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The Los Angeles Rams are looking forward to their Hollywood homecoming as “all the chips on the table” NFL A-listers look to finally break the Super Bowl line.
Armed with their standout free agency addition under Matthew Stafford, host NFL leader Cooper Kupp and three generation defensive cogs Aaron Donald, Jalen Ramsey and Von Miller, is it their time?
We look back on the Rams’ path to Super Bowl LVI…
Sean McVeigh was the happiest man in the NFL when he acquired Stafford from the Detroit Lions last year as an upgrade to Jared Goff.
In fact, their pass-lucky offense put the NFL in EPA (expected added points) to .191 on their 7-1 start to the campaign. The showcases before instant movement and play action that kept Goff alive became less necessary with Stafford, whose high-to-low reading, willingness to take on tough windows, and ability to stretch the field gave McVeigh a knockout hit on Goff’s jab. .
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Kupp’s versatility and ability to slip out of the slot to force you to miss led to a league-high return in receiving yards (1947) along with a staggering 115 expected points added in when he was a target and J’Marr Chase became his closest rival. to this department with 85 EPA at times he was targeted.
And the league-leading use of 11 men along with the presence of a legitimate No. 1 wide receiver in Kupp next to him turned the deal for Odell Beckham Jr. into a resounding success as he was pushed deep into one-on-ones on his way to six touchdowns in eight games. followed by his first 100-yard reception since October 2019 in an NFC championship game against the San Francisco 49ers.
It wasn’t pretty overall (as noted below), but Stafford arrived with the task of giving the Rams what Goff couldn’t with a finisher. He was an essential component of what needs to be done right. And you would say that as long as things are going right…
The solid offense that accompanied the Rams in the first half of the season has become too predictable, too brittle over the past 10 weeks as they have been ranked 13th in the EPA ratings (.018) over the past 10 weeks, leaving them in eighth place. in general for the year.
