A small fact lost in the reverie of the Los Angeles Rams Super Bowl victory is that they finished the 2021 season in the bottom 10 of NFL running attacks. So whose to blame? And really, does blame even need to placed?
A popular narrative is that the Rams offensive line doesn’t measure up. Pro Football Focus rated them 7th overall in the league, ESPN Analytics had them 12th in run block win rate and 1st in pass block win rate and finally, Football Outsiders ranked the big uglies 6th overall in adjusted line yards, but had them in 29th in power blocking situations (Converting 3rd or 4th down and less than 2 yards).