4 reasons why Week 7 is perfect game for Rams to deploy 12-personnel once more

Okay, LA Rams. It's time to put your money where your mouth is. No, I'm not trolling this team. I'm simply hoping beyond hope that the team recognizes where it stands in terms of their Week 7 situation. Win, and the hope of postseason competition continues to remain lit. Lose, and the team is probably wiser to trade veterans whose careers are not likely to continue beyond the next two or three seasons.

But this team continues to cling to hope. And if the team can replicate their miraculous post-BYE playoff run from 2023, albeit over the last 12 games, all's well that ends well. Be that as it may, the Rams still must start finding victories.

While I have been brutally honest about some of the factors that led to the team struggling at this point in the season, I'm not abandoning ship. Rather, I'm convinced that this team has multiple ways to get the win in Week 7. And as we know from years past, one win can quickly proliferate as the team builds on that success.

Still, let's be clear. The Rams roster is still depleted. The team is missing their starting tight end, at least two starting offensive linemen and a starting wide receiver. While HC Sean McVay has hinted that WR Cooper Kupp could be ready to play this week, I think that is unwise, and will explain myself in this article.

For openers, the Rams have to find ways to stop making fatal mistakes. So far this season, the team has coughed up the football six times in five games. While that is tied for the seventh-best giveaway rate in the NFL, it is not good enough when compared to this team's four takeaways in five games, good enough for the 24th-best takeaway rate in the NFL. That results in the Rams coming in with a net turnover factor of (-2), which brings the team in as the 22nd ranked team in turnovers so far.

So how can this team fix that? Let's dust off the team's two tight-end offense and give it another test run against a physical Las Vegas Raiders team in Week 7. Why two tight ends? I'm so glad you asked: