NFL Football
2025-10-12 - Los Angeles Rams at Baltimore Ravens
A Sports Betting Pick by FirstDown
United States : NFL Week 6
Sunday 12th October 2025 - Scheduled 1pm
6pm (British Time)
Preview
Losing is never fun, but the fans attending the Week 5 game at M&T Bank Stadium made it clear how disappointed they were in the effort of the Baltimore Ravens (1-4). Injuries are a big factor, but the fans will have wanted those coming in to really put in a top effort instead of what they saw as Baltimore were beaten by 34 points against the Houston Texans.
The Defensive unit has been ravaged by injury, but it is the hamstring injury suffered by Lamar Jackson that really feels like a season changing blow. Cooper Rush comes in as the backup Quarter Back, and has experience doing so, but he showed in Week 5 that he is not Lamar Jackson and the team are already chasing in the AFC North.
One positive for the Ravens is that they are playing in what looks a weak Division, while the other is that they are entering the Bye Week after this game.
First off the Ravens do have to deal with the Los Angeles Rams (3-2) who last played on Thursday Night Football and so have had a mini-Bye to prepare for this game before they travel to London for a Week 7 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
In usual circumstances, the Rams Defensive Line would be expecting a tough day in the office as they prepared to face a dual-threat Quarter Back who has a running mate in Derrick Henry to pound the rock. The Baltimore Offensive Line have opened up some decent holes for the ground and pound game, but that task looks very difficult without Jackson and especially not against a Los Angeles Defensive Line that that has been built to stop the run and been doing that pretty effectively this season.
The Rams have also generated a solid pass rush and the pressure is on the Ravens Offensive Line to give Cooper Rush time- the Quarter Back does not have the scrambling ability of Lamar Jackson to move away from the pressure and that will stall the passing game.
Los Angeles have allowed teams to have some success throwing against them, but keeping Baltimore in third and long and then unleashing the pass rush against the backup Quarter Back should stall drives. Avoiding mistakes and giving up short fields has to be a big ambition for Cooper Rush and the entire Baltimore Offense in this game, but it could be tough to put up a lot of points.
It means relying on the Defensive unit to contain the Rams for long enough to give the home team a chance to win.
However, this is a unit that has been hit really hard by injury and it feels like Sean McVay could have a fun day calling the plays.
The Ravens Defensive Line have not been able to stop the run and that is only music to the ears of the Los Angeles Rams as they look to keep the team in front of the chains. A couple of solid Running Backs have been piling up the yards on the ground and the Rams may pick up from where Nick Chubb left off in this one.
Matthew Stafford is likely to be operating in a relatively clean pocket and he can find his Receivers down the field out of the play-action that will be working really well if the Rams are running the ball as expected.
This should all add up to the Rams being very comfortable when they do have the ball in their hands and Los Angeles could come away with a strong win.
Teams travelling across the country to play in an early time slot is never easy, but the Rams should have won in Philadelphia in the same spot. They have won at Tennessee before that and they can continue their move East with a win in Baltimore, a cover of this mark and the momentum to take to London for the game at Wembley Stadium next Sunday.
Prediction
Lay the points with the road favourite in this non-Conference game.
The Pick :
Baltimore Ravens 17-27 Los Angeles Rams
