The success of the 2017 Los Angeles Rams came out of nowhere. After being a laughing stock in the Jeff Fisher era, this peaked with the team’s 4-12 record in 2016, where the team lost 11 of their last 12 games. Fisher was fired and replaced by Sean McVay, who was under pressure as the youngest head coach in NFL history. So no one knew what to expect.
I don’t think any of us expected NFC West champions, though.
The Rams became the first team to go from the worst offense to the absolute best in the timespan of a year.