Los Angeles Rams shouldn’t feel threatened over Brandon Marshall joining NFC West

The Los Angeles Rams have little reason to worry over the Seattle Seahawks signing Brandon Marshall.

Up until last season when the Los Angeles Rams emerged as NFC West champions, the Seattle Seahawks had established a reputation for being a strong favorite to win the division at the start of each season.

After falling shy of the playoffs in 2017 for the first time during the Russell Wilson era, the pressure is on the Seahawks to get back on track this upcoming season. However, when looking at the high expectations of the Rams, that’s going to be easier said than done for Wilson and company.

Between losing some key weapons on offense such as Jimmy Graham and Paul Richardson to parting ways with former leaders on defense like Richard Sherman, 2018 could end up being quite the interesting season in Seattle. If the Seahawks weren’t already feeling the pressure before to get back into the playoff mix, they certainly will feel it to prove they made the right decisions moving on from those former players.

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To help make the adjustment a little easier for Wilson on offense, Seattle agreed to sign veteran wide receiver Brandon Marshall to a one-year deal this week, giving the receiving corps a big body for their quarterback to work with.

With that being said, there was a time when a signing like Marshall would have been considered a bigger deal since his size helped make him one of the league’s most dangerous receivers. Now, Marshall seems to be at a point in his career where he doesn’t seem capable of making that much of an impact, and his short stint with the New York Giants in 2017 is the perfect example as to why.

Marshall’s one season with the Giants may have been limited to just five games as a result of an ankle injury, but when seeing how he only caught 18 passes in that span without finding the end zone once, this shows how ineffective he’s become.

Not even playing alongside one of the league’s biggest playmakers in Odell Beckham Jr. could help Marshall put up better numbers in New York’s offense, so why on earth would Seattle feel confident in him now?

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Obviously, there’s nothing the Seahawks would love more than to see Marshall prove doubters wrong while ending up with a steal signing in free agency, but when it comes to the Rams, this isn’t a move that should make them panic. If anything, Los Angeles shouldn’t feel threatened at all over Seattle signing Marshall since their defense seems capable of keeping the veteran in check on both occasions during the 2018 season.