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The Los Angeles Rams made the difficult choice this offseason to part ways with defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, the 72-year-old former head coach of several teams who won Super Bowl 50 with the Denver Broncos. Phillips spent three years on the sidelines alongside head coach Sean McVay as the team’s top defensive assistant,  but his […]

Given that he’s a two-time, back-to-back NFL Defensive Player of the Year winner, it should go without saying that Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald’s words having meaning. This time, he’s preaching the importance of the Rams re-signing his teammate on the defensive line, eight-year veteran Michael Brockers. Via Cameron DaSilva in Rams Wire: […]

The 2020 NFL Hall of Fame class was announced on the Saturday before the Super Bowl. Former St. Louis Rams (now the Los Angeles Rams) wide receiver Isaac Bruce has gotten the call, and will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this year. Former Rams’ WR Isaac Bruce also has punched is ticket to […]

Aaron Donald knows the Los Angeles Rams shocked the NFL in October, pulling the trigger to trade two first-round picks to the Jacksonville Jaguars for cornerback Jalen Ramsey. Though the move to acquire Ramsey didn’t get the Rams to the playoffs, it paid off. Ramsey showed why he was worth the high price, shadowing No. […]

Aaron Donald has undoubtedly become the most dominant defensive player in the NFL for the Los Angeles Rams. However, prior to becoming an All-Pro defensive tackle, Donald revealed how he almost ended up playing running back. “I mean I grew up playing you know like middle linebacker since Little League, so growing up I always […]

The Los Angeles Rams lost in the Super Bowl in 2018. With a young and extremely talented core, they were expected to contend for years to come. That’s still very much possible. However, it did not happen in 2019. The Rams went 9-7, not even making the playoffs. While they likely are not desperate or […]

One year ago, Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay was the talk of the NFL as he led his team to a conference championship and trip to the Super Bowl. Now, McVay is back at the big game — under different circumstances, however. The 33-year-old coach will act as a guest analyst for ESPN’s […]

The Los Angeles Rams gave Jared Goff a large contract extension before the 2019 season. He did not live up to his pay raise, as he regressed in every statistical category and suffered the ultimate hangover from a Super Bowl loss: not revisiting the playoffs. Goff threw for 4,638 yards, 22 touchdowns and 16 interceptions […]

Looking back at the 2014 NFL Draft, there are a few teams that would do things differently if given the opportunity and the Detroit Lions are one of them. The former general manager of the Lions, Martin Mayhew, regrets not drafting Aaron Donald when he was with Detroit. Via Dave Birkett in the Detroit Free […]

The Los Angeles Rams were unable to clinch a playoff berth in 2019 after making an appearance in the Super Bowl in 2018. Even though the Rams watched the playoffs from the confines of their houses, there was some reason for optimism moving forward. Since Sean McVay was hired by Los Angeles in 2017, they’ve […]

The Los Angeles Rams are preparing to unveil a new set of uniforms this offseason and fans continue to send in their ideas. While interacting with a fan on Twitter, the Rams’ COO Kevin Demoff poked fun at Sean McVay. Cool uniforms, would be even cooler if we could get Coach McVay to wear a […]

To say the Los Angeles Rams’ 2019 season was disappointment might be an understatement. After making it all the way to the Super Bowl during the 2018 season, the Rams finished in third place in the NFC West and missed the playoffs. Some players like Jared Goff took steps back, but it wasn’t all bad […]

The Los Angeles Rams fell short of making the playoffs and will have to spend the postseason watching from home. However, there’s reason to believe that Jalen Ramsey is excited to play 2020 with the Rams after talking about running back Todd Gurley. The Rams recognized that Gurley is the first player in the team’s […]

With the offseason edging closer than ever, teams are now fixated on the NFL Draft. Players who declared for the draft are doing everything they can to attract the attention of scouts, and one of those players is defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw. While he’s shown enough quality that he will be considered a top NFL […]

Former Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Wade Phillips has turned to a new profession: social media jokester. Phillips, 72, was not retained by the Rams after his third year in charge of the NFC West club’s defense. The Houston Texans made a similar decision this week with another 72-year-old in defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel. Phillips […]

The Los Angeles Rams weren’t able to make the playoffs in 2019 after making the Super Bowl in 2018 but that didn’t prevent Aaron Donald from having a magnificent season again. Due to his dominance in 2019, Donald was named the Defensive Player of the Year at Pro Football Focus. Aaron Donald: PFF Defensive Player […]

The Los Angeles Rams were one of the NFL’s most disappointing teams this season, as they won just nine games and missed the playoffs a year after going 13-3 and making it all the way to the Super Bowl. There were numerous reasons for the Rams’ decline in 2019, whether it was the health of […]

The San Francisco 49ers are officially headed to Super Bowl LIV in Miami to take on the NFC Champion Kansas City Chiefs, who notably defeated the surging Tennessee Titans on Sunday afternoon. With the 49ers punching their ticket to the Super Bowl by defeating the heralded Green Bay Packers, it was an unlikely hero in […]

The Los Angeles Rams will have to decide on whether or not to bring back Dante Fowler Jr. in the offseason. Fowler took to Twitter to claim that he’s just getting started after a career year with the Rams in 2019. We just getting started baby 🎸 https://t.co/AgXhxLTmmh — Dante fowler (@dantefowler) January 17, 2020 […]

The Dallas Cowboys ushered in some significant changes with the hiring of head coach Mike McCarthy. It appears they are now putting the finishing touches on assembling his staff. According to Lindsay Thiry of ESPN.com, former Los Angeles Rams running backs coach Skip Peete is being hired for the same job in Dallas. The Dallas […]

Joe Burrow capped off a truly special season at LSU with a victory over Clemson in the College Football National Championship Game. Following his final game in college, it is assumed Burrow will be selected with the first overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. First and foremost, it is extremely […]

The New Orleans Saints have been fortunate enough to have Drew Brees and Sean Payton over the last decade or so. Despite having talented rosters over the years, the 2010s were a wasted decade for the Saints. When Payton and Brees joined forces in 2006, the duo immediately turned around the franchise. In their first […]

Despite his age, 72-year-old Wade Phillips might be coaching in the NFL once again come next season. According to a recent report from Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com, Phillips has already been discussed as a possible defensive coordinator option for first-year head coach Kevin Stefanski, who was hired by the Cleveland Browns just this week. […]

What a difference a year makes. In 2018, the Los Angeles Rams won 13 games and made it all the way to the Super Bowl. Sean McVay was a boy genius. Jared Goff was a rising star. Todd Gurley was the king of running backs. One season later, the Rams went 9-7 and missed the […]

With the NFL playoffs almost over (can you believe it?), it’s time for a whole lot of teams to start thinking about what lies beyond in 2020. Only 12 clubs can make the postseason every year, so 20 other squads will always be thinking about next season. Heck, some of them might start thinking about […]

The Los Angeles Rams have made some big changes to their coaching staff and quarterback Jared Goff is excited to see how they can improve the team. When the season starts next year, the Rams will have a new offensive and defensive coordinator along with special teams and running backs coach. Kevin O’Connell is the […]

For the Los Angeles Rams, returning to the Super Bowl is their utmost priority. They still have much of the core that brought them there in Super Bowl LIII, and a bit of a coaching change should do the job. Kevin O’Connell is thought to be the fittest candidate who can take the position from […]

The Los Angeles Rams are rehashing their team after a disappointing 2019 season saw them miss the playoffs. One of the changes made was in the coaching staff as they added Denver Broncos OLB coach Brandon Staley as the replacement for Wade Phillips. NFL.com correspondent Ian Rapoport was one of the first who reported the […]

The Los Angeles Rams are making some changes to the coaching staff, and that involves adding an offensive coordinator. With the team considering bringing someone in, Kevin O’Connell is considered to be a ‘strong candidate’ for the offensive coordinator job. Since the Rams hired Sean McVay in 2017, they haven’t had someone who’s held the […]

For the first time under Sean McVay, the Los Angeles Rams experienced disappointment in the regular season. The Rams finished the season with a 9-7 record and will have quite a few decisions to make in the offseason. Just a year ago, Los Angeles was still participating in the playoffs and were on their first […]

The Los Angeles Rams made it all the way to the Super Bowl last season. Due to that, big things were expected from them. The same can be said for quarterback Jared Goff. He set career-highs in completion percentage (64.9%), passing yards (4,688) and passing touchdowns (32) in 2018. Those numbers put him to the […]

Ah, the offseason. When an NFL team’s season is over, it allows the players a new opportunity to explore, learn about themselves, and, above all else, chug some beer. Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley is amongst those spending some offseason time with a brewski. At a Los Angeles Kings game, Gurley found himself […]

Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay could promote linebackers coach Joe Barry to defensive coordinator, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media. #Rams LB coach and assistant head coach Joe Barry is speaking with coach Sean McVay today about the vacant defensive coordinator job, source said. If Barry doesn’t get it, he also likely has […]

Many considered Todd Gurley the king of NFL running backs last year. People are sure singing a different tune now. After a 2019 campaign in which the Los Angeles Rams star barely even looked like a mere shell of himself, one must really wonder what the future holds for Gurley. In 15 games this season, […]

With the Los Angeles Rams out of the playoffs, there’s nothing really stopping safety Eric Weddle from having his surgery done on his meniscus. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the injury shouldn’t be anything serious, as a meniscus trim surgery isn’t one that is exciting by definition. Moreover, it’s thought that the recovery […]

The Dallas Cowboys are beginning to assemble a talented coaching staff under Mike McCarthy. According to Tom Pelissero, Dallas is hiring the Los Angeles Rams’ special teams coach, John Fassel, to the same position. The #Cowboys are expected to hire John “Bones” Fassel as their special teams coordinator, sources tell me and @RapSheet. One of […]

The Los Angeles Rams had a disappointing season in 2019, failing to reach the NFL postseason a year removed from winning the NFC and competing in Super Bowl LIII. After going 9-7, which wasn’t enough in the competitive conference, head coach Sean McVay had to make a sacrifice, and the organization let go of respected […]

A year after helping to lead the Los Angeles Rams to a Super Bowl appearance, defensive coordinator Wade Phillips is without a job, per Gary Klein of the Los Angeles Times. Phillips had served as the Rams’ defensive coordinator since 2017. In those three seasons, Los Angeles has allowed 22.5 points per game. The team’s […]

It was a rough season for Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff. Yes, he threw for 4,638 yards, but he also threw more passes than anyone in the NFL at 626. His touchdowns dipped from 32 in 2018 to 22, he threw a career-high 16 interceptions and he posted a passer rating of 86.5, by […]