It will be a year ago next week that NFL owners voted to allow the Rams to leave St. Louis and return to the Los Angeles area, where they had been based before spending 21 seasons in Missouri. The team’s market value immediately soared, and there was a huge glow among the team’s old Southern California fans for a happy homecoming.
But after a 3-1 start this season, the Rams rapidly returned to their St. Louis form of the previous decade. They became a disaster on the field in familiar fashion for those who had watched them when they were in the Midwest, losing their last seven games while being incompetent offensively.