The Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams meet Sunday for the first time this season, and this Week 6 NFC West matchup comes with both teams heading in very different directions. Kickoff is set for 1:05 PM MST at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA, with the Cardinals sitting at 1-4 and the Rams at 2-3.
FOX has the broadcast, and this is the network’s only late game in that window. Kenny Albert and Greg Olsen will handle the call, with Pam Oliver reporting from the sideline. If you’re in market and have NFL+, you can stream the game on mobile devices.
The coverage map stretches well beyond Southern California and Arizona. Most of Arizona and the Los Angeles market are getting the game, along with parts of northern California, Washington, Idaho, Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Philadelphia and Boston.
For radio listeners, Arizona Sports’ 98.7 FM will carry the Cardinals feed with J.P. Shadrick on play-by-play, A.Q.
Shipley as analyst and Dani Sureck on the sideline. In Los Angeles, ESPN’s 710 AM will have J.B.
Long on play-by-play, Maurice Jones-Drew in the color role and D’Marco Farr on the sideline.
Uniform-wise, the Rams are in their usual home setup: blue/gold helmet, gold numbers on blue jerseys and gold pants with blue socks. The Cardinals are going monochrome again, wearing all-white uniforms with red numbers in Week 6.
Before the game, Mike LaFleur had plenty to say about Matthew Stafford’s weekly routine, praising the quarterback’s approach in detail.
“Well, it starts with his process. His process is the most consistent I’ve ever been around in my life.
It’s daily, and I won’t even take you through it because it’d take me an hour, but it was fascinating to watch him go through it Monday. Putting a game to bed and giving himself some time on a Tuesday.
It was kind of cool. He’d bring his wife and kids in, get some breakfast and stuff like that.
I’d always get to see the kids on Tuesday morning and then he’d go do what he needed to do after he dropped them off. He’s a great father too, as I’m kind of saying that.
"Then he’d clear his mind on Tuesday, as much as a quarterback can, and then get right back at it on Wednesday. He was there when the coffee machines were starting.
By the time you got to install, he’d already kind of heard it three or four times. When I would be installing, I’d be kind of looking at him and you could tell when he’s listening and then you could also tell when he’s memorizing all the play calls, so you didn’t want to ask him a question, if you will, or ask him to speak because you kind of had that vibe.
You know where he was at. He’s getting these plays and he’s visualizing it.
Then it just goes on to practice and all those kinds of things. An ultimate professional.
A better person, obviously an MVP, Hall of Fame quarterback and I look forward to going against that challenge.
"When I took this, I told him how grateful I am for him, but at the same time when it’s time to go on Sunday, let’s go. I’m excited to watch our guys go compete.”
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