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The Rams are a steady -3 road favorite as they visit the Meadowlands and the Jets on Sunday.
Rams Player to Watch
TE Tyler Higbee. He's set to make his season debut after injuring a knee in the NFC wild-card loss at Detroit. Higbee, 31, has been a reliable part of the Rams’ offense by creating movement in the run game and averaging 59 catches, 586 yards and four touchdowns over the past five seasons. The presence of Higbee occupying defenders between the numbers can only make the WR tandem of Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua that much more dangerous.
Jets Player to Watch
QB Aaron Rodgers. The 41-year-old quarterback has played well the past two weeks, a late-season resurgence that has some believing Rodgers still has plenty left. He's 43 of 69 for 628 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions in his past two games. Rodgers also reestablished his connection with buddy Davante Adams, who had nine catches for 198 yards and two TDs last week.
Key Matchup
Rams WRs Kupp and Nacua vs. Jets CBs Sauce Gardner and D.J. Reed. Matthew Stafford's favorite targets are having solid seasons again as perhaps the best wide receiver duo in the league. But Kupp is coming off a game in which he was held to no catches on three targets in the Rams' win over the 49ers. New York's secondary should get a boost with Reed on track to return from a groin injury and join Gardner, who had his first interception in two years last week after missing a game with a tweaked hamstring.
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