Ever since the completion of their first season in Los Angeles in 2016, the Rams have ranked among the most aggressive teams in the league when it comes to roster construction and the fight to win over the fanbase of a city that they share with the Chargers.
Common practice has involved the dealing of premium draft picks in exchange for high-profile veterans to ensure that the team remains competitive.
But the last year has seen the Rams take on as serious a go-for-broke approach as ever. Blockbuster trades and aggressive free agent moves brought marquee players in Matthew Stafford, Von Miller and Odell Beckham Jr. into the mix. Those acquisitions as well as the all-in moves of previous seasons have placed the Rams at the doorstep of Super Bowl glory.
But as the franchise learned just three years ago, simply reaching the Super Bowl isn’t enough. Without a victory Sunday over the Cincinnati Bengals, all of those splashy moves will have gone for naught.
The approach of the last five…
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