The Rams are heading into Week 4 with their season already at a crossroads. After a loss to the Denver Broncos last week, Los Angeles sits at 1-2 and now faces a road trip to Philadelphia with the Buffalo Bills waiting next.
The Eagles, meanwhile, have not exactly been rolling either. They escaped with a narrow win over the Tennessee Titans, then fell to the Case Keenum-led Chicago Bears, and they return home Sunday looking to steady things.
This matchup had the look of a heavyweight clash before the season began, and the billing still matters even if the circumstances have changed. Both teams entered the year with expectations near the top of the NFC, and this game could still carry playoff-seeding weight. But right now, the urgency is simpler than that: the Rams are trying to avoid a 1-3 start, and the Eagles would rather not slip to 2-2.
Fox will carry the game as its Game of the Week, with Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady on the call. It also marks the Rams’ first game of the season outside primetime.
Kickoff is set for 10 a.m. PT.
Craig Wrolstad will referee the game, and that name may ring a bell for Rams fans. Wrolstad last worked a Rams game in Week 1 last year, and he also officiated the Rams-Bills game in 2024.
His history with Los Angeles includes one particularly sore spot: the 2023 NFC Wild Card game against the Detroit Lions, when his crew missed a potential pass interference call on Puka Nacua in the fourth quarter. The Rams are 4-4 in their last eight games with Wrolstad as the referee, and after last week they’ll be hoping Sunday stays quiet.
The Rams’ recent run against Philadelphia hasn’t offered much comfort. Since Sean McVay took over in 2017, Los Angeles is 1-6 against the Eagles, with the lone win coming in 2020 when Carson Wentz was under center for Philadelphia.
McVay is also 0-4 against Nick Sirianni. The teams have built something of a rivalry in recent seasons, meeting in the 2024 NFC Divisional Round and then again last year, when the Rams led 26-7 before losing 33-26.
All told, the Rams are 20-26-1 all-time against the Eagles.
McVay’s history with Vic Fangio also comes with its own baggage. The source of one of the most famous examples came in 2018, when McVay’s offense was slowed down by Fangio’s defense in a Sunday night game against the Bears.
That approach later influenced the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. McVay has not beaten Fangio since Fangio was Washington’s offensive coordinator in 2016, and he is 0-4 against him as the Rams’ head coach.
There is also the travel wrinkle. Early kickoffs can be a challenge for West Coast teams, since a 1 p.m. start on the East Coast turns into a 10 a.m. kickoff back home.
McVay’s Rams have handled that window fairly well overall, going 18-10 in early games under him. Still, they lost to the Eagles last season in Philadelphia in that same slot.
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