Before the season and after the Los Angeles Rams had traded for edge rusher Myles Garrett, a lot of national NFL analysts thought LA would easily win another Super Bowl title, and maybe even go unbeaten. The Seattle Seahawks' rival has faced a different brutal reality, though, and things are unlikely to get better.
That is because the Rams have suffered several key and long-term injuries recently. Wide receiver Davante Adams will be out for 6-10 weeks with a hamstring injury. Excellent defensive lineman Kobie Turner has a groin injury and is expected to miss at least a month. Former Seahawks nose tackle Poona Ford is out for the season with a ruptured triceps.
Those are on top edge rusher Myles Garrett, still remaining out with an injured knee. His timeline for return is unknown.
Seattle Seahawks can smile at the Los Angeles Rams' terrible start to the season
What was supposed to be a dream season for the Rams has currently turned into a nightmare, and a lot of it is their own doing, not simply injury-related. In Week 1, for instance, head coach Sean McVay decided not to leave for the team's opener in Australia until about 24 hours before their game with the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers arrived a week before the game.
It showed. While San Fran appeared fresh and ready, Los Angeles sleep-walked through the game and was dismantled by the 49ers. The loss put LA one game behind San Francisco at the beginning of the season. The Rams are now four games back after six games.
That's because somehow LA found a way to lose to the terrible Arizona Cardinals in Week 6. The loss pushed the Rams to last place in the NFC West. They and the Cardinals have the same record, but Arizona currently holds the tie-breaker. Both teams are just a game behind the Seahawks, but everyone trails the 49ers by at least three games.
The issue for Los Angeles is that they are the team not meeting the extreme expectations people set for them before the season. The way the Rams acted, they also appeared to think they were the new alphas of the NFL, despite not having played a game this season. McVay's lazy way of handling the travel to Australia is an example of that.
With so many injuries and a generally underwhelming performance through six games, the Los Angeles Rams might go from perceived Super Bowl favorite to a team that doesn't make the playoffs. LA does get a bit of a break in their upcoming schedule, though.
The Rams play the feisty Las Vegas Raiders in Week 7, but after that take on the winless Los Angeles Chargers, the one-win Washington Commanders (yes, we all know where that one victory came from), and then the Cardinals again. The schedule gets more challenging after that, but LA might be getting back some good players by then.
Still, at 2-4, the Rams might already be sunk. Not that Seattle Seahawks fans are unhappy with that development.
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