EARTH CITY, Mo. -- The St. Louis Rams and Minnesota Vikings kick off Sunday at 1 p.m. ET from TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Here are three things to watch in what figures to be a closely matched game between two NFC contenders:
1. It's always the turnovers: Look, it's not breaking any sort of revelatory ground to say that turnovers are a key to the game. They're a key to every game every week. But we're going with the cliche here because this is one of those rare games when neither team has a clear advantage.