There is no one reason the 2017 Los Angeles Rams are so much better than their predecessors. There are just three reasons.

I’ve done a couple dozen radio hits since the 2017 Los Angeles Rams proved themselves to be a much better a team, a team that is contending for stuff we haven’t talked about on this site for seven years. In nearly each, I get asked why the Rams are so much better. Often, the host leads the question with their suggestion of why.

There is no one reason the Rams are so much better this year than in years past.

There are three.

Yes, Head Coach Sean McVay is doing a phenomenal job. From simplifying the offensive system to fit QB Jared Goff rather than handjam him into a preconceived system to changing the culture within the walls at HQ to his brutal honesty in public settings, McVay is acing his first tests as head coach.