Yup, it’s a wrap on the Rams Super Bowl repeat hopes. Los Angeles Rams superstar WR Cooper Kupp has been put on IR with a bad high-ankle sprain, which all but signals the end of the Rams playoff hopes.
This is the worst news any Los Angeles Rams fan could have heard today. Not only is Cooper Kupp the reigning Triple Crown winner and Super Bowl 56 MVP, but he also was the heartbeat of the entire Rams offense. Actually, scratch that: he is the Rams offense.
There has only been one LA Rams game this season (Week 3: Cardinals) in which Cooper Kupp wasn’t the Rams leading receiver, and that was a game when not a single Rams receiver had over 70 yards.
What’s even more troubling is that out of the five 100-yard receiving games that all of the Rams receivers have put up so far, Cooper Kupp was the guy who had them all. So, in other words, there hasn’t been a single 100-yard receiver from this Rams offense all year long that’s not named Cooper Kupp.
And now he’s out for at least four weeks.
The Rams season has been an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions as they are not only looking at missing the playoffs and failing to repeat as Super Bowl champions, but also are in line for a Top-10 draft pick in this upcoming draft. A team that boasts of Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp, Allen Robinson, Tyler Higbee, Aaron Donald, Bobby Wagner, Jalen Ramsey, Leonard Floyd, and Sean McVay as HC is in line for a TOP-10 DRAFT PICK?!?!
That’s insane!
It just goes to show that the Rams star-driven acquisitions were predicated on the fact that these stars would always be able to produce and stay in the lineup, while also making up for the shortcomings of the rest of the roster. And, as we’ve seen with the Rams historically bad running game and dreadful pass protection schemes, these stars haven’t gotten the job done.
Matthew Stafford looks set to miss another game with a concussion, Cooper Kupp is now out for at least four weeks, Aaron Donald’s commitment to the sport is in question (he almost retired last offseason), and Allen Robinson and the rest of the receiving core hasn’t gotten on the same page as Stafford when he was in the lineup.
It’s no wonder the Rams are now 3-6 with their 27-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals last Sunday and are looking at two games against the Seahawks (with one being the last game of the season), a trip Arrowhead Stadium to face the Chiefs, a further trip to Lambeau Field to face a hungry Aaron Rodgers and the Packers, and then a game against city-rival LA Chargers to close out the season.
Honestly, it wouldn’t surprise me if the Rams go 1-4 in that stretch (and win their games against the Broncos and Raiders) to finish the season 6-11 or 7-10.
The Super Bowl hangover curse is real…unless you’re the New England Patriots (sorry, I had to get that out there).
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