Saints-Rams Weather, Pregame Meme, & Officiating Crew

Originally posted on New Orleans Saints on SI
By Doug Joubert | Last updated Aug 22, 2026 7:00 AM ET

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Saints vs. Rams Weather

The Los Angeles Rams play their home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, a suburb of Los Angeles located about 25-minutes Southwest of downtown L.A., closer to the Pacific Ocean and almost right next to the property line for the Los Angeles International Airport. Though covered, SoFi has its sides open to let the ocean breezes flow through the facility.

Saturday's 3:00 p.m. Central Time kickoff, 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time will be a warm one, though nothing like New Orleans has been producing as of late.

Kickoff temperatures at SoFi are expected to be hitting 84-degrees, with a Feels Like reading of 92-degrees. Humidity levels will be around the 50% mark, or one-tenth of what is experienced in New Orleans just after Summer lunchtime. Winds will be out of the West-South-West around 8-miles per hour with gusts up to 12 MPG.

Pregame Meme vs. Rams

Easily, the moment of the week was the take down by Saints wide receiver Brock Rechsteiner of Cowboys safety Jaylen Thompson during one of, by our count, a half-dozen different episodes of fighting and fisticuffs during Tuesday's Dallas-New Orleans joint practice. The video, caught by New Orleans Football, made the rounds on the Internets. We decided that a particular moment from that kerfuffle was perfect for this week's Pregame Meme.

Once the game is done, we'll have our Meme of the Game embedded in our Biggest Winners and Losers story that comes out within an hour of completion of the game.

Planned Officiating Crew

Even though there are often changes within a crew assigned throw the flags (or not throw them) to a preseason game, there can be changes. Here are those set to officiate Saturday's game are

Referee - #51, Carl Cheffers, 27-years as an official, 19th as a referee in the NFL
Umpire - #66, Derek Anderson, 3-years
Down Judge - #85, Daniel Gallagher, 7-years
Line Judge - #65, Quentin Givens, 2-years
Field Judge - #33, Nate Jones, 8-years (former NFL player)
Side Judge - #114, Dominique Pender, 7-years
Back Judge - #133, Martin Hankins, 4-years

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After the game, the Saints will return to the friendly confines of their own facility in Metairie to prepare for their final preseason game, Friday night at 7:00 p.m. at Jerry's World against the Cowboys.

New Orleans Saints Preseason Schedule

Sat. Aug. 15: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (L 24-20)
Sat. Aug. 22: @ Los Angeles Rams, 3 p.m., FOX
Fri. Aug. 28: @ Dallas Cowboys, 7 p.m., FOX

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