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Rams Week 2 sends player memorabilia to HOF, and it's not who you think

The Rams defense is making history, but not in a good way.

By Bret Stuter

Los Angeles Rams v Arizona Cardinals, Kyler Murray, Jonathan Gannon
Los Angeles Rams v Arizona Cardinals, Kyler Murray, Jonathan Gannon / Christian Petersen/GettyImages
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Yes, the LA Rams have more on their minds than injuries. But is it all collapsing around the team so quickly that this has all made it difficult to prioritize what the team must do to start turning the ship around? Getting healthy is clearly a high priority on the list. But is it the only priority on the list?

Right now, the banged and bruised Rams offense is ranked at 16th place in the NFL. The Rams defense, while dinged up a little bit, is flailing at 32nd place. That's last place. And I would dare anyone to have the Arizona Cardinals offense as the culprit to sink the defense to such an unflattering spot among its professional football peers.

How bad was it? The LA Rams defense made sullen and spoiled Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray appear like a Pro Football HOFer in the first ballot. That's right, and to add an exclamation point to that effort, the Rams literally allowed Kyler Murray to have a perfect 158.3 quarterback rating against the team. That fact, plus his 250+ passing yards and 50+ rushing yards puts his Week 2 performance at a level that gets recognized in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

That's right. Arizona Cardinals QB Kyler Murray's game jersey and football from the Week 2 victory over the LA Rams are being shipped to the Pro Football Hall of Football to be placed on display at Canton, Ohio.

That's not the way the team wanted to make the NFL record books for new DC Chris Shula.

Of course, the Rams shot themselves in the foot on defense. The team simply did not tackle, which is a fundamental aspect of any NFL defense. But even as the team added pressure, the team failed to contain QB Kyler Murray, allowing him to find escape lanes to either find an open receiver or simply pull the football down and run to daylight.

It's fixable. It's coachable. But this was a horrific and costly lesson to learn this early in the NFL season. Thankfully, it was not on display for the entire nation to witness on prime time.

As always, thanks for reading.

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