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What are your top wishes for the Rams 2025 schedule?
The NFL schedule will release on Wednesday and while teams already know who they play, they don’t know when they’ll play them. At the end of the day, you play who you play, but when you play a team can be a different. For example, had the Los Angeles Rams played the Green Bay Packers before Week 5, they would have gotten Malik Willis at quarterback instead of Jordan Love. The Miami Dolphins were without Tua Tagovailoa early in the season. With Tua, the Dolphins beat the Rams in Week 10. It’s always nice to beat good teams at full strength, but in the NFL, you take wins no matter how they come. Here is my Rams schedule wish list for the 2025 season.
If there is a time to play the Detroit Lions, it may be early in the season. This is a team that will be losing both of its coordinators. The losses of Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn can’t be understated. It’s possible that the Lions hit the ground running, but the fact that Johnson and Glenn left for head coaching positions can’t go unnoticed. The Lions can try to implement those same ideas, but how those ideas work together can get lost with a new coordinator. With that being the case, the best time to get the Lions on the schedule could be within the first four weeks.
Over the past few seasons, the Rams have had very difficult stretches to start the season. The result of that has been starting 3-6 and 2-5. Back in 2023, the Rams played the San Francisco 49ers and Cincinnati Bengals in two of the first three weeks. Both of those teams were in the conference championship games the year prior. Last year, the Rams started the season against the Lions. Ideally, the Rams get an easier opponent or mid-level competition in the first two weeks before their real test. This will allow them to ease into the season rather than needed to start at a full-out sprint. If the Rams are going to make the Super Bowl, they need to start fast and get an early lead in the NFC West. A start against the Seahawks and then the Falcons before playing the Lions is ideal.
Over the past few seasons, the Rams have gotten unlucky with cold weather games. Last year, they played the New York Jets with a wind chill of around 10 degrees. In years prior, they got stuck playing the Green Bay Packers late in the season, having to face the frigid temperatures of Lambeau Field. In 2023, the Rams played the Ravens in a December matchup that featured heavy rain and cold temperatures. Ideally, the Rams are able to get both of these matchups out of the way before...
