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3% Take Seattle (#478)

Last year at this time, the LA Rams were the defending Super Bowl Champs, trying to figure out how to defend their title.  That was then; this is now.  LA has all the makings of a struggling bottom feeder in 2023, much like they were last year when they lost by 3 TD at home on opening day on their way to a 5-12 disaster. It’s surely worth noting how bad this team was on the highway last year: 1-7 SU, losing five of those games by a TD or more and four of them by double digits.

LA still has star power, with Super Bowl winning QB Matthew Stafford, pro bowl receiver Cooper Kupp and DT Aaron Donald.  But Kupp has been dealing with a hamstring injury, no sure thing to suit up on Sunday or to be 100% if he does.  Stafford didn’t get any playing time in August, and when his wife is going on podcasts talking about how he can’t relate to his younger teammates, that can’t be considered a good thing.   Throw in a rebuilt defense with youth and inexperience everywhere and LA has all the makings of a ‘bet-against’ team right here in Week 1.

Seattle is on the other end of the spectrum; a pretty good team last year primed for improvement in 2023. They spent big money in the offseason (win NOW $$) bringing in veterans like former Super Bowl winner LB Bobby Wagner, LB Devin Bush, S Julian Love, DL Dre’Mont Jones and C Evan Brown.  The Seahawks receiving corps is a big play waiting to happen even if rookie first rounder Jaxon Smith-Njigba sits (questionable).  This was a Top 10 scoring offense last year, primed for similar success here and LA just isn’t primed to trade points with them. Chalk worth laying!  Take the Seahawks.

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