How Cooper Kupp's return could create far-reaching impacts to the Rams roster

The LA Rams have been without some key contributors for multiple games this season. As a result, the team has struggled mightily to find success. At 1-4, the evidence has been rather clear. Without a healthy and dependable roster, the team will continue to lose games and squander the remaining years of veteran quarterback Matthew Stafford's career.

And nobody wants that.

So the news about LA Rams veteran WR Cooper Kupp trending in the right direction to compete in Week 7 against the Las Vegas Raiders is welcome news indeed. But let's not be too hasty about euphoria. After all, there is always a trade-off in the NFL, and therein lies the problem. Even though the team did not place Cooper Kupp on IR, the team did consistently place him on the inactive list each week while he was injured.

As Kupp suits up to play, the matter then pivots to who will be inactive on gameday in his place?

While that seems like a trivial matter, it's not exactly a whim. The team has been actively developing both veteran and rookie wide receivers in the post-Kupp/post-Puka Nacua passing offense. While not yet perfected, the team has been getting excellent production out of veteran WR Tutu Atwell and rookie WR Jordan Whittington. So the question becomes, does the offense revert to targeting Kupp exclusively once more? Or will the team learn the annual lesson that this offense needs to target more than one receiver to ensure Kupp can suit up for the entire season?

And yet, we have raising this topic once again, proving that this offense has learned nothing yet. Kupp will exhaust himself trying to contribute. It's up to the coaching staff to ensure that never happens.