Having this game so early in the schedule for both the New Orleans Saints and the Los Angeles Rams takes a lot of the punch out of it. All games are important, but the loser of this game will be 1-1. It’s not like anyone is fighting for home-field advantage yet. Still, this is something of a grudge match coming off of last season’s NFC Conference Championship and there’s plenty of bad blood to keep things more than interesting.
That’s why this is the FOX America’s Game of the Week in the 3:20 p.m. Central time slot and why it’s getting a good deal of national press coverage.