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Top Rams News: Previews and Predictions for Rams at Jets in Week 16

Throughout the regular season, theRams.com will be taking a look around the internet for the top Rams headlines of the day. Here's a look at what's out there on Saturday, Dec. 21, about your Los Angeles Rams before their Week 16 game against the New York Jets at 10 a.m. pacific time.

Experts make their predictions for Week 16

Here's a collection of analysts' predictions and previews for Rams-Jets:

  • All five of NFL.com's analysts picked the Rams to beat the Jets on Sunday. Read why Gennaro Filice chose the Rams here.
  • Five of Sports Illustrated's six staffers picked the Rams to win on the road against the Jets. All of their Week 16 predictions can be seen here.
  • All 11 of ESPN's experts picked chose the Rams to come out on top in Week 16. Picks for every game can be viewed here.

Preview coverage from therams.com

  • Stu Jackson on Matthew Stafford going head-to-head with Aaron Rodgers
    • "I've had too many (matchups with Rodgers) to even think about, to be honest with you. It's always a good battle. [I have] a ton of respect for him. [He's a] great player in this league, an all-time great, has unbelievable talent and has accomplished a bunch. It's always a challenge going against him." - Stafford
  • Stu Jackson on the NFC playoff picture entering Week 16
    • "Their Thursday Night Football win over the 49ers and the Seahawks' loss to the Packers moved the Rams into the fourth seed in the conference and the first-place team in the NFC West." - Jackson
  • Wyatt Miller on Kobie Turner 'fighting' through double teams
    • "What's been working for him is his get-off has been so quick. And what we mean by that is... he's into the first initial guy so fast that he's actually pushing him back or turning his shoulder to where it's harder for the second guy to intercept with the double team." - Al "Poodie" Carson
  • Wyatt Miller on the impact of Steve Avila's authentic joy on and off the field
    • "I try to do my part and get information on what people like because that's how you get people's soft spots and that's what I like doing around here." - Avila

Other preview coverage heading into Week 16

  • The Athletic's Jourdan Rodrigue on the Rams' overhauled rushing scheme
    • "I think fully functional offenses have different parts of their pass game and run game that they can efficiently activate based on what is needed within that game." - Sean McVay
  • The LA Times' Gary Klein on the Rams' young defense being excited to take on veteran Aaron Rodgers
    • "He's one of the dudes in the G.O.A.T conversation — one of the best players that ever lived. So to be able to line up across from him and try to make some plays, try to figure out how he reads me and vice versa, it's going to be exciting." - Jared Verse
  • The LA Daily News' Adam Grosbard on the Rams preparing for Jets' All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner
    • "I got a chance to see him just a little bit, even if it was just seven-on-seven in the Pro Bowl. But man, you see somebody, get to gauge how they move and see the size and length that he is. But we're excited for the challenge, everybody in our receiver room is." - Puka Nacua

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