STLCards' NFL Field Stretcher: Week 7

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Week 7

Welcome back to the NFL Field Stretcher for Week #7! This is shaping up to be a somewhat difficult week when it comes to roster building. Bye weeks are rolling along in full force, we have an early kickoff in London that removes another game from the main slate, and injuries continue to play a bigger role. As always, we will need to be mindful of updates as we get closer to Sunday lineup lock.

Grab your favorite beverage, and let’s get down to business!

The Week 7 Slate – An Overview

Largest Favorites

LAR -9 1/2 at SF
IND -7 1/2 vs. BUF
LAC -6 1/2 vs. TEN (Early AM Kickoff in London)
KC -6 vs. CIN (Sunday Night)

No other spreads are above five points.

Highest Game Totals

CIN/KC – 58 (Sunday Night)
NYG/ATL – 54 (Monday Night)
LAR/SF – 52
CLE/TB – 50 1/2
NE/CHI – 49
NO/BAL – 49

Highest Implied Team Totals

KC – 32 (Sunday Night)
LAR – 31
ATL – 29 (Monday Night)
TB – 27
BAL – 26
NE – 26
CIN – 26 (Sunday Night)

Lowest Implied Team Totals

HOU – 18
BUF – 18
LAC – 19 (Early AM Kickoff in London)
DAL – 20
CAR – 20

A few notes on the above:

1) The two highest total games are the prime time matchups. No game on the main slate has a total above 53 points, so things are a little more challenging when it comes to clear-cut game stacks this week.

2) That NO/BAL total is sneaky high at 49 points, especially since the Ravens are at home and are allowing a league-best 13 points per game this season.

3) Only two main slate games have spreads greater than five points, so we should have a lot of close battles on this week’s slate.

4) A 31 point team total for a team in a road game is almost unprecedented. The Rams roll on. In fact, let’s talk more about that here now.

The Well-Oiled Machine That is the Rams Offense

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Justin Van Zuiden (stlcardinals84)

Justin Van Zuiden (aka stlcardinals84) is a longtime RotoGrinders contributor and show host. He’s appeared in numerous Live Finals, has logged countless 6-figure wins in a host of different sports (including 5 in PGA), and is a former DFS Writer of the Year Nominee by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association. You can find Justin’s ‘Covering The Bases’ series on weekends during the MLB season. He is also a main contributor of sports betting picks at our sister site, ScoresAndOdds, and is a co-host on the RotoGrinders Game Night show on SiriusXM. Follow Justin on Twitter – @stlcardinals84