Rams Earn High Marks For Off-Season Moves

The Los Angeles Rams are receiving passing grades for an off-season that saw the organization make some significant strides. Can fans expect the same come draft time?

The Los Angeles Rams are earning high praise for an off-season that brought help to two areas of concern: offensive line, and a replacement for Jeff Fisher.

Brent Sobleski at Bleacher Report graded NFL teams for their efforts during the off-season, and the Rams scored a B+. Sobleski referenced the teams targeted improvements at offensive line, reciever, defensive end and cornerback with free agents Andrew Whitworth, Robert Woods, Connor Barwin, and Nickell Robey-Coleman. But it is the hiring of new head coach Sean McVay that may prove the biggest and best addition.

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Indeed, the winds of change are blowing through Los Angeles, and the NFL watchers are paying attention.

Fairly, the writer begins his assessment noting that the “era of outdated and below-average football” has finally ended for the Rams. Clearly, no more accurate words could have been written.

How this all ultimately pans out begins and ends with McVay himself. Should the Rams see even the slightest of improvement, and I believe it’s reasonable we will see better than that, then McVay may be the lynch-pin to bigger and better days in Los Angeles.

Add to that the prospect of a draft where they continue to address deficiencies at wide receiver O-line, tight end, and safety, and a B+ may even grade higher.

As much as I have beaten on the Rams brain-trust for the their numerous bumbles, credit may be due for finally getting it right. No longer is Fisher overseeing a franchise that embraced three-yards and a cloud of dust. While the previous regime was akin to a Motorola flip phone, McVay is a shiny new iPhone.

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It shows.

Shiny and new often dulls quickly in a league where wins and losses are the final arbiter. Los Angeles has been missing that, and while last season was a lost one, this year may be everything Rams fans’ hoped for when the team returned to the west coast.

Just think, by this same time next year, we’ll likely have our answer.