Adam Schein at NFL.com posted his top nine defenses heading into the 2021 season and has ranked the Los Angeles Rams unit at number one. The top placement comes as no surprise to those who know what the Rams did in 2020 on their way to posting the best season of all 32 teams when it comes to points and yards allowed.
The list has the Rams just above the Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Indianapolis Colts making the top three. None of the other NFC West teams made the list most notably the San Francisco 49ers who had an impressive defensive run with former coordinator Robert Saleh, now the Head Coach of the New York Jets.