Friday, May 25th, 2012
The St Louis Rams will hit the road to face the New England Patriots in a week three NFL preseason game on Thursday night.
Kick off time from New England is set for 7:30PM Eastern Time with live television to the St Louis Rams and New England Patriots markets only. NFL Network will provide tape delayed national television coverage Thursday night at 11PM Eastern Time.
The LVSC NFL odds makers set the betting line in this game and it was the home team New England Patriots opening up as 8 ½ point betting favorites with the over under coming in at 38.
The bettors came in early on the side of the road underdog St Louis Rams as the New England Patriots are now 7 ½ point betting favorites. The total saw movement downward to 37 ½.
Money line bettors betting on the side of the New England Patriots will lay -325 odds with the road underdog St Louis Rams bringing back +265 to win this game outright without the aid of taking the points.
The Rams are 1-1 in the preseason and are coming off a 19-17 victory at Cleveland last week.
The Rams have been hit with an injury concern to starting quarterback A.J. Feeley as he will miss Thursday’s game with a sprained thumb.
Rookie Sam Bradford will get the start at New England. The Rams 1st round draft pick in two preseason games has completed just 44.4% of his passes for 81 yards with 0 touchdowns and interceptions. He was sacked 4 times in week one against Minnesota.
Second year pro Keith Null figures to see action in relief of Bradford. In two games this preseason Null has completed just 7 of 22 passes for 76 yards no touchdowns and interceptions.
Thaddeus Lewis a rookie from Duke is fighting for a job and completed 5 of 6 passes for 46 yards in week 1.
Most teams in week 3 of the preseason will game plan and play their starters well into the second half.
The Rams offense has struggled in preseason averaging just 161 yards per game. They have had nothing on the ground with just a 45 yards per game average. The Rams secondary has been torched in the preseason as the unit has allowed an average of 261.5 yards per game through the air.
New England is a perfect 2-0 in the preseason and has looked very good.
The Patriots are averaging just under 28 points a game and 314 offensive yards this preseason.
Tom Brady has completed 15 of 20 passes this preseason for 152 yards and 1 touchdown. Brian Hoyer is the backup and the former Michigan St Spartan has completed 16 of 28 passes for 200 yards and a touchdown. Third string quarterback Zac Robinson a rookie from Oklahoma St in limited duty in both preseason games has completed 5 of 10 passes for 65 yards.
New England has showcased good balance on offense as the team looks to be better on the ground. In two preseason games New England has averaged 122.5 yards per game on the ground.
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NFL Trend: New England Patriots are 2-0 ATS in the preseason this year.
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