You're right Max, it feels odd to me that so many teams have near equal records at the top and it means the Rams have a good shot at making the playoffs.
Nothing I've seen from the Rams so far this year inspires great confidence. McVay's mistakes at SF and Miami makes me think he lacks "top level coach" ability. He is a far better coach than Fisher, by a mile, but I don't see him winning the big ones. I'm not bad-mouthing McVay, he's been, and he is, a very good coach. I think his best wins this year were Dallas and Chicago. I just don't think he's top echelon.
We have a real good team with a hot-and-cold offense. Goff is better than some give him credit for. I just don't see the killer instinct / hunger at work in the offense. Everytime I think, "yeah, we got it this year" the team does a Miami game and it becomes another "oh boy, here we go again." Somethings are going to have to change / improve.