No shortage of cheap shots at the LA Rams right now

For the LA Rams players competing in training camp right now, they have to feel a bit besieged. While this is a fairly young team with players who are a bit unfamiliar with the level and speed of football in the NFL, nobody knows how well they will perform. Yes, there are many unanwered questions this season. But you would never guess that from the current national narrative that appears to be growing in frequency.

The number of bad takes that are surfacing over the LA Rams right now is getting ridiculous. The team has not taken a single defensive snap. The Rams have not played a single quarter of meaningless preseason football. And yet, the claims that the Rams defense will be the worst defense in the NFL of the last 20 years are already being made, and with a straight face.

And nobody is calling them out on it:

What utter nonsense.

Just fuel to feed the fire

Well, I'm not hear to claim that the Rams defense is going to set franchise records, but the claim from somebody who does not follow the LA Rams team that this is going to an historically bad defense is complete bullshit. Sorry, but nobody who knows the team knows how well or poorly this team will do. So how does a casual follower suddenly get the gift of clear clairvoyance?

We did a quick and dirty analysis of the 2023 LA Rams defense, and compared this year's projected depth chart to the Rams 2022 depth chart for the second half of the season. Believe it or not, the Rams ended the year without a number of key starters, and still played competitive football. And that was over a period of time when the Rams offense was decimated, and struggled to move the chains.

It's the cheap shot season. Whether fans who have been frustrated over a defeat at the hands of the LA Rams, or NFL analysts who are so desperate to be viewed that they take cheap shots, the LA Rams are one of the most disrespected NFL teams right now.

While it's easy to tout doom and gloom of epic proportions before the season occurs, those disparaging remarks often come from sources who scramble to hide as soon as reality sets in, and the early results prove to be far from the apocalyptic predictions stated so boldly before.

I really do not believe that this LA Rams defense will be anywhere near the disaster that many expect. The Rams defense, which was not better than what will take the football field this year, ended the 2022 NFL season with respectable efforts. It's all just fuel to the raging Rams inferno right now.

Too bad the folks who are predicting disaster will disappear when the 2023 NFL season starts.