Los Angeles Rams: Can They Challenge the 49ers in 2024?

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00:00Now let's go elsewhere in the NFC West. The Los Angeles Rams, a playoff team, a

00:07double-digit win team a season ago because Matthew Stafford and Cooper Cup

00:12were healthy in the emergence of Pukanukuwa as well. Can the Rams replicate

00:18that success once again? The win total is eight and a half, albeit the over does

00:24have the heavy juice. In fact, LA has moved slightly in front of Chicago for

00:29the seventh best make playoff price of NFC teams. What does that mean? Of course

00:35there are seven teams that now make the postseason in each conference. The Rams

00:39based on the odds makers would have that slight edge over the Bears. Donnie, what

00:44is your expectation for Los Angeles in 2024? That's a tough one for me and not

00:50to say I don't think they can be a good football team. Like no, not even a

00:53devil's advocate needed here. Let's just say they're all healthy, which includes

00:56Matthew Stafford all the way through for 17 games. That's a playoff football

01:00team in the Rams that might even be able to change the San Francisco, excuse me,

01:03challenge the San Francisco 49ers. But the same way I'm talking about the

01:06Niners, who I do think they have a quality football season and quite

01:10frankly, maybe the most talented, but they're entering the season with a lot

01:13of question marks. Some through injury, which is Christian McCaffrey and some

01:16through players holding out. You never want to get those, that animosity like

01:20behind the scenes. They don't respect me. They don't. We still don't know what's

01:22going to happen with Brandon Ike. But again, talking about their left tackle

01:25Trent Williams, we expect them to be back in camp. Let's just say everything

01:29goes right for the 49ers and Matthew Stafford's hamstring injury event is

01:33not an issue. Week number one and moving forward. If you have a healthy

01:36and again, Pukunuku was banged up in training camp as well. Let's just say

01:39you get to the starting gate. Healthy Matthew Stafford hamstring is fine.

01:42Pukunuku and Cooper Cup and Williams. Like you have the tendency here with

01:46Sean McVay to have a high octane, ready to rock offense, which is half the

01:51battle in the NFL. It is a younger defense and you lose Aaron Donald. I

01:54understand that, but I'm not talking about the Rams on a stage of they can

01:58make a run to the Super Bowl. The expectations for me are competitive

02:01team week to week when it's all said and done, three games left in the

02:04regular season, there's still vying for a playoff position and maybe it even

02:08is for the NFC West. But there's a lot of question marks right now for me on

02:12an aging quarterback and a team that might not be as talented overall as the

02:16San Francisco 49ers. That's who I head into the season with the Los Angeles

02:20Rams.