How far from those Rams who won the Super Bowl

The Rams aren’t even close to being a Super Bowl favorite, will this be McVay, Stafford and Donald’s last year together?

Time passes quickly and things are forgotten, however, not long ago Los Angeles Rams they were champions of NFL.

During the 2021 season they had a very good performance from their quarterback Matthew Stafford who was in his first year with the team, especially during the postseason where he took games in the last minutes against Tampa Bay, San Francisco and the Super Bowl LVl vs Bengals.

But, just as there are stories that are painted in pink, there are stories that are painted in gray and the 2022 season was the opposite for the team from southern California. Their best offensive players like Stafford and Cooper Coup They only played nine games due to injury and on the defensive side, Aaron, one of the best players in history, participated in 11.

Looking ahead to next season, the reflectors are not on the side of the Rams, the clear favorites in the National Conference that no longer has Aaron RodgersThey are the current Champions Philadelphia Eagles and the san francisco 49ers followed by the Dallas Cowboys. In most sportsbooks the Rams are in twelfth place to win the Conference, only ahead of the Commanders, Panthers, Buccaneers and Cardinals.

And it is that Les Snead, General Manager of the team, has opted for free agency more than for the draft, his last first round selection was in 2016 when they changed to have the first general selection and went for the now Lion Jared Goff. And it was similar with players like Brandin Cooks, Jalen Ramsey and Matthew Stafford. It was worth it? Yes, winning a Vince Lombardi is not easy and clearly the Rams and Snead knew what they were betting on that paid dividends but they also knew the consequences of not having a first round in so many years.

Now it is to focus on what this next season presents. Not having players like Bobby Wagner who after a season returns to Seattle, just like Leonard Floyd y Jalen Ramsey.

In the quarterback position is the return of Stafford, Baker Mayfield who appeared in four games last season was a solid option to be Stafford’s backup, however, he left for Tampa Bay. In the perimeter we will see how they supply the outputs of Ramsey and Nick Scott and the special teams a noticeable loss is that of Matt Gayone of the most reliable kickers left with the Colts, we’ll see how they do with the rookie kicker Christopher Dunn who by the way holds the record for most Field Goals (497) in the NCAA.

The start of the season will be crucial for the aspirations of reaching the postseason, two divisional games to start, Week 1 visiting the Seahawks Week 2 hosting the 49ers to end the month of September visiting the Bengals in Monday Night Football.

It will be an interesting year for the Rams and from my point of view I think it will be the last time we will see Sean McVay, Matthew Stafford and Aaron Donald together. I see one of these retiring for the 2024 season.