{"id":18203,"date":"2011-10-01T14:54:26","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T19:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18203"},"modified":"2011-10-01T14:54:26","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T19:54:26","slug":"sunday-nfl-betting-washington-redskins-at-st-louis-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sunday-nfl-betting-washington-redskins-at-st-louis-rams-18203\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday NFL Betting: Washington Redskins at St. Louis Rams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Redskins at St. Louis Rams
\nSunday, 10\/2\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Washington -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Washington -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 42
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The St. Louis Rams have the second-worst point differential in the NFL this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Washington lost its first game of the 2011 regular season last week, dropping an 18-16 decision to the Dallas Cowboys as 3.5-point road underdogs on Monday Night Football.\u00a0 The Redskins lost the statistical battle for the first time this year, getting out-gained by 77 yards.\u00a0 This will be the 32nd regular-season meeting between these two teams, with the Redskins leading the series by a hefty 21-9-1 margin.\u00a0 Washington is 2-1 ATS on the season and the \u2018under\u2019 is 2-1 over that span.\u00a0 The team is a terrible 1-6 ATS as a favorite the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Redskins were 0-2 inside domes last season, with their last win coming on Oct. 26, 2008, in a 25-17 win over the Detroit Lions at Ford Field.\u00a0 Washington will travel 12,342 miles during the 2011 season, which is the 22nd most in the NFL.\u00a0 Quarterback Rex Grossman has done a solid job under center in the early going and will be facing a defense that has allowed 440.7 yards per game, which is worst in the NFC.\u00a0 These two teams met last year, with the Redskins dropping a 30-16 contest as 4.5-point road favorites with Donovan McNabb at quarterback.<\/p>\n

St. Louis desperately needs a win after dropping its first three games of the season, including a 37-7 loss to the Baltimore Ravens as 4.5-point home underdogs last week.\u00a0 The Rams were thoroughly embarrassed and out-gained by an incredible 309 yards.\u00a0 It has led to the franchise having the second-worst point differential in the league and caused its head coach to seek out advice from Tony LaRussa, the manager of the city\u2019s baseball franchise.\u00a0 \u201cYou don\u2019t worry about stats or any of that stuff, you just worry about winning the game,\u201d Steve Spagnuolo stated this week in practice.\u00a0 St. Louis is 8-10 ATS at home the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Rams will need a big game from second-year quarterback Sam Bradford, who should enter this contest with confidence due to completing 23 of 37 passes for 235 yards and a touchdown in last year\u2019s meeting.\u00a0 He hopes that running back Steven Jackson will be in the backfield behind him, as the former Oregon State Beavers star practiced sparingly this week with a quad injury.\u00a0 Spagnuolo would love to get the ball in his hands more often in this crucial contest.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s running around pretty good,\u201d he commented.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s 100 percent, but he is getting there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Rams due to their 4-1 ATS mark in October, while the redskins are 6-19-3 ATS when playing a team with a losing record.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington Redskins at St. Louis Rams Sunday, 10\/2\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Washington -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Washington -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 42 Current Total:\u00a0 44 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Washington lost its first game of the 2011 regular season last week, dropping an 18-16 decision to the Dallas Cowboys as 3.5-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":6382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[5331,623,863,363,345],"class_list":["post-18203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-rex-grossman","tag-sam-bradford","tag-st-louis-rams","tag-steven-jackson","tag-washington-redskins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18204,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18203\/revisions\/18204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}