The article is titled "Good news, Rams fans: Wade Phillips has a history of quickly making defenses great": [
www.cbssports.com]
To recap the article this is how a team's D has done in Phillips first year with a new team:
1981, Saints Their D improved from 28th to 11th in yards allowed (a jump of 17 spots).
1968, Eagles Oddly, their defense dropped from 10th to 17th with Phillips as DC.
1989, Broncos Their defense went from 22nd to 3rd (a jump of 19 spots!).
1995, Bills Their D improved from 17th to 13 in his first year.
2002, Falcons Phillips brought their D from 30th to 19th (a jump of 11 spots).
2004, Chargers Their D went from 27th to 18th ( a jump of 9 spots).
2007, Cowboys Their D went from 13th to 9th.
2011, Texans Their D went from 30th to 2nd. 2ND!! (a jump of 28 spots).
2015, Broncos Their D went from 3rd to 1st
2017, Rams The Rams were 9th in the NFL last year in yards allowed per game. With this history on his resume I have to think it's a least possible that Phillips can get the Rams 4 spots higher.
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