The Los Angeles Rams enter this season with very different expectations than they went into the 2019 season with. The majority of pundits expect the Rams to miss the playoffs, with some even projecting them to finish below .500. Compare that to last year’s team that was coming off a Super Bowl appearance, and the hype level is significantly lower this time around.
The Rams aren’t even favored in the season opener at SoFi Stadium against the Dallas Cowboys. According to BetMGM, the Cowboys are three-point favorites over the Rams in Week 1, a game that will be on Sunday night at 8:20 p.m. ET.
This is the first time the Rams have been underdogs in Week 1 since moving to Los Angeles in 2016. They were 2.5-point favorites over the 49ers in 2016, 3.5-point favorites over the Colts in 2017, 6.5-point favorites over the Raiders in 2018 and only 1.5-point favorites over Carolina last year. The Rams covered the spread in each of the last three season openers.
As for the Cowboys, this is just the second time since 2015 that they won’t open the season against the Giants. They’ve been favored in four of their last five Week 1 games, but have only covered the spread in two of those five contests.
The over/under for Rams-Cowboys on Sunday night is the second-highest of any Week 1 game this year. It’s set at 51.5 points, which is only lower than Texans-Chiefs (53.5) on Thursday night.
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