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3 prime-time games that should absolutely feature the Rams in 2018

By Steve Rivera

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 06: The Los Angeles Rams take the field to play in the NFC Wild Card Playoff game against the Atlanta Falcons at Los Angeles Coliseum on January 6, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 06: The Los Angeles Rams take the field to play in the NFC Wild Card Playoff game against the Atlanta Falcons at Los Angeles Coliseum on January 6, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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29 Oct 2000: Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden shouts from the sidelines in the Raiders” game against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The Raiders defeated the Chargers 15-13. DIGITAL IMAGE. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Dunn/ALLSPORT
29 Oct 2000: Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden shouts from the sidelines in the Raiders” game against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The Raiders defeated the Chargers 15-13. DIGITAL IMAGE. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Dunn/ALLSPORT /

You know that ESPN will have former color man Jon Gruden on Monday Night Football. That is an absolute lock, or at least should be.

Gruden and his Oakland Raiders will host the Los Angeles Rams in 2018. If someone putting together the MNF grid is smart, and if history is an indicator, ESPN should have their second of two opening night games in the Bay Area featuring the Rams and the Raiders in the nightcap.
I mean, what better way to kick off Gruden’s second act in Oakland, than against a coach who was once on his Tampa Bay staff?

Can’t you already see the split-screen cutaways of both guys with the headphones on and a laminated game plans concealing their face on a play call?

It’s also smart TV with ESPN desperately needing a compelling Monday Night game, and THIS one would fits the bill.

Plus come on, it’s the opening Monday Night of 17 NFL weeks.

Gruden will certainly dictate a lot of attention in his return to Oakland, and bet on NBC and ESPN wanting to get him on their schedule. If Chucky can get that ship righted quickly, the Raiders will be a great story on their way to Las Vegas.

Bottom line, Rams-Raiders would kill on the ESPN Monday Night Football opening weekend double header.

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