A lot of fans on social media were agitated to learn that the 5-0 Los Angeles Rams at 1-4 San Francisco 49ers Sunday night game on October 21 had been bumped in favor of the 5-0 Kansas City Chiefs and 4-1 Cincinnati Bengals.
Don’t be.
What looked like a solid match-up when the schedules were rolled out this past spring simply hasn’t materialized. In fact, NBC flexed their audience out of a bad game into one that is exponentially better.
I mean serious? Rams at Niners would have served a small and specific audience while ignoring that San Francisco helps to represent just how far the NFC West has fallen.