The Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions will meet at Ford Field for an NFC Wild Card playoff showdown at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday Night Football. Both teams won and covered last week. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists the Lions as three-point favorites, while the over/under is 52. Detroit is -165 on the money-line, while L.A. is +139. Before making any Rams vs. Lions picks, you NEED to check out the NFL predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model..

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The model knows Los Angeles is 6-2 in games in which Matthew Stafford, Kyren Williams, Cooper Kupp, and Puka Nacua share the field. In those games, the Rams are averaging 28.5 points and 398.8 total yards. Stafford also has 18 touchdown passes and only three interceptions in those eight matchups.

The model also knows Detroit is 6-2 at home this season, outscoring opponents by 8.9 points per game. The Lions are generating 408.8 total yards per game, 6.2 yards per play, and 30.5 points per game in Detroit. The Lions are in the top five in scoring offense (27.1 points per game) and total offense.

Now, it has set its sights on Rams vs. Lions. We can tell you the model is leaning Under on the point total, and it also says one side of the spread hits in over 50% of simulations! You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in any NFL picks.

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