Los Angeles Rams: Predicting all 8 home games in 2017
By Derek Snyder
Sept. 10: vs. Indianapolis Colts
The season-opener for the Los Angeles Rams will come against Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts in week one. The Colts finished with an 8-8 record in 2016 and will be looking to get back to the postseason in 2017. On paper, this looks like a clear advantage for the Colts and I clearly expect this game to end in Indianapolis’ favor.
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That being said, a loss in week one doesn’t mean that everything for the Rams is going haywire. It will just be too early in the season for the Rams defense to be able to handle a very solid Colts offense. Los Angeles will eventually be able to handle a Colts-like offense, but it won’t happen the first week of the season.
Sept. 17: vs. Washington Redskins
The Redskins had a very disappointing ending to their 2016 season, which concluded with a weird scenario of Kirk Cousins staying with the team. Trade rumors about your starting quarterback never instill much confidence that things are going well, but at least the Redskins still have their guy.
Well, that’s assuming they actually want him under center. I guess they would rather bring back Robert Griffin III?
All kidding aside, no matter how it worked itself out, Washington is lucky to have kept Kirk Cousins and it will pay off on Sept. 17 against the Rams.
I don’t see Jared Goff finding success by throwing the football against the Redskins and Josh Norman, which means Todd Gurley won’t be able to get going either. Chalk up another home loss for the Los Angeles Rams on this day as well.