Takeaways from Los Angeles Rams on Amazon’s All or Nothing

Let’s take a look at a few takeaways from the second season of “All or Nothing” featuring the Los Angeles Rams.

A majority of fans of the Los Angeles Rams and the NFL in general binge-watched the new season of All or Nothing (on Amazon Prime) by now following the June 30 release. The hit series follows takes a closer look at everything the Rams have dealt with over the last year, ranging from their final days in St. Louis to the hiring of Sean McVay since Jeff Fisher is no longer in the picture.

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When it was first announced that Los Angeles would be featured on season 2 of the show, many wondered if they would even be entertaining after only winning four games all of last year. But believe it or not, the result is a quality show, as it gives fans a rare inside look at the ups and downs of the Rams through a full season. So without further ado, here are some fresh takeaways following the completion of the last episode for All or Nothing.

2016 was emotional for everyone

We all knew this. A four-win season. Coaches fired. Hopes dashed. It was going to be emotional. But the series really lets you see that emotion. Todd Gurley giving halftime speeches in rant form. Coaches doing their best to fire players up. Kenny Britt having an emotional time with his kid after a tough loss. The emotion is real and losing is hard. It’s frustrating. This series displays that. Watching it took me back to some rough Sundays and some depressing Monday mornings after Rams losses where I didn’t even want to read the write ups. We all felt last season together.

Jeff Fisher is a class act.

It is not a popular time to say positive things about Jeff Fisher. Five losing seasons. A pathetic offense. A talented, but under-performing defense. Fisher is on a lot of hate lists for Los Angeles fans. However, the picture you get of him in All or Nothing is pretty classy. He owns the failures and takes them upon himself.

Fisher apologizes to his players and fellow coaches. He has a good rapport with officials. Aside from the dust-up with Eric Dickerson (which I’m still not sure we know exactly what happened), Fisher seems to be one of the classier coaches in the NFL business. And watching him play with his dogs, learning that he will be a grandfather, and having emotional conversations with his team humanize the guy we yelled at on TV for five years.

The Rams coaches need to work on their power-point game.

As someone who gives presentations for a living, the Scott Boras and Bones Fassel PowerPoint presentations were not doing it for me. Everybody knows that keynote is a hundred times better. But even if you use PowerPoint, the mismatched bubble letters over the supposed to be intimidating image was a little underwhelming. I suppose presentation software proficiency is not a pre-requisite for an NFL coordinator, but maybe they could hire a “media intern” to help these coaches up their game?

The future is bright.

Haters are going to say what they want, but McVay brings an energy to the building Los Angeles desperately needed after last season. Wade Phillips should get more out of the defense. The offense could take some time, but McVay seems to know the X’s and O’s, and it doesn’t take much to be improved over last year.

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This time of year is a time to hope, Rams fans. Hope for improvement. Hope for change. Hope for a better tomorrow, because the arrow is pointing up.