San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams: 1/30/22 NFL Picks and Prediction
The San Francisco 49ers will visit the LA Rams on Sunday in the NFC Championship Matchup. The biggest trend between these two teams is that San Francisco has won six straight games against NFC rival Los Angeles.
Los Angeles opened the postseason with a beatdown against an easy win over Arizona with a 34-11 final. The Rams followed it up with what started out as another blowout. They led 27-3 at reigning Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay before they almost came back and won. Stafford was 28 of 38 pass attempts for 366 yards and two touchdowns in addition to a rushing score.
This season, Quarterback Matt Stafford has completed 404 of 601 pass attempts for 4,886 yards, 41 touchdowns and 18 interceptions. His top target has been wide receiver Cooper Kupp who was extremely impressive against the Bucs last weekend.
The Rams offense averaged 372 yards a game which is 9th in the league. They scored 27.1 points per game as they gave up 344.9 yards and 21.9 points per game to their opponents.
The 49ers are in this game after blocking a punt and scooping it for a touchdown to get past Green Bay at Lambeau Field last week. Jimmy Garoppolo wasn't impressive under center, completing 11 of 19 passes for 131 yards and one interception.
Garoppolo battled through injuries to complete 301 of 441 pass attempts for 3,810 yards, 20 touchdowns and 12 interceptions this season.
The 49ers offense averaged 375.7 yards a game which is 7th in the league. They scored 25.1 points per game as they gave up 310 yards and 21.5 points per game to their opponents.
The Rams are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 vs. NFC and are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS win. The Rams are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games overall. In my opinion, the 49ers got extremely lucky in their last game. The 49ers are 5-13 ATS in their last 18 games after accumulating less than 150 yards passing in their previous game. I like for the Rams to get the win and punch their ticket to the Superbowl as they will have home field if they win. Homefield in the Superbowl is something this team doesn’t want to pass up.
AUTHOR: Clayton Fountain
