The Los Angeles Rams opened the week as 3.5-point favorites over the Arizona Cardinals, which was somewhat surprising after seeing the way they played against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 9. But the Cardinals are struggling even worse right now, and the Rams are at home.
Then big injury news hit. Kyler Murray popped up with a hamstring injury and Matthew Stafford was placed in the concussion protocol. That caused the spread to slip to Rams -1.5, shifting two points due to Stafford’s situation.
On Friday, the Rams and Cardinals each listed their quarterback as questionable to play. As of Saturday morning, the Rams are now 3-point favorites over the Cardinals but the over/under has dropped from 43 points at the start of the week to 40.5 points now.
It’s hard to know which quarterback will play on Sunday, but Stafford seems to have a harder path to being cleared because of the uncertain nature of concussions and the league’s protocol. Both players were limited in practice on Friday, which was somewhat encouraging, but they could be game-time decisions.
So if you’re betting on Rams-Cardinals, you might want to wait until closer to kickoff to get your pick in.