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The LA Rams certainly had the right idea for their special teams in 2021. It began as though the team planned to reshuffle everything on special teams with the exception of punter Johnny Hekker. After all, the Rams were falling in the rankings against other teams.
It wasn’t one thing, but rather the cumulative effect of many things. The Rams field goal distance and accuracy were sub-par. The Rams could not return either punts or kickoffs particularly well. The Rams even struggled on covering kicks and punts.