How your season ends often informs the focus of the upcoming offseason in the NFL.
After the Los Angeles Rams found themselves on the wrong end of a game management mismatch in the wildcard round last year versus the Detroit Lions—leading to their early playoff exit—Sean McVay hired a coach specifically to help with gameday decisions in John Streicher.
This season we saw the Rams give up over 500 yards individually to Saquon Barkley in two matchups against the Philadelphia Eagles. He ran for four 50+ yard touchdowns on LA’s young defense.