The Los Angeles Rams, who were supposed to be Super Bowl contenders, are now sitting at a dismal 2-4 record, last in the NFC West after losing three of their last four games. What was billed as the closest thing to an NFL superteam in ages has, instead, completely fallen apart, hitting rock bottom this past Sunday.
A Superteam Turned Sideways, Fast
Seriously, what even *is* going on down there in LA? This team was built for a deep run, loaded with stars, and now they’re trailing the entire division with a miserable record. The freefall has been immediate and brutal, going from Super Bowl contender whispers to a team looking completely lost. It’s almost unbelievable how quickly things have unraveled for a squad with so much talent on paper.
Kicker Catastrophe Sinks the Ship Against the Cardinals
Sunday’s loss to the Cardinals was an absolute gut punch, especially considering it came against a team the Rams had beaten in 16 of their last 19 meetings. And get this: Arizona didn’t even score a single touchdown. Not one! How do you lose a game when the other team never finds the end zone? Well, when the opponent’s kicker, Chad Ryland, connects on six field goal attempts, including a soul-crushing 43-yarder as time expired, that’ll do it. It really was a tale of two kickers, because while Arizona had a superb one, the Rams had literally *no one*. Just days after cutting Harrison Mevis for a league-worst four misses in the first five weeks, they brought in Blake Grupe from the Jets’ practice squad. And what happened? Grupe got hurt covering a kickoff return in the first quarter, leaving the Rams without a kicker for the rest of the game. You can’t make this stuff up. Mevis, known as the “Thick Kicker” or “Thiccer,” apparently has about 80 pounds on the 5-foot-7 Grupe, but neither of them could save the day.
This team, once projected as a juggernaut, is now reeling, and it feels like rock bottom is just getting started.
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Originally reported by The Guardian.
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