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The Rams rocketed to the top of the NFC in 2018. In 2019 Bobby Evans Jersey Mens , will the rest of the NFC close the gap?The signs already exist to suggest that coach Sean McVay and company may have a hard time distancing themselves from the rest of the pack, both in their division and in the rest of the conference. If the 2019 version of running back Todd Gurley no longer performs like the 2017 version of running back Todd Gurley, more pressure will be placed on the rest of the offense, starting with quarterback Jared Goff. And there are real questions regarding whether the rest of the offense can pick up the slack.Some wonder whether, as evidenced by the Patriots holding the Rams to three points in Super Bowl LIII, defenses may be figuring out the McVay offense. Which puts extra pressure on McVay to, as Chris Simms would say Greg Gaines Los Angeles Rams Jerseys , self-scout himself in order to figure out where the flaws in the offense reside — and, at the same time, how to exploit defenses that are shifting their focus to take away things that McVay/Goff/Gurley like to do.It’s one thing for McVay to come up with new concepts and plays; it’s another for Goff to execute them. Goff’s failure to spot and then to deliver an accurate throw to a wide-ass open Brandin Cooks in Super Bowl LIII should haunt Goff and McVay, and it should raise questions as to whether, when confronted with a championship opportunity, Goff will be suited to seize it.That may not be an issue in 2019, if the Rams find themselves in a slog against the likes of the Seahawks and maybe the 49ers in the NFC West Los Angeles Rams Jerseys 2019 , and likewise in a fight for home-field advantage with the likes of the Eagles or Cowboys or Bears or Saints or whoever rises up in the other three divisions. Ridin’ high."WhiteSections 2019 offseason2019 free agency2019 NFL DraftFull ArchiveLibrary 2019 NFL calendar2019 Rams regular season sched2019 Rams preseason schedMasthead Community Guidelines NFL Odds StubHub ✕SB Nation FanPulse2019 Los Angeles Rams Offseason2019 NFL Free AgencyFanPulse shows Los Angeles Rams fans confidence unwavering after Super Bowl loss and free agencyNew,40commentsRidin’ high.CDTShareTweetShareShareFanPulse shows Los Angeles Rams fans confidence unwavering after Super Bowl loss and free agencyLos Angeles Rams fan Chis Fellowes of Scotland poses outside Mercedes-Benz Stadium before Super Bowl LIII, Feb. 3, 2019.Jason Getz-USA TODAY SportsWelcome to SB Nation FanPulse — a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the offseason, we send 32 polls to plugged in fans from each team. Los Angeles Rams fans, sign up HERE to join FanPulse.When last we checked in on FanPulse, Rams fans were panicking in the midst of a two-game losing streak. Suffice to say Greg Gaines Jersey nfl draft , the Rams erased those concerns with a playoff run that took them to Super Bowl LIII with the Mystery of Todd Gurley’s Knee becoming the stuff of legend.Rams fan confidence ended strong at 93% of respondents saying they were confident in the direction of the team after Week 17. And now on the other side of free agency, that number is still high at 98%. Not surprising.I was a bit surprised at the results of the second question with 85% of respondents saying the Rams had gotten better over free agency.While the Rams brought in some quality veterans to bridge roster gaps with guys like S Eric Weddle and LB Clay Matthews while retaining EDGE Dante Fowler, Jr., on a one-year deal and bringing QB Blake Bortles in to back up QB Jared Goff, the Rams moved on from LG Rodger Saffold III, C John Sullivan, DL Ndamukong Suh Cheap Greg Gaines Jersey , ILB Mark Barron and S Lamarcus Joyner. While fans tend to be overly, irrationally optimistic as a whole (all but three fan bases suggested they “got better” in free agency), I was surprised to the degree Rams fans were. That’s not to suggest the Rams got worse in free agency, but to be nearly unanimous despite the caliber of the players we lost was a bit of a surprise to me.In the end, our FanPulse results this week just confirm what we all knew coming out of the 2018 season.It’s a good time to be a Rams fan.