On Thursday, September 8 at 8:20 p.m. EST, our long national nightmare will be over. The NFL regular season is back, and the 2022 season starts with a highly compelling matchup: The defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams welcome the Buffalo Bills, this year’s trendy pick to win it all, to SoFi Stadium.
Recently, Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar and Luke Easterling of Bucs Wire and Draft Wire previewed the game for “4-Down Territory,” the USA Today Sports Media Group’s must-watch weekly video. Here, Doug and Luke discuss the game’s most compelling matchups and potential turning points.
Doug: The Bills have a receiver group that can really stretch you out, and they’ll go five-wide out of empty on first down. They just don’t care. The Rams are light at cornerback outside of Jalen Ramsey, with Darious Williams signing with the Jaguars in the offseason. They have Troy Hill and David Long and Robert Rochell, but do they have the alphas outside of Ramsey to deal with that receiver group?
