By Alex Kurtz
Two years ago, the Los Angeles Rams moved back to the city after a 20-year stint in St. Louis as a heaping pile of garbage. Now they are on the verge of their best season since Kurt Warner and Marshall Faulk led the team to a Super Bowl title.
Since “The Greatest Show on Turf” decided to hang up their cleats, the Rams were a laughing stock of mediocrity for years that was led by the textbook definition in mediocrity: coach Jeff Fisher.
With Fisher now gone, and Sean McVay in, the Rams offense now looks like it could be a juggernaut remembered as highly as their Championship-winning counterparts.
On “Thursday Night Football,” and the entire country watching, the Rams dismantled Kirk Cousins and the Minnesota Vikings 38–31.
Rams quarterback Jared Goff, who at one point looked nothing more than a glorified game-manager during his rookie season under Fisher, ripped apart a competent Vikings defense for 465 yards and five touchdowns.
Running back Todd Gurley had 156 all-purpose yards and a touchdown, continuing his run as the best running back in the NFL, and three different receivers had over 100 yards on the night.
This team has the offensive firepower to bombard any team in the league, and with a slew of talent like Aaron Donald and Marcus Peters on defense, they are prepped as well as any team in the league for a Super Bowl run.
If I am making any prediction involving an NFC team to win a title, I would go all in on the Los Angeles Rams. No team right now in the conference, including the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles have the offense ability to compete with these guys. The Rams officially championship contenders, and they do not plan on going anywhere.