Coming off a frustrating 4-12 finish that resulted in the firing of Jeff Fisher before season’s end, the Los Angeles Rams were expected to go through at least a year or two of rebuilding after hiring Sean McVay as the youngest head coach in NFL history. Nothing against McVay, but the Rams were such a mess in 2016, it almost seemed unfair to set expectations high for the new head coach during his first year.
Instead, Los Angeles would go on to be one of the best stories from the 2017 season after making NFL history by becoming the first team to go from first to worst in scoring while winning the NFC West title over the Seattle Seahawks in the process.