The buzz around the Los Angeles Rams home playoff game against the Atlanta Falcons last year was pretty upbeat. Yes, the loss was painful and disappointing, but having turned around a franchise that hadn’t had a winning season for 13 years with a Coach of the Year effort, no one was calling for the head of Sean McVay. There was a very low amount of panicky “we need to blow up the roster” from Rams Twitter. Rams fans knew that this team could be better than that first-round playoff loss.
They just needed another shot.