Rams need him to be their next great linebacker

Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty ImagesThe Los Angeles Rams have had a plethora of great middle linebackers, from names like London Fletcher and James Laurinaitis to Jim Youngblood and Jack Reynolds, that position has had a massive effect on the franchise as a whole. If not for a game-saving tackle at the one yard line as time expired by middle linebacker Mike Jones in Super Bowl XXXIV, the Rams very well may not have won their first Lombardi trophy in team history.

Can Ernest Jones, going into his third year as a pro after being a third round pick in 2021, and one of the few defensive players on L.A. roster besides Aaron Donald to have starting…