The New York Jets have a good chance to become just the third team in NFL history to finish a season 0-16. The Los Angeles Rams can help make that more likely in Week 15 when they host the winless Jets at SoFi Stadium.
As expected, the Rams are massive favorites over New York. According to BetMGM, the Rams are currently favored by 17 points against the Jets, by far the largest spread of any game in Week 15. The over/under has been set at 44.5 points, which isn’t very high because the Jets rank last in the NFL in points and yards.
To put this huge spread into perspective, it’s the most points the Rams have been favored by since they were 18-point favorites against the Panthers in 2001. It’s just the fifth time this century that the Rams have been favored by at least 15 points.
They won each of the previous four games when favored by at least 15, going 2-1-1 against the spread in those matchups. The total also went over in all four of those games.
Since 2000, there have been 31 games with a team favored by at least 17 points. The favorite is 30-1 in those games, with the only loss coming by the Patriots against the Dolphins in Week 17 of last season.
If the Rams beat the Jets, they will clinch a playoff berth and move one step closer to clinching the NFC West. After facing New York, the Rams will visit the Seahawks and then host the Cardinals in the final two weeks.
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