Where will this LA Rams team show the most improvement in 2024?

II: Creating takeaways

You didn't need to be a true NFL or LA Rams aficionado to detect that the front office had a specific plan in place to improve the team's ability to create turnovers. More specifically, the team seemed to be intensely focused on adding ball-hawking defensive backs to the secondary.

And I'm here for all of it.

Defenses can be very effective in one of two ways. Either the defense is so heavily invested in stars and elite NFL players that they can stymie, thwart, and stop everything that the opposing offense tries to do. Or, the team can capitalize on mistakes, creating turnovers, and frustrating offenses by creating drive-ending turnovers that gets their own offense back onto the football field.

Based on the amount of funds poured into the offensive side of the football for the Rams, they are going to work on the second strategy.

To accomplish the new and improved takeaway strategy of this defense, the team has invested in a rather diverse realm of new defensive backs who seem to specialize in takeaways. They are:

• Darious Williams - 4 interceptions | 2 Forced Fumbles | Highest INTs (4) | Highest FFs (2)
• Tre'Davious White - 1 interception | 0 Forced Fumbles | Highest INTs (6) | Highest FFs (2)
• Kamren Curl - 0 interceptions | 1 Forced Fumble | Highest INTs (3) | Highest FFs (1)
• Kamren Kinchen (R) - 5 interceptions | 0 Forced Fumbles | Highest INTs (6) | Highest FFs (1)
• John Johnson III (ext) - 2 interceptions | 0 Forced Fumbles | Highest INTs (4) | Highest FFs (2)

As you can see, the Rams certainly have restocked the roster with a handful of defensive backs who have ball-hawking skills and an undeniable knack for picking off passes. As we learned in our recent article featuring the 10 Best Cornerbacks in the History of the Los Angeles Rams, picking off passes requires a great deal of coordination in the secondary. For one DB to go for the football, another must be ready to defend the receiver.