{"id":36105,"date":"2014-11-02T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=36105"},"modified":"2014-11-02T08:48:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-02T13:48:59","slug":"nfl-week-9-picks-st-louis-rams-vs-san-francisco-49ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-9-picks-st-louis-rams-vs-san-francisco-49ers-36105\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 9 Picks: St. Louis Rams vs. San Francisco 49ers"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Louis Rams vs. San Francisco 49ers
\nSunday, 11\/2\/14, 4:05 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Francisco -9.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Francisco -9.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The San Francisco 49ers will try to sweep the regular season series against the St. Louis Rams Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St. Louis has dropped three of its last four games, including a 34-7 blowout loss to the Kansas City Chiefs as 7.5-point road underdogs last Sunday, while going UNDER the betting total for the first time in five contests.\u00a0 The Rams were unable to protect quarterback Austin Davis in that affair, which is important to consider when making your Week 9 NFL betting picks, as he was sacked seven times in completing 15 of 25 passes.\u00a0 St. Louis is 7-11 SU and 9-9 ATS as underdogs of 3.5 to 9.5 points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 10-8 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Rams will be seeking to gain revenge from a 31-17 defeat to the 49ers as 3.5-point home underdogs on Oct. 13, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NFL betting odds.\u00a0 St. Louis may find it difficult to protect Davis against one of its biggest division rivals, as it will play this affair without the services of tackle Jake Long, who recently tore his ACL for the second time.\u00a0 The franchise has gone 5-17-1 SU when playing in the Bay Area since 1991\u2014seeking its first victory in that situation since the 2007 campaign.<\/p>\n

San Francisco had its three-game win streak snapped before enjoying its bye week, as it dropped a 42-17 decision to the Denver Broncos as 6.5-point road underdogs on Oct. 19, while going OVER the betting total for a second consecutive affair.\u00a0 The 49ers defense was playing at a high level entering that affair in the Mile High City, as it surrendered an average of just 18.3 points during the streak, but it allowed Peyton Manning to throw for 318 yards and four scores.\u00a0 San Francisco is 15-6 SU and 14-7 ATS as favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The 49ers need to pound the football against the Rams in this matchup, as they\u2019ve gained just 151 total yards on the ground in their last two affairs, but will be facing a stop unit that has allowed 314 such yards over the same time period.\u00a0 Defensively, the team is hoping that captain Patrick Willis will return from injury, but it still has a few key players out on that side of the ball.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the 49ers due to their 4-0 SU and 3-1 ATS mark as home favorites of 7.5 to 10 points since 2012.<\/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. San Francisco 49ers Sunday, 11\/2\/14, 4:05 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Francisco -9.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Francisco -9.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 44 Current Total:\u00a0 44 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker St. Louis has dropped three of its last four games, including a 34-7 blowout loss to the Kansas City Chiefs as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":34947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[4208,31,2885,299,863],"class_list":["post-36105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-austin-davis","tag-nfl","tag-patrick-willis","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-st-louis-rams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36105","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=36105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36106,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36105\/revisions\/36106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}