Rams fans across the California sports betting landscape witnessed an all-too familiar sight Sunday when wide receiver Cooper Kupp left the Week 2 Cardinals matchup with an ankle injury, the latest blow to the Rams' offense.
Rams coach Sean McVay hasn't yet provided an update on the severity of Kupp's ankle injury, but the star wide receiver had a boot on his left foot in the locker room after the game.
Kupp has missed 27 games over the course of his career, giving BetCalifornia.com an ample sample size to crunch the numbers and see how the team performs with - and without him. Can McVay and Matt Stafford get the season back on track if Kupp is sidelined?
| With Kupp | Without Kupp |
W-L Record | 63-37 | 14-13 |
Win Percentage | 0.630 | 0.519 |
Average PPG | 20.7 PPG | 23.8 PPG |
Through his first eight seasons in the league, Kupp has gone 63-37 (.630) with the Rams, while helping McVay and company average 20.7 points per game offensively, which dwarves the Rams’ W-L record sans Kupp (with a 14-13 record without him).
However, the Rams interestingly enough have averaged nearly three more points per game without Kupp in their lineup over those 27 contests, as his absence does make McVay's offense much less predictable.
Going forward, McVay and the Rams will have to find a way to overcome Kupp’s injury when L.A. hosts the team’s in-state rivals from San Francisco on Sunday, with oddsmakers from DraftKings Sportsbook listing the Rams as a 7.5-point home underdog to go with a +285 moneyline for L.A. to -360 for the visiting 49ers.
USA Today photo by Lon Horwedel.
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Christopher Boan is the lead writer at BetCalifornia.com, specializing in sports betting issues in the western United States. He's covered sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years, including stops at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.
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