LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Rams have a new, unique training camp set on the idyllic campus of Loyola Marymount, with one practice field as center stage, and another in the outfield of a baseball diamond. The setup allows for efficiency, with everything centrally located, and brand-new dorms to stay in. Oh, and the team here should be pretty good, too …
• The overall energy with the Rams is really, really good, and my sense is that’s the momentum they’re carrying over from last season’s surprise playoff appearance—a year in which they carried $75 million in dead cap money, dealt off Jalen Ramsey, and had bouts with injuries to Cooper Kupp and Matthew Stafford (though the injury issues weren’t nearly as bad as the year before). This team is younger, and faster, and optimism about its first three picks in this year’s draft only adds to all the excitement over last year’s bumper crop. The Rams should be really good in 2024. Stafford and Kupp, in particular, look healthy and ready to roll, perhaps energized by the renewal of the roster.
