RON’S RANDOM ARTICLE: THE 2017 RAMS – HOW THEY HAVE CHANGED

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The Los Angeles Rams are one of the surprise teams of the NFL this season with a record of 7-2 halfway through the season and leading the NFC West with much improved play. Let us look at a few stats that show this improvement from 2016, per Football Outsiders.

OVERALL TEAM EFFICIENCY: 2016 – 30th | 2017 – 1st

OVERALL OFFENSE EFFICIENCY: 2016 – 32nd | 2017 – 9th

PASSING EFFICIENCY: 2016 – 32nd | 2017 – 2nd

RUSHING EFFICIENCY: 2016 – 32nd | 2017 – 15th

QB EFFICIENCY: 2016 – 34th | 2017 – 5th

OL RUN BLOCKING: 2016 – 29th | 2017 – 5th

OL SACKS ALLOWED: 2016 – 29th | 2017 – 2nd

OVERALL DEFENSE EFFICIENCY: 2016 – 15th | 2017 – 3rd

PASS DEFENSE EFFICIENCY: 2016 – 20th | 2017 – 3rd

DEFENSIVE LINE PASS RUSH: 2016 – 29th | 2016 – 6th

The only negative changes are to:

RUSH DEFENSE EFFICIENCY: 2016 – 6th | 2017 – 20th
DL RUSH EFFICIENCY: 2016 – 1st | 2017 – 15th

What are the main factors causing such an amazing turnaround?

In my view they are as follows:

  1. The maturation of and improved QB play of Goff
  2. The solidification of the OL by the addition of Whitworth
  3. The significantly improved pass rush has made the Pass Defense substantially better
  4. Improved coaching

If this continues, the Rams, behind a good franchise QB and solid defense, and guided by a coaching staff that shows they know what they’re doing, are actually gonna put flaky LA fans in the stadium seats.

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