Each year teams enter the season with a plan for who they want to be. But as life goes in the NFL, attrition soon sets in and you realize who you need to be.
Reality came quickly this year for the Los Angeles Rams as offensive linemen started dropping like flies in the season opener against the Detroit Lions—the team also lost its top offensive playmaker, Puka Nacua, in this game. Cooper Kupp went down soon after. LA even lost a veteran leader in John Johnson on the defensive side of the ball.