Saints vs Rams: ‘Thursday Night Football’ picks

Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty ImagesRelevant football is being played on Thursday Night for once. The Los Angeles Rams (-4)

are hosting the New Orleans Saints (+4) as both teams are eyeing the playoffs in what has become a tight NFC wildcard picture.

Ostensibly, both teams are in the same boat as they are both 7-7 and second place in their divisions. That comparison falls apart when you realize the Saints are second to the also 7-7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-2)

while the Rams are behind the 11-3 San Francisco 49ers (-5).

New Orleans has bumbled through another season with middling quarterback play from their most recent free agency acquisition, Derek Carr, and supplemental offensive gimmick, Taysom…