Rams have their problems, but they're at least showing promiseSam Farmer
The Rams had a spark, they moved the ball, they located the end zone … and they wound up losing to Washington 27-20.
A year earlier, in making their Los Angeles debut with a 9-6 victory over Seattle, the wrong-way Rams were as flat as a Johnny Unitas haircut.
Sunday’s was a hopeful loss. Last year’s version was a hopeless win.
Make no mistake, these Rams have a long way to go. They made mistakes, they left plays on the overworked turf, they were stalks of corn when it came to stopping the run, but there’s something different about this team.
Maybe that it’s actually interesting.
Coach Sean McVay has breathed life into the franchise, drawing up a game plan that plays to Jared Goff’s strengths, cuts loose Todd Gurley, covers up deficiencies along the offensive line, and gives the feeling that the seeds of success are planted.
Last season felt like a dead-end street, like those four wins were only rest stops on the road to irrelevance.
“Last year it would have been a lot different,” Gurley said. “It would have been 27 to, you know 3, instead of, you know, just us as an offense being able to put points on the board and be able to keep our defense in it. So it’s a start.”
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