATS)
- Rams +4 (-110)
- 49ers -4 (-110)
Over/Under (O/U)
- 41 (O: -110 U: -110)
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The Rams snapped a streak of five straight games covering the spread when they beat the Giants, 26-25, as 6.5-point favorites in Week 17. The 49ers, on the other hand, are 2-2 in their last four games against the spread, last covering as 14-point favorites against the Commanders on Sunday.