Good morning, everybody, the simple handicap for Tuesday, December 19th. Thank you for making me a part of your morning.

NFL week 15 officially in the rearview mirror, and we are down to the third to last week of the regular season here with week 16, looking at us straight ahead.

And we will get right into it for the market rundown here on this Tuesday morning.

Kicks off Thursday night football with the Saints on the road at the Los Angeles Rams,

LA, a four-point favorite total in this game, 44 and a half.

There's been some back and forth between four and four and a half on the side from the total.

We're going to probably see this leak up a little bit higher from 44 and a half.

The big injury note to watch for is the status of Chris Oliva, wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints.

We don't know his status was through the estimation a DNP on Monday, but today and tomorrow will be the two telling days.

Having him out on the field for the Saints would be a big boost to the offense.

We know that both Lattimore and Thomas will not return this week.

There was speculation that they could potentially do it on a short week, but it is not happening.

NFC game here, obviously with a ton of playoff implications, both teams tight in the wildcard race.

Rams really kind of getting to their peak in pricing.

And it's a team that I've had trouble sort of swinging back and forth on all season long,

have not been involved with a ton of their games.

But from just a rating standpoint,

offensively, they've really had their number driven up over the last few weeks.

We're seeing Cup close to 100%.

The Saints defense played with what I thought was just a ton of effort against the Giants,

but how much can you take away from the Saints off games against

DeVito and Young in back-to-back weeks where that defense kind of played up and looked quite

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