After 4 games, are the LA Rams really better than their 1-3 record?

II - Rams have created as many problems as they have encountered

The team is struggling, yes. But let's not sit back and believe that all adversity, bad luck, and challenges faced by the team so far are happening TO the team. In many ways, the Rams are guilty of creating as much adversity, or more adversity, than they are experiencing from external forces.

As we had pointed out in a recent article, the Rams create problems with ill-timed penalties. Against the Chicago Bears, Rams rookie OLB Jared Verse had two sacks taken out of the record books by silly DB penalties. And those penalties kept the Chicago Bears offense on the football field long enough to score a go-ahead touchdown.

That was not an isolated incident. The Rams are lacking at creating turnovers, too generous at allowing giveaways, ineffective at running with the football, far too generous in surrendering yards on the ground, and are relying entirely on RB Kyren Williams to score touchdowns.

While it's likely only a temporary set of challenges, these elements persist despite four games.

The list of items to coach up and correct is extensive. Ultimately, the team will figure out the solutions and the team will play a more consistent game of football. Because this is a young team, corrections may take time. But they are ultimately on their way.

And when this team fixes the errors, even those small changes can have a dramatically positive impact.