Time is ticking on Bubba Ventrone as Rams' special-teams struggles persist

The Los Angeles Rams are averaging a new placekicker every two games. That's not an indictment so much as a symptom of their well-documented struggles on special teams. Worse still, it indicates that nobody knows how to fix it.

The team is scratching and clawing its way back to relevance. After eight games, the Rams have finally evened their record. But they has done so without the benefit of even average special-teams units. Los Angeles has attempted to fix the poorly performing squad by swapping parts like a bad mechanic.

For any team, the secret to success is to improve those areas that are lagging. It's wise to do so, because the most dramatic impacts on any roster come from getting…