'And it remains nearly inexplicable that the Rams went from playing in the Super Bowl last season to playoff outsiders a year later'Since 2001 here are teams that made the Super Bowl and didn't make the playoffs the following year - and we're not even out at this point.
2000 - Giants
2001 - Rams
2002 - Raiders
2003 - Panthers
2004 - Eagles
2006 - Bears
2007 - Patriots
2015 - Panthers
And these teams won the Super Bowl in that time and missed the playoffs.
2002 -Patriots
2003 - Bucs
2006 -Steelers
2009 - Steelers
2012 - Giants
2013 - Ravens
2015 - Broncos
So, when almost every year one Super Bowl team fails to get back to the playoffs I'd hardly call the Rams season inexplicable.
Maybe it ascends to mildly surprising and that's about it.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
