Putting Week 18 in the books and moving on to the playoffs
After dropping games in two consecutive weeks, the 11-5 Los Angels Rams will host the 3-13 Arizona Cardinals Sunday January 4 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Ca. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:25 p.m. PST. It’s Week 18, the final weekend of the NFL regular season. L.A. will move on to the playoffs, while the RedBirds will head out on vacation. The Rams aren’t the only team in this matchup on a losing streak, while L.A. has dropped a pair, the Cards are in the throes of an eight-game losing funk.
Arizona will likely give the Rams secondary a full days work, having thrown the most passes in the NFL 10-year NFL veteran Jacoby Brissett took over in Week 6 after Cardinal QB#1 Kyler Murray suffered a foot injury and was subsequently shelved for the season. Murray’s uneven play and losing record over his career has gotten his first coach, Kliff Kingsbury fired and his current skipper, Jonathon Gannon on the hot seat.
The two teams share a long history in head-to-head matchups, all the way back to 1937. At the that time, the Cardinals were based in Chicago while the Rams were home in Cleveland. The Rams moved to Los Angeles for the 1946 season, but the Cards stayed in the City of Big Shoulders until a 1960 move to St. Louis. The rivalry remained in those two cities for 27 years. In 1987, the RedBirds moved west to Phoenix and the Rams moved into the vacated Gateway to the West a handful of years later. The Cardinals are still in the greater Phoenix area while the Rams came back west to L.A, in 2017.
Over those 88 years, the Rams hold a 52-41-2 advantage. Since Sean McVay took the L.A. reins in 2017, he’s dominated with a 15-4 record.
Here’s how to follow the game!
WATCH ON TV LIVE
TV Coverage: Regionally on FOX
Play-By-Play: Kenny Albert
Color Analyst: Jonathan Vilma
Sideline Reporter: Megan Olivi
STREAMING
A live stream will be available on the following platforms if the game is available on TV in the local market:
Also, but not limited to: NFL+, NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube, Peacock, Paramount+, and many others.
LISTEN ON RADIO
Local Radio coverage: ESPN LA 710 AM
- Play-by-Play: JB Long
- Color Analyst: Maurice Jones-Drew
- Sideline reporter: D’Marco Farr
ESPNLA’s affiliate radio stations
Domestic Markets:
- KMET/1490 AM & 98.1 FM – Banning, CA
- KFIG/790 AM – Fresno, CA
- KAVL/610 AM & 106.7 FM – Lancaster, CA
- KRHQ/102.3 FM – Palm Springs, CA
- KTIE/590 AM – Riverside, CA
- KGB/760 AM – San Diego, CA
- KXTK/1280 AM & 101.7 FM – San Luis Obispo, CA
- KSMA/1240 AM & 99.5 FM – Santa Maria, CA
- KSHP/1400 AM & 107.1 – Las Vegas, NV
- KVLI/1140 AM & 103.7 FM – Bakersfield,
- CAKVTA/1590 AM – Oxnard/Ventura,
- CAKTMS/990 AM – Santa Barbara, CA
- KIXW/960 AM – Victorville
- CAKXO/107.5 FM – El Centro, CA
- KOVO/960 AM – Provo, UT
- KIKI/990 AM – Honolulu, Hi
International Markets:
- LiSTNR App – Australia
- W Radio – Mexico
Spanish Radio coverage: Tu Liga Radio 1330 AM
- Play-by-Play: Troy Santiago
- Color Analyst: Ricardo Lopez
Tu Liga Radio’s affiliate radio stations:
- KTMZ/1220 AM – Pomona, CA
- KCAL/1410 AM – San Bernardino and Riverside, CA
- KOXR 910 AM – Oxnard and Ventura, CA
SOCIAL MEDIA COVERAGE
Instagram: @rams
Facebook: /rams
X (formerly known as Twitter): @RamsNFL
TikTok: @rams
Category: General Sports
