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Morning Ram-blings: Prediction time

EARTH CITY, Mo. -- It's that time of the week again. Time for our weekly roundup of predictions as the St. Louis Rams and Kansas City Chiefs square off on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.

Last week, nobody in our NFL experts group saw the Rams coming out on top of the Seattle Seahawks. This week, it's not much better with one notable exception in the form of Da Coach.

For something slightly more scientific, ESPN NFL Insider Mike Sando digs into the numbers with the help of NumberFire to make a pick.

The ESPN NFL Live crew, featuring Mark Schlereth and Brian Dawkins, makes its pick. Spoiler alert: Not much love for the Rams here.

As always, my pick will post a little later Friday afternoon.

I.C.Y.M.I.

A roundup of Thursday's Rams stories appearing on ESPN.com. ... We kicked things off with a game preview from Chiefs reporter Adam Teicher and I discussing Sunday's matchup. ... In the Ram-blings, we took a look at the NFL's latest show of interest in the Los Angeles market. ... We then looked back at the hit that changed Alex Smith's career. ... Rams coach Jeff Fisher is a fan of the Governor's Cup. ... The Rams special teams has no plans to change their aggressive approach. ... We closed the day with our usual injury updates.

Elsewhere:

Not Rams related per se but this piece on the art of the back shoulder fade from Packers reporter Rob Demovsky is definitely worth your time.

Pro Football Focus' Sam Monson ranks the supporting castInsider for every quarterback in this Insider piece.

Teicher writes that the Rams-Chiefs rivalry isn't really much of a rivalry.

At 101sports.com, Torry Holt discusses the development of receiver Brian Quick.

At stltoday.com, Jim Thomas covers the battle for snaps among the Rams receivers.