In his Football Morning in America piece this week, PFT’s Peter King wrote that he suspects that the LA Rams could host Sunday Night Football in Week 1 to celebrate the opening of SoFi Stadium in Inglewood for its first NFL season.
Here’s King’s reasoning for why he thinks the Rams could host the Dallas Cowboys in Week 1, leaving the Chargers to draw seconds in one of the following two weeks:
My best guess at the early slate. The NFL’s five-year streak of the Super Bowl champ opening the season with a Thursday night home game got broken last year when, as an homage to pro football’s 100th season, ancient rivals Green Bay and Chicago opened the year; Super Bowl champ New England played on Sunday night.