LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 23: Head coach Sean McVay of the Los Angeles Rams is congratulated by head coach Anthony Lynn of the Los Angeles Chargers after the Rams defeated the Chargers 35-23 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on September 23, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
The Los Angeles Rams and Chargers will soon share a stadium, and may also share the screen on HBO’s Hard Knocks.
For the first time in the history of HBO’s Hard Knocks, the series will feature two different NFL teams.
Those teams are believed to be the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers.
Assuming there is one, both teams are sure to have interesting training camps as turnover and big changes are aplenty across the board.
For the Rams, they will have to move on without Todd Gurley as their running back, as they look to again become a Super Bowl contender. The team was featured on Hard Knocks in 2016 when they first moved from St. Louis and back to LA. At the time, Jeff Fisher was the head coach, and he made headlines by releasing Nick Foles via phone call. It was Jared Goff’s rookie year, so viewers got an insight into his early development.
The Chargers have never been featured on the Hard Knocks series as they have been one of the most consistent teams in the NFL with Phillip Rivers as their quarterback. That era is now over, with Rivers in Indianapolis and Tyrod Taylor lined up as the starter. Taylor could be in for a battle though, as the Chargers will likely select a QB early in the upcoming 2020 NFL Draft. If the team trades up and is able to land Tua Tagovailoa, the Hard Knocks season would be can’t miss TV just to see the Tua and Tyrod battle.
Of course, NFL Films is preparing as though the NFL will have a regular training camp schedule, but that is all up in the air with the current COVID-19 situation. After months without sports though, football fans will be clamoring for it to happen and to be able to see behind the scenes training camp action in Los Angeles.