NFL Teams Betting - St. Louis Rams - NFC West

The Rams are in early stages of a rebuilding project under new GM Les Snead, so they traded back twice, accumulated picks, and drafted LSU standout defensive tackle Michael Brockers with the 14th overall pick. They also signed free agent defensive tackle Kendall Langford to compliment defensive ends Chris Long and Robert Quinn up the middle. The Rams ranked 31st against the run last season and recorded 39 sacks (15th in NFL), 13 of them coming from Long.

Like a sequel to a bad movie, The Rebuilding III is now playing in St. Louis. The Rams are on their third head coach in the past six years and have had their roster gutted once again. The Rams can only hope things go better under Jeff Fisher than they did under predecessors Steve Spagnuolo (10–38) and Scott Linehan (11–25). Spagnuolo and Linehan were newbies — they had never been head coaches at any level prior to St. Louis. Not so, obviously, with Fisher. Prior to taking the 2011 season off, he had been head coach of the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans franchise for 16 full seasons.

Because of his experience and past success — including a Super Bowl XXXIV loss 13 seasons ago against the team he now coaches — Fisher doesn’t sweat the small stuff. He exudes confidence and toughness. Those characteristics have been in short supply lately around Rams Park, where Fisher and GM Les Snead are working toward the franchise’s first winning record since 2003.