a lot of the 4:25
p.m. Eastern games,
right out of the gates. They got the bills and then it gets
a little softer. Hey there lucky to get Cardinals during
the DeAndre Hopkins suspension week three at Arizona side of
the next Super Bowl
in Phoenix. They get the 49ers on Monday Night Football.
That's always a challenging game for them. There's there's
several
games that they should easily win before their bye week.
There's no reason to think that they can't pull it.
Into the station
for their break week. 7
with a 5 and 2 or 6 in 1 record Peter.
I was a little disappointed to see both 49er games
in the first eight weeks,
you know, they don't play the 49ers,
you know after Halloween.
And I love that rivalry. I love the Rivalry when it means
something. How incredible with that rivalry? Be
the last week of December first week of January. If one of
the teams was going to get knocked out with a loss. Just I
thought they'd burn both of those games pretty early,
but But I think the overriding sentiment looking at their
schedule, is that it? It seems quite manageable, you know,
early before they are by and then the last three weeks of
the Season seemed pretty manageable. And
I don't mean at Chargers is manageable, but it's not
a killer end of the season. And the other thing I noticed they
got the Seahawks twice in the last. Last six weeks
and if the Seahawks are,
I'm not ever say no Pete. Carroll team is ever going to
be in mail it in mode. But if for instance,
they play the Seahawks twice. When the Seahawks are basically
playing out the string. I think that's a huge advantage to
the rims.
Absolutely. Now, I agree with you. I'm not ready to assume
that the Seahawks aren't going to be competitive. I think
they're going to be extra motivated by the fact that so
many will assume they're not going to be good, but there's
a chance.
That Jacob Eason is playing quarterback, those
final few weeks. He's they want to evaluate him and see what
he's going to be. If he's an option for them moving forward
and I'm exaggerating a little bit, but you never know. And
Peter,
look back to week one.
There's another Dynamic there.
That is fascinating to me. That's the night. They hang
the banner it. So fi Stadium.
How many Rams Fans are actually going to be at that game versus
Bills fans? That's Super Bowl. Winner. Not
a dynamic that does not go away
when you abandon a market for 20 years. And you basically
encourage the millions who live there to go become fans of
whatever team. They want to become fans of. You're going to
have thousands tens of thousands of fans of every team
and the bills will be a team that either has plenty of fans
who are already there
or fans, who will go.
To so fi Stadium locking in their trips, right? Getting
their tickets. It'd be embarrassing for staying
kroenke
and the Rams organization
to have bills Mafia takeover. So five stating the night. They
hang their Banner at least Bills fans. Finally get to see
a banner. Hang on week 1.
Sorry mean-spirited, but they're going to be there.
I mean, they're good. They're going to take over so far. The
night that the ram celebrate the championship
that they won last year.
A Mike a long time ago when I suggested to somebody that
hey the 49ers will be, there would be incredible energy in
the building.
If you open with the Niners in the Rams what a game that would
be
it would be frantic. And I was told nah,
too many red jerseys in the building. Yeah,
that's gonna be some blue ones.
There's gonna be not by Bloons, but I maybe that's why they did
it. Maybe the blue jerseys. Maybe people think Revs jerseys
one its bills jerseys. Yeah. Yeah. Hey look last year.
I covered the NFC championship game.
I covered Rams and and
49ers
and I was in a hotel right near the airport, right near so fi
Stadium
the morning of the game
and it looked like it was a San Francisco 49ers, jersey
convention.
I just could not believe. Believe it. I bet it was 9010
in that hotel that day.
Niners fans versus Rams Fans, but
I will say this Mike.
A lot of people said, oh my God, the 49ers overwhelmed,
the Rams that day. They didn't,
they didn't, their fans did not overwhelm the rims
fans, and that's why I think this might be 70/30,
but I don't think it's going to be 5050
and it would be 70 30 in favor of the rims.
My feeling is that,
you know, Mike the way the LA Market works.
It is the capital
of Fairweather fans.
It just is it's the capital of Fairweather fans. And so now
people are excited.
They're doing this Super Bowl trophy to her the Lombardi trophy
tour of Greater Los Angeles and people are coming out and
bringing their kids and they're buying all the Rams stuff.
Look, I don't know what's going to happen
on the first Thursday of the regular season, but I will be
surprised if it's close to 50/50.
I think it'll be more like 70/30 rims.
Well, seeing remember, it was week, 18 last year, when
the 49ers got into the postseason where their fans did over run.
So, five Stadium to the point where the Rams had to use
a silent count
and the 49ers did not