The Los Angeles Rams started the season with high hopes of making it to the playoffs this season. Los Angeles felt they had the roster needed to compete in the NFC West and a playoff berth. Bill Bender of The Sporting News recently released his predictions ...

Meanwhile in the NFC, things are brutal. Currently nine of the 16 teams in the conference are above .500, with the bubble line currently having a 6-4 Lions team out of the playoffs. There is going to be a mammoth battle for the wild card spots, and it’s time to try and project out who we think will make the cut.

If you take away the Bills debacle with Andy Dalton under center, the Panthers are 3-0 at home and averaged 29 points in those three victories over the Falcons, Dolphins, and Cowboys. The Saints, meanwhile, are a disaster. They’ve lost each road game this year by at least 12 points, and just yielded 171 rushing yards to the Rams.

The Rams are favored by 14.5 points. That line is no joke. NFL.com's panel of five editors picked LA over New Orleans by an average margin of 14.8. CBS Sports' Jordan Davani isn't afraid to pick the Rams against the Saints and the spread:

It was December 2020, and the Rams were in the midst of their third run to the playoffs in four seasons under coach Sean McVay. Their opponent: the 0-13 New York Jets. There was seemingly no way the hapless Jets could beat a 9-4 Rams team at SoFi Stadium.

This Sunday, Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Davante Adams played in his Week 9 game against the Saints. The Rams won the game 34-10.

The New Orleans Saints have now won 8 straight games in a row, and as a result: they firmly remain near the top of the current NFC Playoff seedings, as the National Football League now enters into the very heart of the 2nd half of its 2018 regular season ...