Prior to the Los Angeles Rams playing the Detroit Lions in the NFC Wild Card game in January, I wrote that a playoff win for that version of the team didn’t matter. The overall thought was that the Rams were ahead of schedule. Heading into 2023, it was a re-building year. That was a reason why the Rams cleared as much cap space as they did. That was all done for this moment.
As I wrote then,
“The Rams are at the table, but how many chips do they really have in the middle?