Los Angeles Rams vs Los Angeles Chargers Prediction, 8/13/2022 NFL Picks, Best Bets & Odds Preseason Week 1

Game: Los Angeles Rams vs Los Angeles Chargers

Date: Saturday, August 13, 2022

Location: SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA

TV: NFL League Pass

Odds/Point Spread: Chargers (-2.5)

Total/Over-Under: 33

SoFi Stadium is the location where the Los Angeles Chargers (9-8 last season) will attempt to defeat the Los Angeles Rams (15-5 last year) on Saturday. LA Rams opens this contest as 2.5-point dogs. The over/under comes in at 33.

The Los Angeles Rams wrapped up their year with a 15-5 mark. In their last contest of last season, the Rams faced off with the Bengals and went home with a win by a final score of 23-20. Cam Akers was the rushing leader for the Rams with 13 carries for 21 yards (1.6 yds per attempt). Cooper Kupp averaged 11.5 yards per catch by notching 92 yards on 8 catches. Matthew Stafford went 26/40 with 283 yds passing and 3 touchdowns. He had a quarterback rating of 89.9 and finished the game with 2 interceptions. Against the run, the Rams gave up 50 yds on 20 tries, which averages out to 2.5 yds per rush allowed. LA Rams surrendered 16 pass completions on 30 attempts for 232 yds, and a completion percentage of 53.3%. In all, they had 66 plays which totaled 313 yds. The Los Angeles Rams ran the ball 23 different times and totaled 43 yards, which came out to an average of 1.9 yards per tote.

When it comes to getting in the endzone, the Los Angeles Rams averaged 27.1 PPG. As a team they had an average of 99.0 yds on the ground, which was 25th in the National Football League. The Rams attained 6,325 total yards for the prior campaign. LA Rams compiled 233 1st downs as an offense, and they were flagged for 76 penalties for 637 yards. They gave the ball to the opposition 23 times (18 picks and 5 fumbles lost). LA Rams totaled 41 touchdowns through the air and 10 touchdowns via the ground.

The Rams ranked 15th in the league regarding the opposition scoring, giving up 21.9 PPG. They allowed 4.0 yards per rush on the ground and 103.2 rushing yards per contest last year. Over the course of last year, they gave up 1,754 rushing yards through 17 outings. In terms of yards via the pass, the Rams allowed 4,109 yards which had them ranked 22nd in the league. During their 17 games played last season, they conceded 241.7 yards per contest through the air and surrendering a completion percentage of 66.6%. They gave up 344.9 yards per game putting them 17th in the National Football League. They conceded 17 touchdowns via the pass and 18 rushing touchdowns.

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The Chargers ended the year with a 9-8 mark. The last time they took the field last season, the Chargers went home defeated by a final of 35-32 when they faced the Raiders. Justin Herbert (3 touchdowns) ended the contest with 383 yards on 34/64 through the air while his quarterback rating was 80.4. He tossed 1 pick and his avg yards per attempt was 5.98 yards. Austin Ekeler ran the football 16 times for 64 yds, walking away from the contest with 4.0 yds per attempt for LA Chargers. Mike Williams was featured in the passing game for the Chargers, snagging 9 footballs for 119 yds (13.2 yards per catch). LA Chargers rushed for 4.0 yds per attempt, finishing with a total of 85 yards on 21 attempts. The Chargers finished the contest with a total of 440 yards and they ran 88 plays (5.0 yards per play). The Chargers secondary allowed a completion percentage of 56.8%, surrendering 172 yards on 21 out of 37 through the air. LA Chargers allowed 34 rush attempts for 174 yards (5.1 yds per carry).

In terms of the points being put on the board, the Chargers were ranked 5th in the league averaging 27.9 points per game. Throughout last season, the Chargers threw for a total of 4,800 passing yards in addition to averaging 282.4 passing yards per game, giving them a rank of 3rd in the NFL. They averaged 107.9 yards via the ground game and ran for 1,834 yards for last season. The Los Angeles Chargers had an average of 390.2 yards per outing which ranked them 4th out of all teams in the league. The LA Chargers offense compiled 1,033 penalty yds on 116 infractions, which was 3rd in the league in terms of helping out the opposition. They tossed 15 interceptions while surrendering 7 fumbles and they recorded 256 first downs.

The Chargers surrendered 27.0 points per contest, which had them sitting 30th of all teams in the NFL. LA Chargers allowed the opposition a total of 2,361 yards rushing (138.9 yards per outing) in addition to 22 touchdowns via the rush last year. They conceded 27 touchdowns via the pass in addition to 221.2 yards per outing, ranking them 12th in the NFL. The Chargers defense was on the field for 1,103 plays, which was 25th in the NFL. In total, they surrendered 459 total points. They compiled 21 turnovers (10 fumbles and 11 picks) last year.

Who will win tonight's Rams/Chargers NFL game against the spread?

Josh's Pick: Take the Rams +2.5

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