Rams RB Todd Gurley deserves credit for focusing more on winning

Todd Gurley is coming off a season to forget in 2016 with the Los Angeles Rams.

Around this time last year, expectations were high for Todd Gurley heading into his second season with the Los Angeles Rams after an impressive rookie campaign in which he finished with 1,106 rushing yards to go along with 10 touchdowns. Unfortunately, the former Georgia star failed to live up to the hype after only rushing for 885 rushing yards with six touchdowns, but the most disappointing factor was how Gurley failed to record a single 100-yard game.

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Of course, Gurley doesn’t deserve the entire blame for what went down during his sophomore season with the team when looking at all of the areas the Rams struggled with on offense, especially with the offensive line. Hopefully, the addition of Andrew Whitworth will help fix some of the issues Gurley experienced in 2016, but even if that turns out to be the case, at least the running back seems focused on what’s most important for the team, which is winning games.

As Rams Insider Myles Simmons pointed out on Tuesday, Gurley recently discussed how he cares more about how Los Angeles finishes as a team instead of worrying what type of numbers he’s going to post individually. Gurley and the rest of his Rams teammates from last year realize how frustrating it was to see the team end up with a 4-12 record, but hopefully all of that will change now that Sean McVay is on board as the youngest head coach in NFL history.

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Struggles on offense were one of the main reasons why Los Angeles only won four games all of last year, and luckily the team addressed their needs with the offensive line along with the receiving corps over the last few months. As long as Gurley takes advantage of these improvements on offense, the Rams should be able to average more than 14 points per game in 2017, and hopefully manage to win more than four games in the process.