Defending Super Bowl champion Rams open season as underdogs

The Los Angeles Rams, led by Matthew Stafford and Aaron Donald, will hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy for the second consecutive time in their own stadium on Thursday night before opening the NFL season at home.

They are somehow underdogs when playing the Buffalo Bills.

Aaron Donald, an All-Pro defensive tackle for the Rams, thinks it would be enjoyable. “I’m rather certain that it will be noisy. We must unquestionably go out there and play a strong team while attempting to prevail.

After losing to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC divisional round last January, the Bills are the preseason favorites to win the Super Bowl. The Bills boasted the league’s stingiest defense and Josh Allen commands a potent offense in 2021.

“Going to play the defending Super Bowl champs and watching them raise their banner, that’ll be an interesting feeling for sure,” Allen said. “And I’ve talked to a few people who have played and coached in this game before, and just really the unanimous thing that they were talking about was it feels like playoff atmosphere. So, we got to understand that going in, not get too high, not get too low. Understand the flow of the game and just try to put our best foot forward.”