After a long and grueling regular season, the NFL playoffs are finally here. The action gets underway with Super Wild Card Weekend, and the first game of the proceedings takes place on Saturday between one of the Super Bowl favorites, the Los Angeles Rams, and the upstart Carolina Panthers from Bank of America Stadium. This is a significant mismatch on paper, but Carolina did beat Los Angeles earlier this season, so it’s possible that the Panthers can capture a bit of that magic once again this week. Let’s get into my best Rams vs Panthers player prop bets for Saturday, while you can also check out our NFL picks for EVERY playoff matchup after our experts finished the season up +78.1 units!
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Best Rams vs Panthers player prop bet: Davante Adams (LAR) under 4.5 receptions (-145)
Odds available at FanDuel Sportsbook at time of publishing.
Davante Adams was in the midst of an excellent season for the Rams before a hamstring injury sidelined the veteran wide receiver. And while Adams is slated to return to the lineup for a potential run to the Super Bowl this week, I expect that he will be limited a bit by his coaching staff in a game that Los Angeles should have control over for most of the proceedings.
Not only are the Rams massive favorites and should be able to lean on their ground game and experience to cruise to a win and advance to the next round, but Carolina is weakest against tight ends in the passing game, so it might not be situation where Adams gets much work beyond a few catches here and there. Let’s grab the under on his receptions number while it’s still at a somewhat reasonable price.
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Rams vs Panthers player prop pick: Bryce Young (CAR) to throw an interception (-110)
Odds available at FanDuel Sportsbook at time of publishing.
While this season has been a nice story for Bryce Young and the Panthers as a team, the Carolina quarterback has not exactly performed all that well in big spots, and that includes recent outings against the Seahawks and Buccaneers, where massive playoff implications were at stake. Young did have a very strong outing against the Rams in the first meeting between these teams, but this is an entirely different level of pressure for a quarterback who is making his first postseason start.
At the end of the day, the Alabama product has thrown 11 interceptions this season, with 5 of those turnovers coming against playoff teams. The Rams’ defence should be primed to reverse their fortunes from that first meeting, and I can certainly see Los Angeles forcing Young into mistakes on Saturday.
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