Schrager: Rams bandwagon is 'out of control,' don't forget Seahawks

After an offseason of blockbuster trades and additions, the Los Angeles Rams are just about ready to get the regular season started. They’ve been hyped up all summer as the team to beat, particularly after adding Myles Garrett and Aaron Donald in a span of just three months.

No team has higher expectations this season than the Rams, and in Peter Schrager’s mind, he can’t remember a team being propped up this much after losing to a division rival twice the year prior.

“I have never seen a team have the hype and the bandwagon as full, having lost two of three games to an opponent in their division in the history of this sport – from the year before. The Rams’ hype and bandwagon is out of control. It’s spilling over with whoever and whatever,” Schrager said on the “Pat McAfee Show” this week.

Schrager hasn’t forgotten about the Seahawks, who are the defending Super Bowl champions, even though he thinks a lot of people are overlooking them.

“The Seahawks are sitting up there very quietly in their Pacific Northwest haunts, watching as everyone else talks about the Rams as they bring back JSN with a happy extension, and they bring back Devon Witherspoon with a happy extension, and they bring back Leonard Williams and Shahid and Hall, and bring in a first-round running back, who they’re very excited about,” he continued.

“So, as everyone is going and everyone assumes I’m just going to be – what’s the term the kids use? Glazing Sean McVay – I don’t love any bandwagon where we’re doing segments on the morning shows, ‘The Rams or the field?’ That doesn’t feel right with the NFL. Let’s not forget about those Seattle Seahawks and their madman of a coach, Mr. Mike Macdonald.”

The Rams and Seahawks won’t renew their rivalry until Week 16 when they square off in Seattle on Christmas night. Then, two weeks later, they meet again in the season finale at SoFi Stadium – a game that could have massive playoff implications.

With both NFC West teams expected to be Super Bowl contenders, there will be a lot on the line during those final two meetings late in the year.

This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: Schrager: Rams bandwagon is ‘out of control,’ don’t forget Seahawks