Reading your subject title, and before reading your entire reply.... I first thought, "no, Sag, it's important, sure... but it's early.. it's not a 'must' win, the Ram's won't be perfect this year... off games are inevitable.. this would simply be one of those off games if they can't pull of the win and nothing more".
Then, and again before I read your entire reply, I thought.... "The Ram's are still in the beginning stages of returning to form, to becoming one of the best... not a good time to lose what 'some' will say is their first big test. That could have some distressing impact... and not on us, the fans.... to hell with us, but the players themselves".
THEN... I finally got around to reading your full reply,
, and you went a direction I wasn't expecting.. and did it well. I agree. - JamesJM