The Rams have been on St. Louis television the last two weeks, and their next two games also are to be shown locally.
Both are Fox productions and KTVI originally had been scheduled to show the Carolina-New Orleans battle for first place in the NFC South this Sunday. But Koch, the Channel 2 GM, said on Thursday that he requested and has been granted a switch to the Rams-Cardinals contest. It starts at 3:25 p.m.
That’s a matchup of St. Louis’ former NFL teams. Another draw is that St. Louisan and former MIzzou quarterback Blaine Gabbert has taken over as Arizona’s quarterback as his career, which had massively declined, suddenly has surged after he has taken advantage of a chance to play because of injuries to the two players ahead of him on the depth chart.