Predict the Rams five Primetime games

[FrantikRam]

Five is the max originally scheduled for each team (until they flex in/out Sunday Night games). Who will our opponents be for these five games? Last year we had two Monday Nights, two Sunday Nights and the obligatory Thursday. As a reminder, here are our opponents:

Seahawks
Cardinals
Niners
Saints
Bucs
Ravens
Bears
Bengals (London)
@Seahawks
@Cardinals
@Niners
@Falcons
@Panthers
@Browns
@Steelers
@Cowboys

Playoff teams: Seahawks, @Seahawks, Saints, Bears, @Cowboys, Ravens
Hyped teams: @Browns, @Steelers, Niners, @Niners

While I think either the Panthers or Falcons will be better than the Niners, I don't think Rams/Falcons or Rams/Panthers draws a primetime game. I think our five primetime games will come from the 10 above. My official prediction:

Rams vs. Saints - SNF - spooky with McVay and company being 0-3 on SNF, but we have to get over that hurdle

Rams @ Steelers - MNF - I don't think the NFL will be able to resist putting one of the larger fanbases on primetime against what might be their best opponent

Rams vs. Seahawks - MNF - IMO the NFL made a miscalculation last year not scheduling one of these games for primetime - they fix that mistake this year

Rams @ Cowboys - TNF (after Thanksgiving) - which means..

Rams vs. Bears - SNF (Thanksgiving Night but done by the SNF crew)

Last year the Saints got the Thanksgiving Night game followed by the game against Dallas the following week on TNF. I think the Rams get that this year.


Other notes of interest: @Atlanta, @Carolina, @Cleveland, @Pittsburgh and the London game will probably make us the most traveled team in the NFL for the 2nd time in three years. It would never happen but I would almost rather play all five of those games in a row and just stay in the Eastern time zone until the London game, then get a bye week. It would actually benefit us to have those four East games as primetime games - and I think the NFL will be tempted by Rams/Browns. But last year they were tempted by Rams/Niners and got lucky that they were able to flex it out.

 

[OldSchool]

How about this?


View: https://mobile.twitter.com/DowntownRams/status/1118228228492136453

 

[Liberator]

How about this?


View: https://mobile.twitter.com/DowntownRams/status/1118228228492136453

The person was trolling lol

 

[OldSchool]

The person was trolling lol

Which is why in the other thread about the schedule I said this was rumored and we’d find out tomorrow.

 

[FaulkSF]

I only see four:
Cincinnati in London
Steelers MNF
Chicago SNF
Dallas Thanksgiving

The West will be very weak next year and the NFL will be weary scheduling us for a normal TNF.

 

[T-REX]

I’ll go one bolder and predict the entire schedule with 5 prime time games and I like the Thanksgiving Day game speculation.

Week 1: September 8th Sunday
@ Arizona Cardinals

Week 2: September 15th Sunday
vs. Seattle Seahawks

Week 3: September 23rd Monday Night
@ Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 4: September 29th Sunday
@ Atlanta Falcons

Week 5: October 6th Sunday Night
vs. San Francisco 49ers

Week 6: October 13th Sunday
@ Carolina Panthers

Week 7: October 20th Sunday London
vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Week 8: October 27th BYE WEEK

Week 9: November 3rd Sunday Night
@ Seattle Seahawks

Week 10: November 10th Sunday
vs. Baltimore Ravens

Week 11: November 17th Sunday
@ Cleveland Browns

Week 12: November 21st Thursday Night
vs. Chicago Bears

Week 13: November 28th Thanksgiving
@ Dallas Cowboys

Week 14: December 8th Sunday
vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 15: December 16th Monday Night
vs. New Orleans Saints

Week 16: December 22nd Sunday
vs. Arizona Cardinals

Week 17: December 29th Sunday
@ San Francisco 49ers

 

[RhodyRams]

I only see four:
Cincinnati in London
Steelers MNF
Chicago SNF
Dallas Thanksgiving

The West will be very weak next year and the NFL will be weary scheduling us for a normal TNF.

You dont see a Saints rematch as Prime Time material?

 

[FaulkSF]

You dont see a Saints rematch as Prime Time material?

Facepalm yes that too!

 

[FrantikRam]

I only see four:
Cincinnati in London
Steelers MNF
Chicago SNF
Dallas Thanksgiving

The West will be very weak next year and the NFL will be weary scheduling us for a normal TNF.

London can't be primetime in the US because of the time difference.

Also, every team has to play a TNF game.

 

[RamBall]

The whiners, saints, cowgirls, steelers and bears will be the 5 primetime at the schedule release. May be another game flexed in towards the end of the season.

 

[PressureD41]

Hoping for the Browns to be a flex game

Saints, Seafucks, Steelers, Bears, & Cowpies then Browns as a bonus flex game

 

[BelgianRam]

As a european who likes his sleep, I am nostalgic for the one obligated primetime game in a season. As a rams fan:
@Seahawks, saints, steelers, cowboys and bears

 

[Karate61]

Thursday games are no longer mandatory divisional. They can be anyone. Al least that was how it was last season. Rams played the Vikings last year on Thursday night!

 

[Karate61]

Oh come on. Turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce and watching the Rams beat on the Cowboys in their stadium with the whole country watching. I'd be all for that!

 

[Selassie I]

bears

squealers

cowgirls

brownies

aints

 

[T-REX]

https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2019/04/16/nfl-rams-saints-schedule-aqib-talib-week-1/

Aqib Talib wants rematch with the Saints to be Week 1

The slow period of the NFL offseason is officially winding down. The draft is right around the corner, and Wednesday night we’ll know the Los Angeles Rams’ full schedule for the 2019 season.

The league is releasing the schedules at 5 p.m. PT, pulling back the curtain on all 256 regular-season games. The Rams already know who their opponents will be, the only thing left to figure out is when they’ll be playing each one. The Rams have plenty of big games on their schedule, but perhaps the biggest one is a rematch of last year’s NFC championship game against the Saints.

The game caused a huge uproar, of course, because of the controversial non-call in the final few minutes. That non-call was the impetus for the league to change its rules and make pass interference calls reviewable.

The Saints have been hyping up the rematch for a while now, and are very much looking forward to their chance for revenge. It’ll be one of the most anticipated matchups of the entire NFL season, and Saints pass-rusher Cameron Jordan said recently he didn’t want it to happen too early.

“Let me get a couple games in so give me time for our unit to be super cohesive, know we’re battle-ready, sharpened up. I’m going to say game, like, five or six,” Jordan said.
Aqib Talib disagrees. The Rams cornerback did an interview on NFL Network’s “Total Access” Monday and said he doesn’t want to wait.

“Let’s start it off with them, man, Week 1,” Talib said.

“They want to play us, we ain’t have no problem playing the guys, so let’s start it off Monday night or however,” he continued. “Put us under the lights and let’s get to it.”

Talib made it clear that the Saints aren’t the only ones looking forward to the rematch. New Orleans might be looking for revenge, but the Rams will be highly motivated as well. A lot of people tried to put an asterisk next to the Rams’ win because of the non-call, which surely angered many members of the team.

Talib isn’t one to back down from a fight, and he clearly wants to make a statement right away. He essentially one-upped the Saints and their trash talk, and it’ll be interesting to see if the schedule makers agree with Talib. General NFL fans will be hoping the matchup comes sooner rather than later. Fortunately, we won’t have to wait much longer to find out.

 

[OldSchool]

No idea when they happen other than week one. But I’ll go with Saints, Cowboys, Niners, Seahawks and Bears. Saints and Bears at home the rest on the road.