What It Means:

Akers has been downgraded to out for Week 3, one day after it was reported that he was recovering slower than expected from a rib injury he suffered against Philadelphia in Week 2. With Akers out, the Rams' backfield will be split between Malcolm Brown, who returned to practice on Thursday, and sophomore Darrell Henderson. Our models expect Brown to see 10.6 touches and produce 7.3 FanDuel points, while Henderson handles 14.4 touches to the tune of 10.0 FanDuel points. The Bills' defense is ranked fourth-best against running backs in numberFire's advanced stats.

The Rams are 1.5-point underdogs against the Bills in Week 3. Their implied team total of 22.5 points is the eleventh-lowest implied total on Sunday's main slate, according to numberFire's DFS Heat Map.