#426 ASA PLAY ON 8* LA Rams +3.5 over Las Vegas Raiders, Saturday at 9 PM ET - Rams head coach McVay set the precedent for sitting nearly everyone in the preseason a few years ago. He decided to sit his starters and many of his key reserves for the entire exhibition schedule. That will change this year. McVay, offensive coordinator LaFleur, and GM Snead have all stated their approach to this year’s preseason slate will be different. Last year they were coming off a Super Bowl win and had the luxury of sitting guys. This year, the Rams are coming off a 5 win season and many of the starting spots are up for grabs which should lead to a competitive situation for LA in the preseason with key players fighting for spots. While we expect the Rams to play many of their regulars, the Raiders have stated they will sit their starters. The Rams come into this one off a loss last week vs the Chargers. The Raiders are off a deceiving blowout 34-7 win over the Niners. In that game, despite the final score, Vegas was outgained and averaged only 4.5 YPP in the win. Rookie QB O’Connell from Purdue, was lights out completing 15 of 18 passes. We expect him to come back to earth a bit this week after struggling in their joint practices with the Rams this week. San Fran gifted the Raiders many of their points last week as the final 4 scoring drives by Las Vegas averaged just 19 yards. We would doubt QB Stafford plays for the Rams here but Stetson Bennett and Brett Rypien weren’t bad completing 20 of 35 for a TD with the offense scoring 17 points. The Rams didn’t play as bad as their final score last week while the Raiders didn’t play as well as their score may have indicated. We look for McVay to put an emphasis on this game coming off a loss and we like the Rams getting points at home.