Rams defense was better in this stat than you might think

The Los Angeles Rams defense in 2024 was full of peaks and valleys. Chris Shula’s debut didn’t start off as he might have hoped as the Rams defense gave up 41 points in Week 2 to the Arizona Cardinals. While the talent was always there for Jared Verse, one of his biggest criticisms and the defense as a whole was undisciplined tackling. Through the first nine weeks of the season, Verse ranked in the top-five in both missed tackles and missed tackle percentage. The Rams rookie had 11 missed tackles over the first four weeks.

However, this is in area where the Rams defense greatly improved as the season progressed. That was especially the case once Omar Speights took over at linebacker. The…