Rams fans will be terrified about who ESPN predicts could succeed Matt Stafford

It's a slightly-weird time to be a Rams fan. For being painted as a team at the end of their Super Bowl window, they've done an impressive job getting younger and more athletic while continuing to rely on Matt Stafford, who is somewhere between 34-50 years old depending on the photo angle. And while the Stafford Era is already well into its back nine, I don't think there's a single Rams fan out there interested in talking about who comes next.

So naturally, ESPN woke up and decided to talk about who's next. ESPN! [shakes fist at sky] For some reason, they included the Rams on their recent list of teams with QB questions (???), briefly touching on how the next few seasons under center look. The good news is that the Rams win a Super Bowl again soon! Maybe ESPN are the good guys? The bad news is literally everything else.

ESPN thinks Kirk Cousins could be the first post-Stafford era Rams QB

"The Rams' defense, for the second year in a row, exceeds expectations. The offense is one of the best in the league, and Stafford and coach Sean McVay win their second Super Bowl together. Stafford decides to retire on top, and the Rams trade for Kirk Cousins to attempt a run at a repeat."

Come again? Is this some sort of sick game? I think Rams fans would happily trade a Super Bowl for a few blah years with the shell of Kirk Cousins under center, but I dunno man, it's close. I guess it's fitting that the original McVay-Shanahan QB of our generation ends his career at the source, but I hate it. Not caring about draft picks is all well and good until you're just cycling through 38 year old QBs for a decade.

Rams fans have long said they'd do anything to see another McVay Super Bowl title before he goes off to make two billion dollars in the broadcast booth, and ESPN decided to truly test the limits of "anything." In a way, you kind of have to respect it. You can still hate it though – it's impossible not to.