Byron Young’s ‘breakout season’ is breaking down

The Los Angeles Rams finally paired Myles Garrett with Byron Young, their second-best outside linebacker, last week and the results were great. For Garrett. Although Young looked to be having a breakout season with 3.5 sacks in his first four games, he has since been much harder to notice during the five games since, recording just one sack and quickly sliding down the rankings among the top outside linebackers in the NFL.

Young is a 2027 free agent, which at one point made it seem like he would be very expensive and difficult for the Rams to re-sign. But if Young doesn’t have a strong second half of the season, L.A. might not try to re-sign him at all and instead will attempt to get a…