Rams looking to make history by going from worst to first in scoring

Depending on how things play out in Week 17, the Los Angeles Rams could be the first team in NFL history to go from worst to first in scoring offense.

Back in the offseason, one of the main reasons why the Los Angeles Rams were so interested in making Sean McVay their new head coach was due to his reputation of being an offensive mastermind after seeing all of his success over the years working with Kirk Cousins and the Washington Redskins. After seeing the role McVay played in the development of Cousins, the Rams were hoping to see similar results with Jared Goff when considering the organization had surrendered a first-round pick to land the former California star.

With that being said, everybody seemed confident over the potential certainly being there for Los Angeles to at least take the necessary steps in the right direction since they could only go up on offense. But nobody expected the Rams to put together the type of turnaround they did so fast, and depending on what happens Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers, they could actually end up making history.

As first mentioned back in the beginning of November, Los Angeles was in great position to become the first team in NFL history to go from worst scoring offense to best scoring offense the following season, which obviously would be an amazing accomplishment. And with the Rams entering Week 17 on top of the league by averaging 31 points per game, it looks like that could very well end up happening.

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Of course, the one factor that could end up preventing this from happening is the decision by McVay to rest numerous key starters against San Francisco since Los Angeles will earn the No. 3 or No. 4 seed, depending on how everything shapes out in Week 17. Then again, there are numerous backups for the Rams that have been waiting for an opportunity to shine, so maybe guys like Sean Mannion and Malcolm Brown will figure out a way to put up more points on offense than expected against the 49ers to give the team a better chance of setting the record. If not, well, there’s no reason to make that big of a deal since Los Angeles cares more about what happens in the postseason than the actual record books.