Good morning, everybody. Today is Monday, July 10th. Thank you for making me a part of your morning.

In this episode of NFL First Thoughts, we'll talk about the Los Angeles Rams. And I'm tempted to make this a 26-second podcast episode and just tell you that the Rams very, very likely to be the worst team in football in 2020. Just end it right there, because I think it's the truth. But we'll go with a little more complex take that gives you a little more substance in this one.

So I think the Rams, not from a regular season win total perspective, but from a week-to-week

betting perspective could be a very enticing over-bett on a weekly basis.

Let's talk about the two reasons why.

First and foremost, I think the defense for the Rams in 2023 is going to be 31st or 32nd

when all is said and done at the end of the season.

Outside of Aaron Donald, there is nobody noteworthy on this defense.

I'm not going to rattle off names from the depth chart,

but I'm going to tell you it'll be a very big surprise

if this defense ranks any higher than 26th in 2023.

So what that is going to do is lead to the Rams consistently trailing in games.

I don't think it is a stretch to say north of 63, 64% of offensive snaps for the Rams in

2023 will be with them facing a deficit.

Where this gets very interesting is Sean McVeigh throughout his entire career has essentially

been three different coaches in one

depending on the scoreboard.

We know what he is when the game is close and competitive and what we call a neutral game

state within a touchdown.

He's a very high pass rate.

He plays right around an average pace, snap to snap, mainly because of all the pre-snap

motion he uses, and he of all the pre-snap motion he

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