As desperate as the Rams are for a win, the Saints need one even more badly. One more loss will essentially eliminate New Orleans from playoff contention, so the Saints won’t be lacking motivation at home in front of what should be a raucous crowd.

Sitting in puncher's range of the top spot in the NFC West, just one game behind the Arizona Cardinals with six games left to play, the Rams had the potential to march out onto their hometown field at SoFi Stadium, even if it felt like an away game with the standard blanketed in a sea of green, and take it to one of the best teams in the NFL.