While the Los Angeles Rams are by no means immune to adversity, NFL analysts and experts seem to pay close attention to the faults, flaws, and adversity, and leverage those points in preseason projections and rankings as evidence why the Rams do not deserve their place among the NFL's best. But those same rules do not apply to the Rams NFC West Division rivals, the San Francisco 49ers.
Despite excessive injuries to multiple contributors last season, and significant losses of contributors to the 2025 NFL Free Agency market, the 49ers continue to be among the teams that appear in the conversation of the NFL playoffs and even as potential competitors in Super Bowl LX.