2022 NFC Championship Game odds, picks, line: 49ers vs. Rams predictions, best bets by expert who's 10-1
Fri, Jan 28, 2022
NFL News (AP)
The San Francisco 49ers will try to keep a hot streak going on Sunday in the 2022 NFL playoffs. Kyle Shanahan's team is 9-2 in its last 11 games, but the 49ers must travel to Los Angeles to face the Rams in the 2022 NFC Championship Game. The Rams will look to avenge a pair of losses to the 49ers this season and are also hot, winning seven of their last eight games. The Rams are 6-3 at home, while the 49ers are 8-3 on the road this season.
Kick-off is at 6:30 p.m. ET in Los Angeles. Caesars Sportsbook lists the Rams as 3.5-point home favorites, while the Over-Under, or total number of points Vegas thinks will be scored, is 45.5 in the latest 49ers vs. Rams odds. Before you make any Rams vs. 49ers picks and NFC Championship Game predictions, make sure you check out what SportsTek's resident 49ers expert, Micah Roberts, has to say.
Roberts has worked in the Las Vegas sportsbook industry for 20-plus years, including a 13-year run as Station Casinos' book director. He is 10-6 against the spread in his last 16 NFL picks for a profit of $345.
In addition, Roberts has gone an astounding 10-1 in his last 11 picks involving San Francisco. Anyone who has followed him is way up.
Now, Roberts has set his sights on 49ers vs. Rams, and just locked in his coveted picks and NFL playoff predictions. You can head to SportsTek now to see his picks. Now, here are several NFL lines and trends for 49ers vs. Rams:
- 49ers vs. Rams spread: Rams -3.5
- 49ers vs. Rams over-under: 45.5 points
- 49ers vs. Rams money line: Rams -190, 49ers +160
- SF: 49ers are 9-2 against the spread in their last 11 games
- LAR: Rams are 6-2 against the spread in their last eight games
The 49ers finished in the top 10 in scoring defense this season, allowing 21.5 points per game, which includes 1.95 points allowed per drive. San Francisco is No. 3 in total defense, yielding just 310 yards per game, and No. 4 in yards allowed per drive (28.8). The 49ers are No. 6 in passing defense, giving up fewer than 210 yards per game through the air, and allowed only 26 passing touchdowns.
San Francisco is also excellent against the run, giving up 103.5 yards per game. San Francisco is also entering this game on a high note, holding the Green Bay Packers to 13 points, 265 total yards, 4.9 yards per play and just 3.4 yards per carry in an upset win last week.
Los Angeles allowed only 21.9 points per game during the regular season, with opponents scoring only 1.85 points per drive, seventh-fewest in the NFL. The Rams excel against the run, giving up 103.2 yards per game and 4.0 yards per carry. The Rams also generated 50 sacks in the regular season, No. 3 in the NFL, and were in the top five in passer rating allowed, interceptions and passing touchdowns allowed.
Los Angeles also forced 25 turnovers in 17 games, a top-10 figure, and opponents scored a touchdown on only 51.8 percent of trips to the red zone. San Francisco committed 24 turnovers on offense during the regular season and produced only 212 total yards and 4.1 yards per play against Green Bay last week, all of which should give the Rams confidence on defense.
Roberts has analyzed this matchup and while we can tell you he's leaning under on the point total, he has also discovered a critical X-factor that has him jumping all over one side of the spread. He's only sharing what it is, and which side of the Rams vs. 49ers spread to back, at SportsTek.
So who wins 49ers vs. Rams in the NFL playoffs 2022? And what critical X-factor makes one side of the spread a must-back? Visit SportsTek now to see Roberts' Rams vs. 49ers picks, all from the NFL expert who's an amazing 10-1 on picks involving San Francisco, and find out.
