Injuries are a major storyline heading into Sunday's game between the Los Angeles Rams and Arizona Cardinals. The Rams are without Puka Nacua, Davante Adams, Terrance Ferguson and several others, while the Cardinals are down to their third-string quarterback, Carson Beck
, and won't have their top RB (Jeremiyah Love) or top two receivers (Marvin Harrison Jr. and Michael Wilson) from the start of the season.Of course, some of that is self-inflicted for Arizona, which traded away Jacoby Brissett and Harrison, but injuries have taken a toll on the Cardinals, too.
The Rams opened the week as 7.5-point favorites over the Cardinals on Monday, but after it was announced that Gardner Minshew and Wilson were injured, the line shifted. As of Friday morning,
the Rams are now 9.5-point favorites over Arizona. That's the second-largest spread in the NFL this week, behind only the Jaguars as 10.5-point favorites against the Titans.
The over/under has dropped significantly from 45 points to 39.5, too.
Rams vs. Cardinals odds
- Money line: Rams -475 | Cardinals +375
- Spread: Rams -9.5 (-110) | Cardinals +9.5 (-108)
- Over/under: 39.5 (O: -108 | U: -110)
The Rams are 5-4 against the spread this season, one game better than the Cardinals, who are 4-5 ATS. Los Angeles has covered in three straight games, beating all three of its most recent opponents outright. The Rams have been favored in every game this season, and when they've won, they've covered the spread each time.
Arizona, meanwhile, has only been favored once; it was a 2.5-point favorite against the Giants in Week 4, and it lost that game 36-24.
This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: Updated Rams-Cardinals odds: LA now 2nd-biggest favorite of Week 10
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