Sunday night's NFC wild-card clash between the Lions and Rams should be a Motown showdown for the ages. It's got it all: Jared Goff and Matthew Stafford facing off against their former teams, a ton of Pro Bowl talent including five young breakouts, and the highest over/under of Super Wild Card Weekend. We found plenty of player and game props to bet from this highly-anticipated matchup, and we will unveil our favorites to you today.
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Like we have for standalone games all season long, we deep-dived the sportsbooks and uncovered the top value bets from this primetime clash so we can help make you some prop betting cash. We've got plenty of star power — Goff, Stafford, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Puka Nacua, and Cooper Kupp, to name a few — some of whom we're backing and some of whom we're fading. The name of the game, like with our best bets and DFS lineups, is value.
We're so pumped for this Sunday night tilt, so let's get right into our favorite props for the Lions-Rams Super Wild Card Weekend game in Detroit this weekend. Good luck, have fun, and enjoy what should be an unforgettable game!
Best Lions-Rams prop bets: Top prop picks for Super Wild Card Weekend
1. Cooper Kupp, WR, Rams — OVER 6.5 receptions (+115)
Seven receptions seems like a tall task, but not for Cooper Kupp. And while Puka Nacua might have seemed like the Rams' new No. 1 receiver during the 2023 regular season, we have a sneaking suspicion that the 2021 Offensive Player of the Year and Super Bowl LVI MVP will dominate the targets and put on a show under the bright lights of the postseason.
Coop's playoff resumé is ridiculous: 10.7 catches and 104.2 yards per game, seven TDs, a 70.3 percent catch rate — the list could go on. Now he draws a massive road game against the Lions, who allowed the seventh-most catches to wide receivers this season (13.4 per game).
We also like the fact that Stafford seemed to be looking Kupp's way more and more later in the season, once Kupp had fully recovered from the hamstring injury that sidelined him for L.A.'s first four games. Across his final four contests of the season, Kupp caught 26-of-36 targets for 305 yards and three TDs — more than Nacua's 23-of-33 for two TDs.
The over/under for this game currently sits at 51.5, so clearly the oddsmakers expect a shootout in this one. Especially at plus odds, we couldn't imagine shying away from Kupp's OVER here.
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2. Amon-Ra St. Brown, WR, Lions — OVER 7.5 receptions (-110)
We don't love this one as much as Kupp's over/under, but we're most likely still betting it. The Sun God is a little miffed that he wasn't named to the Pro Bowl (rightly so, the dude had 119 catches, over 1,500 yards, and 10 touchdowns). As if that wasn't motivation enough, this marks his first career playoff game and the first postseason game at Ford Field in thirty frickin' years.
St. Brown should be targeted early and often, like usual. Over the Lions' last three games of the season, the third-year pro hauled in 32 of his whopping 41 targets for 452 yards and four TDs. The dude is quite simply matchup-proof. Need more evidence? Look at his back-to-back performances back in Weeks 6 and 7: 12 catches for 124 yards and a TD at Tampa and then 13 catches for 102 yards at Baltimore. WHOA.
The Rams still have a strong pass rush led by the immortal Aaron Donald — and Los Angeles's run defense has quietly been awesome, too — but L.A. has a much more difficult time containing opposing passing games now that Jalen Ramsey took his talents to South Beach last offseason. The Rams rank in the 20s in most passing defensive categories, and they don't have anyone nearly skilled enough to shadow ARSB as he dashes and darts around the field. We're betting on the Sun God to shine this Sunday evening.
3. David Montgomery, RB, Lions — Anytime TD scorer (-115)
Montgomery might not be the fastest or most talented runner in the Lions' backfield — those superlatives belong to stud rookie Jahmyr Gibbs — but the veteran power back would most certainly win "Most likely to score a touchdown in the playoffs" over his running mate. There's a clear division of labor in Dan Campbell's system — Jahmyr catches balls and does damage between the 20s, Monty pushes forward in short-yardage and goal-line situations.
That's why the fifth-year back finished the season with a whopping 13 TDs on the ground — just like Jamaal Williams with Detroit last year, opponents know it's coming but still can't stop it most of the time. We're betting Montgomery finds a way into the end zone just like he did in 11 regular-season games this season (including each of the Lions' last three).
4. Lions to win by 1-13 points (+120)
We low-key love Sports Interactions' winning margin props, especially when we can get +120 odds. This feels like perfect value, as we have Detroit winning by 4-8 points this weekend. Four of the Lions' six home games were decided by single-digits this season, as were nine of their 17 games on the season. Similarly, the Rams' last three road contests this season — and five of their road games in total — were decided by six or fewer points. If you're straying from the crowd and backing the Motown home-towners, get some extra value and bet 'em to win by 13 or fewer points.
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