ProFootballFocus recently released their top 50 players for the 2021 NFL season, and two of the top-16 play on the LA Rams defense: Aaron Donald, ranked first overall, and Jalen Ramsey, who came in at 16th.
With the Rams also returning outside linebacker Leonard Floyd and cornerback Darious Williams, two players who could be among the top 50 in the NFL for defense, plus safety Jordan Fuller and defensive linemen Sebastian Joseph-Day and A’Shawn Robinson, there should be optimism that LA can once again be among the league’s stingiest teams in allowing points.
In 2020, the Rams improved from 17th in points allowed during Wade Phillips’ final season, to first in point allowed (18.