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Comparisons to Brandon Staley’s current defense will remain in Rams’ frontyard

Brandon Staley’s true impact on the 2020 LA Rams defense, which ranked first in the league in many notable categories, will only ever have a theoretical answer. Even if the Rams defense somehow tanked next season, we wouldn’t know how much of that had to do with the defensive coordinator. And even if Staley orchestrated a dramatic improvement over Wade Phillips’ best season at the helm, Phillips barely got to work with Jalen Ramsey.

But Staley’s ascent from a defensive coordinator at John Carroll in 2016 to the head coach of the LA Chargers in 2021 didn’t happen by accident.