Schedule leak creates painful delay in Rams' quest to cash in on Falcons

An unconfirmed leak of the 2025 Los Angeles Rams schedule has left fans scrambling. While not confirmed, the source of this NFL rumor has been deadly accurate so far. And one of the rumored Rams schedule leaks has already been confirmed as the team has announced that it will be traveling all the way to London, England to face the host Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 7.

But if the rumored Rams schedule leak is true, don't look for a perfectly timed Week 8 BYE. Instead, the Rams return home to host the New Orleans Saints. What a brutal twist.

The Los Angeles Rams fans have two teams to monitor in 2025. There are the Rams, the team that everyone is cheering for. But in 2025, there are the Atlanta Falcons, a team that will undoubtedly be the focus of almost all Rams fans for this season, at least. You see, the Rams traded away their Round 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft to the Falcons in exchange for the Falcons' Round 1 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.

Since the Rams face the Falcons this season, the team has double the incentive to win that game. A win at the Falcons' expense improves the team's record in 2025 and propels them even closer to postseason participation. But it also has the dual benefit of creating a loss for the Falcons. The more losses the Falcons suffer, the more valuable that Round 1 pick is set to convey to the Rams in the 2026 NFL Draft.

The thing is, it appears that Rams fans will need to wait until the end of December 2025 until the two teams face off:

The Falcons are coming out of an 8-9 2025 NFL season, and have most certainly addressed one of their greatest shortcomings by landing two of the top pass rushers in the 2025 NFL Draft in Georgia edge rusher Jalen Walker and Tennessee edge rusher James Pearce Jr.

Sadly, the Rams trade allowed the Falcons to double dip at a desperate roster need in that draft.

Had the Rams faced the Falcons early, the rookies might still be acclimating to their roles in the NFL. But if this schedule leak is correct, the pair will almost certainly be feeling right at home. Of course, the fact that the rumored schedule leak has the Rams coming off a Thursday Night Football game against playing at the Seattle Seahawks to take on the Atlanta Falcons on the following Monday Night Football game does embed plenty of time between the two games for the Rams to rest up and prepare for the next opponent.

It would have been much better if the Rams faced the Falcons in the early part of the 2025 NFL schedule. But as we are quickly learning, don't look for any favors from the 2025 NFL schedule.

As always, thanks for reading.

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