Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
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The Los Angeles Rams and Las Vegas Raiders will play in front of fans at SoFi Stadium in Southern California Saturday evening in the second preseason game for both teams. While the Rams will continue to rest their starters, we should see some first-team players for Vegas. Below, we preview this preseason matchup.
Click here to find out where the Raiders and Rams stand in our most-recent NFL power rankings
By now, it’s known that Rams head coach Sean McVay is against playing his starters in the preseason. This will obviously give the Raiders a upper-hand as their first-team prepares for its initial action of the exhibition slate.
Jalen Ramsey and Darious Williams are expected to be the Rams’ two starting cornerbacks once Week 1 comes calling.
However, there’s a ton of inexperienced players vying for playing time behind the two during the preseason. How these players perform moving forward in the exhibition slate will be telling.
Click here to see where the Los Angeles Rams stand in our most-recent NFL defense rankings
The Raiders need more consistency from their young wide receivers. Even after adding veterans to the mix, Derek Carr’s only real avenue to success is seeing these second-year pass-catchers step up after some major struggles as rookies.
Bottom line: The Raiders will more than likely win this game going away. In no way is that going to be indicative of what we’re going to see from the two teams during the regular year. Reality tells us that Sean McVay and Co. couldn’t care less about the preseason. That will play a role here.