Starting in 2010, the Los Angeles Rams became a team powered by their defense. Partially because their offenses stunk and partially because their defenses didn’t, the team’s overall outputs were often determined less by the fecklessness on offense as much as whether or not the defense could take over games.
The quality of the personnel wasn’t beyond most observers grasps.
Just three years ago, MMQB’s Andy Benoit anointed the Rams’ defense as what would be the NFL’s best for the 2015 season. Frustratingly, that defense would finish 13th in the NFL in points allowed and a wildly disappointing 23rd in yards allowed.