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It's easy to look at the record in a vacuum and say it wasn't good enough and that's not totally unfair. We can also look at the age or players and injuries and so on and that's not totally unfair. We can even say the coaching staff didn't start the season as well prepared as they maybe should have been, and an argument could be made for that as well. All of these things can be considered contributing factors but they are not the main reason for the record.
I think the single biggest reason for the record is the division. Three of the top 5 teams are in the NFCW. imagine if the Rams were in the East or North. In the North they would have won two or three more games, maybe even four and taken that division crown, and you could say the same about the East. They would have at least been a wild card I would speculate.
In the AFC East and North it's also possible the same happens.
When I look at the entire picture in a sort of post season review the first thing that's jumping out about why they didn't win 9-10 games is the division, then Bradford going down, then the rest of the stuff everyone likes to argue about all lumped in together (that to me has become largely irrelevant).
This means other than the Rams still having a whole lot of work to do they will also have to rely on some help from SF and SEA, as in those two playing at a lower level than they have the last two years.
I think the single biggest reason for the record is the division. Three of the top 5 teams are in the NFCW. imagine if the Rams were in the East or North. In the North they would have won two or three more games, maybe even four and taken that division crown, and you could say the same about the East. They would have at least been a wild card I would speculate.
In the AFC East and North it's also possible the same happens.
When I look at the entire picture in a sort of post season review the first thing that's jumping out about why they didn't win 9-10 games is the division, then Bradford going down, then the rest of the stuff everyone likes to argue about all lumped in together (that to me has become largely irrelevant).
This means other than the Rams still having a whole lot of work to do they will also have to rely on some help from SF and SEA, as in those two playing at a lower level than they have the last two years.