Football games are not always playground fights. But the Cardinals and Rams have no delusions about the tone of Sunday’s skirmish:
See you after school.
This is more than just a battle of divisional opponents and teams that jilted the city of St. Louis. This is bigger than the start of another rivalry with a professional sports franchise from Los Angeles. This is the game that must bring the intensity level in Arizona to the place it needs to be for the rest of the season.
“I think this developed into a little rivalry when I was there because I played for both teams,” former Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner said.