Rams vs Seahawks Props – Best Team and Player Prop Bets

• The 10-6 Los Angeles Rams face the 12-4 Seattle Seahawks in an NFL Wild Card game slated for Saturday, Jan. 9th
• Current record: 24-26, -0.80 units won
• The best prop wagers to play out of this tilt are listed below

Saturday’s NFC Wild Card game between the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks is one of two contests that is pitting divisional rivals against each other.

The 10-6 Rams and 12-4 NFC West-champion Seahawks have already met twice this season. The Rams defeated the Seahawks 23-16 on Nov. 15 in Los Angeles. They clashed again in Seattle on Dec. 27 and this time the Seahawks were 20-9 victors.

The home team has won the past five meeting in this series.

The Seahawks are 3.5-point home favorites for the game with a 4:40 pm ET kickoff. Check out the updated injury reports, as well as other betting options. Let’s start with the lines for player props.

Seahawks vs Rams Player Props

All props taken Jan. 8th from DraftKings/FanDuel/BetMGM.

Prop #1: Wilson Won’t Complete The Mission

Oddsmakers are being very generous when it comes to Russell Wilson’s total completions. They’ve set the bar at 23.5, and there’s plenty of recent history to suggest that number is overshooting the mark.

Just once in his past eight games has Wilson completed more than 23.5 passes. That was during a 17-12 loss to the New York Giants.

Pete Carroll: It's "been lost a little bit," Russell Wilson's #Seahawks-record 40 TD passes in 2020. "That's because we've been a little bit quiet (on offense) near the end of the year. And I can understand the scrutiny on that"

Says all 5 starting OL back this week will be huge

— Gregg Bell (@gbellseattle) January 8, 2021

Seattle is going more conservative with its offensive scheme in recent games, leaning more on the run. In the two games this season against the Rams, Wilson completed 22 passes in the 23-16 loss and just 20 in Seattle’s 20-9 win.

Pick: Russell Wilson under 23.5 completions (+102), 1 unit.

Prop #2: The Carson Show

Since his return from a knee injury for their Week 12 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, the Seahawks have been turning more and more to running back Chris Carson to carry the load.

Asked Brian Schottenheimer how much more is there to use of Chris Carson, and how short of 100% is he?

"I've not seen him run with this much confidence, this much enthusiasm…what I've seen in practice, he feels great."

If so, #Seahawks need to use him way more in the playoffs

— Gregg Bell (@gbellseattle) January 6, 2021

Carson’s rushing yardage total for Saturday’s game is set at 59.5. He’s gone over that number in four of Seattle’s last five games.

That stretch includes a 69-yard performance two weeks ago in Seattle against the Rams. The Seahawks will have all five of their starting offensive linemen in the lineup Saturday. They’re unbeaten this season when that’s the case.

Pick: Chris Carson over 59.5 yards rushing (-112), 1 unit.

Seahawks vs Rams Touchdown Props

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Two weeks ago in the win over the Rams, Wilson called his own number on a four-yard run to produce the first touchdown of the game. It was just the second time all season he’s run in for a score.

Curiously, both of his end zone runs this season were for Seattle’s first TD of the game.

Cam Akers with the football is usually a good time pic.twitter.com/wgf3nfnOXM

— Ian Hartitz (@Ihartitz) January 7, 2021

For the Rams, the question might be will they score a TD. They’ve gone two games without an offensive TD.

With the injury uncertainty of QB Jared Goff (thumb), the Rams figure to rely heavily on the running game. That should put Cam Akers in prime position to score for them.

• Russell Wilson first TD (+2800), 1 unit
• Cam Akers anytime TD (+115),  1 unit