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

(3) - Rams win with two tight ends

The only win this season was thanks to the team finally leaning heavily into their two tight-end offense. So lobbying for the team to revert to a winning strategy is more common sense than superstition. After all, there are multiple reasons to deploy two tight sends. Let's break them down for you:

(3) - Rams can run more effectively with two tight ends. The presence of an extra formidable blocker on the line of scrimmage should not be glossed over. This offense needs to ensure that defenses fear the running attack to properly establish many of the play-action passes. And those play-action passes are the true bread-and-butter options of this offense. When the run is working, everything seems to work for the team.

(2) - WR Tutu Atwell is perfectly suited in 12-personnel. One of the inherent drawbacks to leaning into two tight ends on offense is the fact that many defenses simply counter that by placing 12 defenders into the box. But that sets up speedy wide receiver Tutu Atwell perfectly. Atwell's speed creates nightmarish matchups for defenses, who are forced to use high-low coverage to corral his speed. So either defenses keep two safeties deep, or they risk losing him in coverage to stop the Rams running attack. In either scenario, advantage Rams.

(1) - The defense needs more ball control from the offense. Thinking back to Week 3, the Rams defense stepped up to force a late punt from the San Francisco 49ers, leading to PR Xavier Smith's incredible punt return that set up the offense to move into range for a game-winning field goal. Without that punt, Xavier Smith would not make that punt return. And without two tight ends, the defense is not rested enough to make that stop. Strategy matters. Two tight ends play into the strengths of this team, not against it.

The team opted to carry TEs Colby Parkinson, Davis Allen, and Hunter Long on the 53-man active roster because each veteran offered unique and complimentary skillsets to the offense. Now it's time once more to tap into those talents and showcase why they deserved to be granted a roster slot.