Week 2 picks · Cashed
Stafford throws four touchdowns, Adams piles up 195 as Rams -7 cashes
Cashed
Bought low on a contender at the key number and got paid in full. Matthew Stafford went 22 of 31 for 327 yards and four touchdowns, two of them to Davante Adams, who caught eight for 195 with Puka Nacua inactive. The Myles Garrett absence I flagged as the real cost never mattered: New York managed six points. Won by 22 laying seven, covered by 15. Honest footnote: Jaxson Dart hurt his knee on the opening drive and didn't return after halftime, so the Giants I faded weren't whole. Still the right side.
win Rams 28, Giants 6
The pick: Rams -7 vs Giants
The case before kickoff
82% of bets and 79% of money are on the Giants, pushing the Rams onto seven. I backed the Giants last week and it cashed, but one prime-time win has made them the public darling. Meanwhile the Rams got blown out 27-7 in Australia and are getting 11 days to recover. The real cost is Myles Garrett on IR after knee surgery, which keeps this a low-conviction pick. Still, buying low on a contender at the key number is the side I want.
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