2010 Rams schedule released

2010 Rams schedule

Well, it's certainly an improvement over last year's schedule. The Rams actually get to play at home before September's almost over, for instance. They'll open at home against the Big Dead September 12th, and without Kurt Warner, that's a beatable team. I would have taken the week 2 road game at Oakland the opening week; the Raiders have the longest Opening Day losing streak in the NFL. The Chargers are notoriously slow starters but unfortunately should be awake by the time the Rams host them in week 6. The NFL has once again kindly plopped the bye week right in the middle of the schedule.

Don't know what's with the three straight road games followed by two straight home games in the second half. That could have been balanced a lot better. However, if I read the master schedule right, the Rams will not face anyone coming off a bye week, and get their bye before a divisional game, November 14 at the Whiners.

I do love, love, love Roger Goodell's idea of making the last week of the season nothing but divisional rivalry games. You can keep that as part of the permanent schedule right now. Now take the next step and quit giving teams bye week advantages (even though the Rams benefit from it this year). Teams on byes one week should play one another the next week. It's competitively fair, and would even help the league's bottom line, if they'd just THINK for a minute. How big would one of this year's Redskins-Eggles or Packers-Vikings meetings be with an extra week of hype?

As a recapper, I do have to express my dismay at the huge number of 3:15 starts. Why the hell are there three home games starting in the second slot? So much for my chances of getting recaps done the night of the game this year! Why the hell are the Rams playing the Redskins, Falcons and Saints in the late slot, but they play the Seahawks and Chargers at home in the early slot? The start times seem to be designed to induce maximum fan inconvenience for both sides!

Finally, I would like to point out to the newly-named St. Louis Rams Cheerleader squad that there is a home game on October 31st. That is Halloween. People wear costumes that day. Just sayin.