Todd Gurley, does anyone remember that name?
I believe that some fans who watched the ball earlier still remember that in the 2018 season, the Rams played in the Super Bowl. Sadly, they suffered Waterloo in that Super Bowl, losing 3-13 to the Patriots. The 3-point score is also the lowest in Super Bowl history. However, 3 years later, they transformed into cosmic sheep and regained their strength to enter the Super Bowl. Next, Xiaobian will take you to review how the cosmic sheep is refined.
Super Bowl 53rd Waterloo
Fast forward to February 3, 2019, when the 53rd Super Bowl was held in Atlanta. The Rams broke into the Super Bowl under the leadership of 32-year-old head coach Sean McVeigh and superstar running back Todd Gerley to meet the American League champion Patriots. To everyone's surprise, the original imaginary confrontation war turned out to be a defensive battle.
However, the young McVeigh was still too tender to meet the "old fox" Belicek. The Patriots tactically overpowered the Rams and eventually won the game 13-3. Rams star running back Gelley even rushed out for just 35 yards. The Youth Rams at the time could only helplessly watch Brady pick up the sixth Super Bowl of his career. After the game, McVeigh also admitted: We lost tactically.
Helpless 2019 season
After the 53rd Super Bowl, the contracts of many of the Rams' key players also expired. They also decided to part ways with the main defenders of the group, including security guard La Marcus Joyna, and defensive interceptor N'Damkun Sue this offseason. Losing Joyner, the Rams also decided to add a security guard to the draft, Chi Youjun from the University of Washington.
However, the Rams did not seem to have come out of the Super Bowl defeat this following season. Although the season started 3-0, they only finished 6-7 in the next 13 games. In the end, the 9-7 record also allowed the Rams to be stopped outside the playoffs, watching the 49 people in the same area shine in the playoffs and finally reach the Super Bowl.
New course, new beginning
After the 2019 season, the Rams moved from the Los Angeles Memorial Stadium to the newly built SoFi Stadium, no longer sharing the same course with USC. In addition to this, they also unveiled a new team logo as well as a new jersey, marking that the team is entering a new era.
At the same time, they also decided not to break the rules, severing their contract with star Gerley and taking out Florida State University's running back Cam Ax with a second-round pick in the draft to clear up the salary space. It also set the stage for their crazy trades during the season.
So, after the fifth week of the regular season, the Rams completed a deal that shocked the league, spending the first round of picks in 2020 and 2021, and the fourth round of picks in 2021, from the Jaguars to the league's top cornerback Jaylen Ramsey, taking the first step to become the Cosmic Sheep. On the same day, the team traded out the team's cornerback Marcus Peters, and four days later traded veteran cornerback Achibu Talib, determined to build the team with Ramsey as the core of the second line.
This season, the Rams also successfully reached the playoffs as the 6th in the National League, and defeated the sworn enemy Seahawks in the same district on the wild card Weekly Kerk, successfully reaching the final four of the National League. Sadly, they lost a week later at the frigid Blue Castle Stadium, losing to the Packers. The good news, though, is that the team's run-in is getting better and better, with rookie running back Ax sitting firmly on the team's starting runback and outside receiver Karp at the top of the league. As for defensive core Donald and Ramsey, they are also steadily maintaining the level of the league's first man in their respective positions. Maintaining the core lineup, the Rams also continue to remain in the league's strongest teams.
(To be continued)
After determining Donald and Ramsey as cornerstones of the defensive group,
How did the Rams reinforce the offensive group?
Tomorrow we will reveal together!