The 2022 Los Angeles Rams will go into training camp with the following positions: Quarterback? Yes. Running back? Wide receiver? Yes, but they’re claiming that Offensive Player of the Year is not guaranteed. Must be an MVP year then.
The Rams made a big splash this offseason by signing Bobby Wagner to a five-year deal worth $50 million. It’s their first major move at inside linebacker in a long time, and it came one year after the team drafted Ernest Jones in the third round.
The problem with the Rams’ defensive line isn’t the starting group, but the depth behind them. That’s where there are at least some mild concerns heading into the 2022 season
The Los Angeles Rams were Super Bowl LVI Champions last season against the Cincinnati Bengals. No team has repeated since 2003 and 2004 with the New England Patriots.
The Rams played most of last season without their starting RB after Cam Akers tore his Achilles in a July workout. Darrell Henderson Jr. and Sony Michel did a fine job filling in, at least until Akers returned late in the year for the postseason run.
Rams training camp opened this week and their first preseason game against the Chargers is three weeks out and fewer than 50 days remain until the Rams open their season against the Buffalo Bills.
Even though they knew Matthew Stafford would be their full-time starter at quarterback last season, the Los Angeles Rams still carried three quarterbacks on the 53-man roster