Rams’ Week 17 game against Cardinals gets prime-time slot

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Linebacker Jared Verse and the Rams will host the Arizona Cardinals in a game that will be crucial to their hopes of making the playoffs. The game has been moved to Saturday, Dec. 28, with a 5 p.m. starting time at SoFi Stadium. Kyusung Gong / ap

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By Adam Grosbard

agrosbard@scng.com

The Rams’ Week 17 game with the Arizona Cardinals will get the primetime treatment, with kickoff on Saturday, Dec. 28, at 5 p.m. from SoFi Stadium.

The game will be aired nationally on NFL Network and locally on KCBS-2.

The game figures to have major implications for the race to win the NFC West and earn a home playoff game. The Rams currently lead the division with an 8-6 record, slightly edging the 8-6 Seattle Seahawks due to a head-to-head tiebreaker. The Cardinals sit one game behind at 7-7 with three games left to play.

But Arizona currently holds the tiebreaker over the Rams by virtue of its 41-10 win over the Rams in Week 2. The Rams can negate that with a win in Week 17.