When the Los Angeles Rams decided to trade veteran inside linebacker Ernest Jones IV just before the start of the 2025 NFL season, a chain of events began that carried the team and fans along like a roller coaster. It was a season of thrills and chills, of thrilling climbs and frightening plunges. But at the end of the ride from last season, all opinions reached a single conclusion.
This team, this defense, has to do a better job of staffing the position. While the team addressed many positional needs in the offseason, no position was attacked in as many ways.