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Rams playoff picture: Odds, remaining schedule, NFC West division standings

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The 2024 NFL season has been full of ups and downs for the Los Angeles Rams.

The Sean McVay-led team started the season 1-4 with three one-score losses. Since Week 5, they're 4-1 with three one-score wins.

Most of the Rams' recent success correlates directly with the return of a couple of key players.

Leading wide receivers Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp, who went down with injuries in Weeks 1 and 2, respectively, didn't return until Los Angeles' Week 8 home game against the Vikings. The Rams have won three of their last four games since then – including that matchup with Minnesota – with the two receivers combining for 679 yards and four touchdowns in that span.

Fortunately for Los Angeles, the rest of the teams in the NFC West have had similarly shaky seasons. So, despite a 5-5 record entering Week 12, the Rams are by no means out of the playoff race just yet.

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Rams playoff odds

BetMGM Sportsbook has set the Rams' odds to make the playoffs at +310. The sportsbook also offers odds for Los Angeles to miss the playoffs at -400.

BetMGM's odds imply a 24.4% chance of making the postseason.

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Rams remaining schedule

According to Tankathon, with seven games left to play, Los Angeles has the 11th-hardest schedule remaining. Their upcoming opponents have a combined record of 39-29, good for a .542 win percentage.

In addition to three divisional games remaining against each NFC West team, the Rams will have to face a couple of tough opponents in the next three weeks. Los Angeles has to face two teams contending for the top seed in their respective conferences: the Eagles and the Bills. Once the Rams get through that, three of their final four games are against divisional opponents.

Here's who the Rams will face over the final seven weeks:

NFC West standings

The Rams are currently in a three-way tie for second place in their division, and all three teams are just one game behind the first-place Cardinals.

What's good news for Los Angeles is that it has already defeated two of the other three teams in the division, with the Cardinals being the only exception. If the Rams can make it through the tough non-divisional games ahead relatively unscathed, they'll have a chance to make a push for the division title.

It's a tight race in the NFC West entering Week 12:

  1. Arizona Cardinals (6-4)
  2. Los Angeles Rams (5-5)
  3. Seattle Seahawks (5-5)
  4. San Francisco 49ers (5-5)

BetMGM has the Rams tied for third in betting odds to win the division at +550. The Seahawks have the same odds as Los Angeles, while the 49ers are at +325 and the Cardinals are the odds-on favorites at -120.

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NFL playoff picture Week 12

AFC

  1. Kansas City Chiefs (9-1, AFC West leaders)
  2. Buffalo Bills (9-2, AFC East leaders)
  3. Pittsburgh Steelers (8-2, AFC North leaders)
  4. Houston Texans (7-4, AFC South leaders)
  5. Los Angeles Chargers (7-3, wild card No. 1)
  6. Baltimore Ravens (7-4, wild card No. 2)
  7. Denver Broncos (6-5, wild card No. 3)

In the hunt: Indianapolis Colts (5-6), Miami Dolphins (4-6), Cincinnati Bengals (4-7).

NFC

  1. Detroit Lions (9-1, NFC North leaders)
  2. Philadelphia Eagles (8-2, NFC East leaders)
  3. Arizona Cardinals (6-4, NFC West leaders)
  4. Atlanta Falcons (6-5, NFC South leaders)
  5. Minnesota Vikings (8-2, wild card No. 1)
  6. Green Bay Packers (7-3, wild card No. 2)
  7. Washington Commanders (7-4, wild card No. 3)

In the hunt: Los Angeles Rams (5-5), Seattle Seahawks (5-5), San Francisco 49ers (5-5), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-6), Chicago Bears (4-6), New Orleans Saints (4-7).

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