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kw13
... I just don't see this Rams team as historically good.

And yet they are ... at least they were thru the first 11 games of the season according to this article [theramswire.usatoday.com], originally posted by BeresdenRam in the Rams Chronicles.

The metric used in this article (DVOA) says the Rams are the 10th best team thru 11 games overall since 1978. In my book, only having 9 teams better than you in 47 years is fairly historic.

(I don't know a lot about DVOA, but when I Googled "is DVOA a valuable metric in the nfl" I got this from AI: Yes, DVOA is a valuable metric in the NFL for assessing team efficiency, as it measures a team's performance on a per-play basis relative to league average, adjusted for the opponent's strength. Unlike traditional stats, it accounts for situational factors like down and distance, providing a more accurate picture of how good a team truly is and better predictive value for future performance.)

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