LA Rams News: Kupp, Woods are becoming next best franchise WR duo

Cooper Kupp and Robert Brooks are quickly becoming the next best WR duo in LA Rams history

Since the beginning of the LA Rams, there have always been good receivers on the team. Split end Jim Benton, during the time of the Cleveland Rams, had more receiving yards than running back Corby Davis had running the ball. The Rams have always liked to throw the ball around the yard.

Tom Fears and Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch emerged in the 1940s as a tough duo to contain. The move to Los Angeles helped glamorize the passing game while most NFL teams were running to daylight. Game highlights seem to look better when the footage includes that long pass for a touchdown, if for nothing else simply for the suspense during the ball arcing through the air to come down into the outstretched hands of the receiver in full stride.

Over the past ten years, the NFL has been morphing into a passing league. Quarterbacks and receivers are in more demand than the traditional fullback and running back. The Rams have led the way in that movement for some time.

For more than a half a century, the Rams have had the NFL’s top receiving duos. Now, the dynamic duo of WRs Cooper Kupp and Robert Woods are beginning to emerge as one of the franchise’s top duos. Do you realize that Woods has the potential of rising into the top ten on the all-time Rams reception and receiving yards list? He needs 100 receptions for 1000 yards to achieve that honor.

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The top WR duos in LA Rams receiving history

First, the wide receiver tandem of Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt are the best receiving duo ever in Rams’ history. Together they caught 1811 passes for 26,769 yards with 158 touchdowns. They were the two featured star receivers of the “Greatest Show on Turf”.

Secondly, the match of wide receivers Henry Ellard and Flipper Anderson were very good together in 1988 through 1993. They combined for 15,007 yards with 74 touchdowns while catching 852 passes. Anderson averaged an amazing 20.3 yards per catch.

Thirdly, the wide receiver pairing of Jack Snow and Harold Jackson joined fabulous receivers in the short time they played together.  In their Rams career, they caught 540 passes for 9603 yards with 81 touchdowns. Remember, Jackson played four seasons in Philadelphia from 1969-72. Wonder what kind of number he and Snow would have put up if Jackson had stayed in Los Angeles?

Fourth, Kupp and Woods are moving up the charts quickly. Since 2017, they have caught 428 passes for 5730 yards with 30 touchdowns. Hopefully, the Rams can keep this duo intact for the next several years.

Kupp is a free agent after the 2020 season unless he signs an extension. Woods becomes a free agent in March of 2022. There is the potential of them becoming the “greatest show on any turf”. Let’s see how things play out.