In March of 2016, the Los Angeles Rams were reported to be on the docket to play a home game in China in their third contest in the International Series in as many years per the LA Times’ Sam Farmer:

There will be a 2018 game in China with the Los Angeles Rams as the home team. — Sam Farmer (@LATimesfarmer) March 23, 2016

Then last summer, we heard that the game would be a season opener against the NFC West rival San Francisco 49ers.

Today though, we’ve got a new report that puts the earlier reporting into question with the Sports Business Journal’s Daniel Kaplan reporting that the China game will be delayed at least a year:

The NFL has dropped plans to stage a game in China in '18, and is now targeting '19 instead. NFL Exec VP/Int'l Mark Waller said the league in fact might kick off the '19 season, its 100th anniversary, in China. ... The Rams' decision to postpone the opening of their new stadium from '19 to '20 gave the league some more breathing room, as the Rams – the home team for a China game – are now obligated to give up a home game for an international contest in '19. Waller said the league has so many moving parts internationally – four London games, one in Mexico, and the start of the Tottenham partnership next season when the club’s new stadium will host two games – that the league just thought it best to wait another year.

The Rams originally agreed to play one home game per year while the new stadium in Inglewood is being built. We’ll have to see how this affects things, but it certainly seems like the Rams would be in line to give up four home games in their first four seasons back in LA.