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USAT: Rams Wire

Jan 22, 2022

The Arizona Cardinals didn’t put up much of a fight against the Los Angeles Rams in the wild-card round on Monday night, but that’s not expected to be the case for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the divisional round. The NFC South winners and defending Super Bowl champions are going to give the Rams a run for their money. - Despite being at home, the Buccaneers are only favored by 2.5 points over the Rams. It’s a tight spread between two excellent teams who could very easily end the season as the last team standing. The gap between the number of experts picking the Bucs and those taking the Rams is narrow, too. - According to NFL Pick Watch, 51% of experts are picking the Rams to beat the Buccaneers outright on Sunday. A good portion of experts like the Rams to cover the spread, too, with 59% taking Los Angeles and the points. - The Rams have only been underdogs three times this season: against the Buccaneers in Week 3, against the Packers in Week 12 and against the Cardinals in Week 14. They beat the Buccaneers and Cardinals, but they lost to the Packers on the road. - This won’t be an easy win for the Rams in Tampa Bay, but after the dominant performance they put together against the Cardinals on Monday night, there’s no reason to believe they can’t upset the Buccaneers this weekend. - - List - - Rams' Week 3 win vs. Buccaneers should serve as blueprint for playoff rematch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Rams Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Rams Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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