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My 10* Situational Stunner is on the StL Rams at 8:00 ET.
The Colts and Rams are both 0-2 and neither team has looked good doing it. Frank Gore's debut with the Colts in Week 2 consisted of just TWO carries and it’s not expected that the team’s key FA signee is likely to have a featured role in this game, either. Yes, Andrew Luck will see more action that in the first two games but don’t the Colts know just how good he is? In fact, the Rams will provide a great test for the Colts, particularly for the team's offensive line that is filled with question marks. Just how many times does Pagano really want his franchise QB to be ‘exposed?’
The early storyline this preseason for the Rams has been the starting offensive’s inability to get out of its own way. As for the work of the Rams’ first-team defense? It’s been just so-so. DC Gregg Williams’s starting unit has given up 191 yards but just two FGs in five total series against Oakland and Tennessee. However, defensive end William Hayes said after the Rams’ 27-14 loss to Tennessee, “We’ve got to get better on both sides of the ball, my brother. We’re doing a lot of things that good football teams don’t do right now. I can’t speak for the offense, but defensively there’s just a lot of plays that we’re not making where we’re not really doing our jobs like we’re supposed to. We’ll get it fixed. I know up front, we’re not really being gap sound. Like I said, that’s something that’s easy to correct.”
We’re not playing the way we should be right now,” defensive end Robert Quinn added. “We still have a couple more weeks to improve, but those weeks fly by. You can’t take one day for granted. So hopefully guys after this (Tennessee) game realize what’s at stake. What’s our true potential. Hopefully guys just start playing the way we should. There were some positives, but I think at the end of the day we had too many negative plays, and that’s not the type of style the defense really wants to play.” Expect the Rams to “get after” the Colts in this home game.
While the Colts know EXACTLY what they have in Luck, the Rams are hoping that Nick Foles can have the kind of season he had in 2013 (27 TDs & 2 INTs with a 119.2 QB rating), not the one he had in 2014 (13 TDs & 10 INTs with a 81.4 rating). Foles should see significant action tonight plus that StL defense should rise to the challenge of facing Luck. ONE teams gets its first win of NFLX 2015 tonight and my bet says it’s the Rams.
Good luck...Larry Larry Ness' NFLX Week 3 Las Vegas Insider
My 8* Las Vegas Insider is on the Dal Cowboys at 7:00 ET.
Dallas head coach Jason Garrett hardly seems to mind losing preseason games, at least by his on-field demeanor. Meanwhile, Minnesota’s Mike Zimmer has taken over as the new “King of August,” as his Vikings are now a PERFECT 7-0 in preseason games under the second-year head coach, including 6-1 ATS. That said, my bet says this is a dangerous spot for the Vikings. The Cowboys are off back-to-back “no-show” efforts to open NFLX 2015, losing 17-7 Week 1 at San Diego and then 23-6 Week 2 at San Francisco.
Tony Romo never dressed against the Chargers, as Dallas used Brandon Weeden (wasn’t he like 35 when he came out of Okla St?), Dustin Vaughan (2nd-year player from West Texas A&M??) and rookie Jameill Showers (UTEP) under center. C’mon. That trio combined to go 21 of 34 for 168 yards with zero TDs or INTs. Against the 49ers, Romo attempted one pass, completing it for a loss of one-yard and the same trio which played in Week 1, completed 17 of 38 for 151 yards, finally throwing a TDP (the ONLY one from that group in 72 attempts the first two games), but also three THREE interceptions! This is “Dress Rehearsal Week” AND the Cowboys’ first home game. Expect to see more of Romo PLUS a more focused Dallas team.
Zimmer suffers his first SU loss of his preseason career here and with this pointspread, that virtually ensures a Dallas ATS win. Good luck...Larry
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