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The LA Rams defense is presumed to be good in 2021, but will it be? The team’s roster did not load up with superstars from the end of 2019 to the beginning of 2020, and yet the defense ended the year as the best defense in the NFL. It was not the who, but rather the how, that suddenly placed the Rams defenders on the map.
Nor was it a matter of facing weak offenses. The Rams faced the Seattle Seahawks (X2), the Arizona Cardinals (X2), the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Dallas Cowboys (with Dak Prescott under center), the Buffalo Bill, and even the Miami Dolphins.