
With Hurricane Hilary approaching Los Angeles as a historic storm and no other games scheduled Sunday, the NFL should consider moving this week’s New Orleans Saints preseason matchup with the Los Angeles Chargers into an earlier time slot. Right now the opening kick is set for 6:05 p.m. CT/4:05 p.m. PT at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
The latest forecasts from the National Hurricane Center predict Hilary to reach Los Angeles very early Monday morning — as of Friday, the storm had reached Category 4 status, though its long trek through the mountainous Baja California peninsula and the influence of the cold-water California Current is expected to weaken the system to tropical storm status before it approaches America’s second-largest city.