When the Los Angeles Rams lost to the Green Bay Packers in the divisional round of the playoffs last year, there was a lot of talk centered around how the NFL’s number one defense had given up 32 points and that defensive coordinator Brandon Staley “wasn’t on his game” after interviewing with a number of teams about vacant head coaching positions. Staley then left for the LA Chargers but left behind some of the blame that he shouldered for that loss with the Rams.
Forget that the Rams were playing without Cooper Kupp and that Aaron Donald’s rib injury had hampered his ability to be the best player in the world.