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GamePlan: What Trends From the 2021 NFL Season Will Continue?

Before we move on to 2022, here is what executives around the league learned from this past season that may be worth keeping an eye on moving forward.

It worked. Boy, did it work.

And while there’s more to what the Rams accomplished this season—a big part was the coaches being clear on what they needed, the front office’s drafting to those needs off a shrunken draft board and the coaches developing what became depth—there’s truth in the spirit of the T-shirt GM Les Snead wore to the championship parade on Wednesday. Maybe it’s not … screw them picks.