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Rams43
It’s all about departing FA’s, incoming FA’s, draft picks, and a possible trade here or there. IOW, impossible to predict with current info.
OTOH, I see no reason not to predict a top 5 D for next year.
Is it all about the players? I feel like coaches make the biggest impact on a team trending up or down (see breakdown below)
McVay was able to turn around a primarily Fisher roster simply with better coaching/scheme. They made a few personnel changes like Whitworth over Robinson and Woods over Britt that made a huge difference but it was a lot of the same guys.
Staley came in and made a huge improvement immediately with a similar roster to what Wade had. He made a few great changes like allowing rookie Fuller to play over higher drafted guys in Rapp/Burgess. Williams was a heck of a find that Staley trusted over high draft picks. Floyd flourished over anyone's expectations.
Can the Rams reload again with similar talent? Will there be a leadership void without JJ? Will their be a coaching void without Staley?
It seems like you attribute talent as the #1 determiner of defensive performance? Not judging, just want to understand your thought on this.
I would probably break down cause of our #1 defense to:
- 40% Coaching.
- 30% Talent.
- 15% Injury luck.
- 15% Leadership.
When you have veteran players, Leadership weighting goes up ~10pts and Coaching weighting goes down ~10pts.
