NFL Sunday Night Football Betting
The Los Angeles Rams haven’t done anything special in the 2024 NFL season. They are just 5-5 but head into their Week 12 Sunday Night Football matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles very much alive in the NFC West race. The Rams, Seattle and San Francisco are all 5-5 and just one game behind the Arizona Cardinals for first place in the division. And they enter this game as one of the hottest teams in the NFL with four wins in their last five games. The Rams appeared in the Week 1 SNF game battling the NFC best Lions to overtime before succumbing, 26-20. That started a run that saw LA lose its first two games and four of five.
The Eagles are one team that’s been hotter than the Rams winning six games in a row to take the lead in the NFC East. And they have the benefit of a mini-bye after beating Washington, 26-18, in the Week 11 Thursday Night Football game. Fans, however, will be holding their breath after what happened last season. Philly was 10-1 and a Super Bowl favorite before losing five of their last six games and disappearing their first round playoff loss. That skid started with a loss to a NFC West team San Francisco.
NFL Week 12 Sunday Night Football Betting Odds
Philadelphia Eagles -2.5
Los Angeles Rams +2.5
Total: 51
Money Line: Eagles -146, Rams +126
The Eagles appear to be a more balanced team this year, especially on offense with the addition of Saquon Barkley. However, we thought the same thing last season before Philly suddenly and inexplicably shut down. It was around this time last season that things went south. The Eagles were sitting pretty at 10-1 with the best record in the NFC. They entered their Week 12 game with the 49ers as a 3-point home favorite and were shellacked 42-19. The Niners went on to win the conference and play in the Super Bowl.
Move forward 12 months and the Eagles are once again a prime contender in the NFC. Last week’s win over Washington was their sixth straight moving them to 8-2 on the year. Behind Barkley and Jalen Hurts the offense has been efficient. Philly has scored at least 26 points in each of their last five games with Hurts throwing six TD passes and only one interception in that span. Over the same five-game stretch Barkley has rushed for more than 100 yards four times and is averaging more than 130 rushing yards. Hurts has an additional 417 yards on the season and the Eagles boast the No. 1 rushing offense in the NFL.
The passing game in LA suffered when Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua were sidelined with injuries. Both players returned recently and we’ve seen a difference in Matthew Stafford and the overall numbers. More importantly the Rams started winning games. In last week’s 28-16 win over New England, Stafford tossed four scoring passes with Kupp snagging a pair. Kupp and Nacua each had more than 100 receiving yards. They reentered the lineup in Week 8 and the Rams scored a season-high in their 30-20 win over Minnesota.
The Rams will face arguably the toughest defense they’ve seen this season. Philadelphia allows the fewest yards per game in the NFL and they rank sixth giving up 17.9 points. In Week 10 the Eagles kept Dallas out of the end zone in a 34-6 win and last week they silenced Jayden Daniels and Washington’s explosive offense in a 26-18 victory.
The series has been dominated by Philadelphia with the Eagles winning six of the last seven meetings. In the most recent matchup Hurts threw for 303 yards and a TD with another rushing TD in a 23-14 win last season. The Rams totaled just 249 yards in that matchup with Stafford being sacked four times. The Eagles also have five payouts in their previous six games against the Rams.
Sunday Night Football Betting Schedule
In Week 2, the Houston Texans will host the Chicago Bears in a matchup of two of the emerging quarterback stars of the NFL. Last year, CJ Stroud, who was taken 2nd overall in the 2023 NFL Draft, led the Houston Texans to the AFC South Championship and a playoff win over the Cleveland Browns. Stroud shot down the adage about rookie NFL QBs not being able to deliver. Instead, Stroud threw for 4108 yards and a 23/5 TD/INT ratio. DeMeco Ryans had a spectacular debut as Houston’s coach, but now Ryans and Stroud face higher expectations, and the scrutiny of proving their success was not a fluke.
Of course, the Bears took Caleb Williams first overall in the 2024 NFL Draft. Williams does not have the supporting cast that Stroud had last year. Williams also arrives with what many believe to be a quirky personality that may not be best for leading an NFL locker room. The Bears gave up on Justin Fields, who they took in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft, after just three seasons on a team with little support. Chicago remains a team that generates a lot of ambiguity and little in the way of optimism from gamblers.
One of the best Sunday night matchups in the early going is a Week 4 affair between the visiting Buffalo Bills and the Baltimore Ravens. Both teams won their respective divisions last year. The QB matchup of Josh Allen of the Bills and Lamar Jackson of the Ravens is one of the best possible. The Ravens and Bills could easily meet in the 2024 NFL Playoffs.
Week 8 is certain to bring ratings and scrutiny when the San Francisco 49ers host the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas head coach Mike McCarthy and QB Dak Prescott are under intense pressure to deliver a Super Bowl berth after flopping in the playoffs. Owner Jerry Jones, age 81, is eager to gain one last Lombardi Trophy but, as always, has a team that is never quite complete. The Dallas track record of falling short since the 1994 departure of head coach Jimmy Johnson offers no comfort or reason to believe that anything will ultimately change with America’s team.
Meanwhile, the San Francisco 49ers are the defending NFC champions and are coming off their second heartbreaking loss in five years to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl. San Francisco is certainly the team to beat in the NFC West. General manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan have proven to be a highly effective leadership tandem.
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