Rams in right division to make a move sooner rather than later

For a team like the Los Angeles Rams, the NFC West is the right division to be in to make a move from the depths of chronic losing, to winning in a short amount of time.

Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay had to like his odds when he headed out west. After all, it’s one thing to be in the NFC East, where it looks to be the Dallas Cowboys and everyone else for the foreseeable future.

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Not so much in the NFC West, where it may be Seattle this year, but all bets are off beginning in 2018. The fracture in the Seahawks locker room bodes well for the rebuilding process in Los Angeles and San Francisco, while in Arizona, a setting sun on two careers should place them in the same boat before long.

With the exception of the New England Patriots who are the anomaly to the cyclical nature of sports, what will happen to Seattle is only inevitable.

For Rams fans, and frankly fans of the 49ers and Cardinals, that’s a good thing.

To be honest, and why a guy like McVay had to love the potetential of the LA gig, is that the abject mediocrity that may be on deck for the next year or two allow for a team like the Rams to ascend much quicker than a team in his former division. It’s a dogfight in the East, and not so much in the West. So if you’re launching a head coaching career, the NFC West Is the place to do it.

Even sweeter, is the fact that Los Angeles plays the division leader remarkably well if not even. Given all the “challenges” the Rams have had at quarterback, they’ve managed to be just good enough, via a solid defense, to split the season series going back to 2013.

That won’t change in 2017.

It’s not a stretch to say that the most interesting story in the West might be the potential implosion looming in Seattle. While it may not be toxic, it certainly lends itself to distractions no NFL team wants or needs. It is also a signal that while the King may not be dead, it is no longer on the elite level that it courted for awhile. In 2017, the Seahawks are closer to the pack than they ever have been.

All great news for the Rams, but only if they can capitalize on such fortune.

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With the potential for second year quarterback Jared Goff, a young group of pass catchers, and a defense that will give McVay and his offense some chances, good timing might be something on the side of the Rams.

Toss in a team in Seattle suddenly very mortal, and perhaps Los Angeles is in the best position to make that move fans have long been waiting for.