Time for concerns? Rams rumored to lose another coach. What can NFL do to fix this?

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Summing up the coaching losses paints a dire picture for Rams

No, the sky is not falling for the LA Rams football team. But the sheer number of coach losses makes an impact by the sheer number of new faces that will be joining the team's staff. The team has an opportunity to find new rising stars among the coaching ranks, and that has served the team's ability to recruit and hire new coaches well.

But it comes at a price. Perhaps the greatest lure to joining this coaching staff is the near certainty that a promotion awaits the coach in the near future. Of course, some coaches love their role with the Rams and are more than content to return to a new season and all of the challenges that come with a new NFL season.

But this is no longer the same coaching staff who led the team to a Super Bowl LVI victory. Of the head coach and coordinators from 2021, only HC Sean McVay remains. Of the position coaches, only Assistant Coach Zak Kromer and WR Coach Eric Yarber remain, On the defensive side of the ball, only LB Coach (now DC) Chris Shula remains. Count them, four coaches from the 21 coaches on staff for Super Bowl LVI.

That is a devastating rate of turnover. So let's look over the new churning of coaches from the Rams organization:

Name	Former Role	New team	New role	Experience	Refilled by
Eric Henderson	DL Coach/Run game coordinator	USC	Co-Defensive Coordinator/DL Coach	7 years	Giff Smith
Raheem Morris	Defensive Coordinator	Falcons	Head Coach	22 years	Chris Shula
Zac Robinson	QB Coach/Pass game coordinator	Falcons	Offensive Coordinator	5 years
Jimmy Lake	Asst Head Coach	Falcons	Defensive Coordinator	6 years
Jeremy Springer	Asst ST Coach	Patriots	ST Coordinator	2 years	Chili Davis
Chris Shula	LB Coach / Pass rush coordinator	Rams	Defensive Coordinator	7 years	*1 Greg Williams
K.J. Black	Offensive Asst	Falcons	Offensive Asst	1 year
Nick Jones	Offensive Asst	Falcons	Asst OL Coach	2 years
Tim Berbenich	Coaching Analyst	Falcons	Pass game spec/Game analyst	1 year	*2 John Streicher
John Griffin	Asst Dir Strength & Conditioning	Falcons	Lead strength and conditioning role	3 years
Jake Peetz	Pass game specialist	Seahawks	Pass game Coordinator	13 years

*1 LA Rams rumored to have interviewed Greg Williams for LB vacancy
*2 LA Rams rumored to have hired ex-Titans Asst to Head Coach John Streicher in a new role

While there is a hope and perhaps a level of confidence in the team's ability to effectively replace all vacancies with outstanding new coaches, there is always a human element of risk that comes with a new coach in a new role for a new team. Of course, the LA Rams football organization has to be very experienced at this sort of thing, as they have had plenty of practice and experience in reforming a group of new coaches for a new NFL season.

Still, this all seems to be incredibly burdensome to the Rams organization, as many teams only reason to lose coaches is dismissal due to a failure to achieve desired objectives. Can the NFL do something to limit the mass exodus of Rams coaches to other football teams?

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