ESPN Computer's Final Pick For The Eagles vs. Rams
01/19/2025 12:46 PM
Just a few hours out from Sunday's playoff battle between the Eagles and Rams, ESPN Analytics has made its final prediction for who will advance to the NFC title game.
Heavy snow is expected in the Philly area and Sean McVay's team is going to have to deal with the elements if they want to have any hope of going on another Super Bowl run. But according to ESPN's Football Power Index, LA doesn't stand much of a chance.
Per the FPI, the Eagles have a 66.7% chance of walking out of Lincoln Financial Field with a divisional round win to the Rams' 33.3%.
The Eagles are also 6.5-point favorites in the eyes of ESPN BET. But as we saw yesterday with the Washington Commanders' upset of the one-seeded Lions, anything is possible.
Philadelphia put it on the Rams back in Week 12 — 37-20. But since that blowout, Los Angeles has really turned things around. Something Eagles star running back Saquon Barkley talked about in the lead-up to this weekend's game.
"They're a way better team than they were on defense," Barkley pointed out, via NFL Media. "In my opinion, watching film of them and seeing how much they've improved, they're playing great football on that side right now. We know it's going to be a challenge. When you rush for over 300 yards against a team, they're going to have some type of game plan to make sure it don't happen again."
"I don't really buy into the weather thing," he added. "Whoever comes out there and executes is going to be the team that's going to win. That's my mindset. I trust in the system that we have and I trust in the game plan that we have. … Whether it's five degrees or 90, just got to go out there and execute and we're going to be alright."
We'll see how they do come 3 PM ET on NBC and Peacock.
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