{"id":32133,"date":"2013-12-29T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32133"},"modified":"2013-12-29T10:36:20","modified_gmt":"2013-12-29T15:36:20","slug":"nfl-week-17-predictions-st-louis-rams-vs-seattle-seahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-17-predictions-st-louis-rams-vs-seattle-seahawks-32133\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 17 Predictions: St. Louis Rams vs. Seattle Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Louis Rams vs. Seattle Seahawks
\nSunday, 12\/29\/13, 4:25 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Seattle -10.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Seattle -12.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Seattle Seahawks have stalled a bit offensively in December<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St. Louis has won and covered the number in its last two games, including a 23-13 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as 3.5-point home favorites in Week 16, while winning the statistical battle for the first time in six contests.\u00a0 The Rams should be motivated to finish the season with an even 8-8 record, while defensive end Robert Quinn is making a case to become the NFL\u2019s Defensive Player of the Year, which is important to consider when making your pro football picks.\u00a0 St. Louis is 3-8 SU and 4-7 ATS as an underdog this season.<\/p>\n

The Rams certainly have a youthful look to their roster, as they\u2019ve got 29 rookie, first-year and second-year players.\u00a0 St. Louis ranks third in the league with 49 sacks, while sitting in the same spot in getting to opposing quarterbacks on every 9.84 pass attempts.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is averaging 22.6 points and 314.6 yards per game, but the franchise also enters with a plus-10 turnover margin.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that the team hasn\u2019t won in Seattle since picking up a victory in the 2004 NFL playoffs.<\/p>\n

Seattle has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it attempts to bounce back from a 17-10 setback to the Arizona Cardinals as eight-point home favorites last Sunday, while going UNDER the betting total for a fourth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Seahawks will clinch the NFC West title and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs with a victory, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NFL betting predictions.\u00a0 Seattle is 10-3 SU and 11-2 ATS in December the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 7-6 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks need quarterback Russell Wilson to return to his old self before potentially having a week off, which is only possible if offensive tackle Russell Okung is able to handle Quinn.\u00a0 Seattle needs to be balance offensively, but running back Marshawn Lynch has struggled recently and goes against a defense that is allowing 2.8 yards per carry over the past six games.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Rams due to the underdog going 6-1 ATS in the last seven meetings in this division rivalry.<\/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":"

St. Louis Rams vs. Seattle Seahawks Sunday, 12\/29\/13, 4:25 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Seattle -10.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Seattle -12.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 41.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker St. Louis has won and covered the number in its last two games, including a 23-13 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as 3.5-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[3403,2587,31,7948,3630,417,863],"class_list":["post-32133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-marshawn-lynch","tag-nfc-west","tag-nfl","tag-robert-quinn","tag-russell-wilson","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-st-louis-rams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32133","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=32133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32134,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32133\/revisions\/32134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}