There are numerous storylines to follow during wild card weekend in the first round of the NFL playoffs, including the Los Angeles Rams and quarterback Matthew Stafford on the road to take on the Detroit Lions — Stafford’s former team. The Lions are at on the spread for this game and on the moneyline. The Rams, meanwhile, are on the moneyline. The game kicks off at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday.
Wild card round player props: Rams vs. Lions
In Week 18, the Rams sat their starters as they had already secured a playoff spot, while the Lions played them to compete for the No. 2 seed in the event of a Dallas Cowboys loss. The Cowboys won, so the Lions are the No. 3 seed. The Rams played wide receiver Puka Nacua long enough for him to break the rookie receiving record. He finished the day with four receptions for 41 yards and a touchdown. Los Angeles finished the year with a 10-7 record.
The Lions notched a 30-20 win in Week 18, defeating the Minnesota Vikings at home. Quarterback Jared Goff had 320 passing yards and two touchdowns. Wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown had seven receptions for 144 yards and a TD.
Below, we will take a look at some player props for this matchup. If you are located in a state where pick’em contests are legal, feel free to check out our PrizePicks and Betr Picks reviews.
Anytime TD props for Rams vs. Lions
The running backs for both teams — Kyren Williams, David Montgomery, and Jahmyr Gibbs — are atop the odds board to score in this game.
Williams missed five games but finished the season with 228 carries for 1,144 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns. He had a touchdown in all but four games and three TDs in Week 17 before resting in Week 18.
Montgomery finished the year with 219 carries for the Lions, totaling 1,015 yards and 13 touchdowns. Gibbs, meanwhile, had 182 carries for the Lions, accumulating 945 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns, plus one receiving touchdown.
- Kyren Williams:
- David Montgomery:
- Jahmyr Gibbs:
Quarterback passing props for Rams vs. Lions
Goff, who played for the Rams before landing in Detroit, finished the year with 4,574 passing yards, 30 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. Stafford played in 15 games, passing for 3,965 yards, 24 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions. Stafford had seven games with 273 passing yards or more. Goff had nine games with 261 passing yards or more.
Both quarterbacks have a passing touchdown prop line of 1.5. Stafford had six games with multiple passing touchdowns, and Goff had nine.
Over/under passing yard props
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Passing TD prop bets
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Receiving yard props for Rams vs. Lions
The Rams were without wide receiver Cooper Kupp for five games this season, but he finished the year with 92 targets, 59 receptions, 737 yards, and five touchdowns. In his absence, we saw the emergence of Nacua, who ended the year with 153 targets, 105 receptions, 1,486 yards, and six touchdowns.
The Lions sent 158 targets to St. Brown. He caught 119 of them for 1,515 yards and 10 touchdowns. Rookie tight end Sam LaPorta had 118 targets, 86 receptions, 889 yards and 10 TDs. LaPorta suffered a knee injury in Week 18, and his status is unclear for this game.
- Cooper Kupp:
- Puka Nacua:
- Amon-Ra St. Brown:
Longest reception props
Of Nacua’s 153 targets, 11.1% came on passes of 20-plus yards downfield. He caught 10 of those 17 passes for 323 yards and three touchdowns. St. Brown saw 9.5% of his targets get sent 20-plus yards downfield, catching eight of 15 passes for 285 yards and a touchdown.
- Puka Nacua:
- Amon-Ra St. Brown:
Rushing yard props for Rams vs. Lions
Despite missing five games, Williams was far and away the leading rusher for the Rams, notching eight games with 85 rushing yards or more. Montgomery and Gibbs split carries this season, with Montgomery having 50-plus rushing yards in 12 of his 14 games and Gibbs meeting that same mark or better in nine of his 15 games.
- Kyren Williams:
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