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St. Louis Rams 2013 NFL Season Preview

Found July 24, 2013 on The Football Fan Spot:
PLAYERS: Harvey Dahl,  Cortland Finnegan,  Scott Wells,  Kendall Langford,  Jake Long,  Jared Cook,  Robert Quinn,  Michael Brockers,  Alec Ogletree,  Tavon Austin,  Sam Bradford,  Robert Griffin,  Matthew Stafford,  Jake Locker,  Chris Givens,  Austin Pettis,  Brian Quick,  Kendall Wright,  Brandon Gibson,  Owen Daniels,  Lance Kendricks,  Cory Harkey,  Rodger Saffold,  Jason Smith,  Barry Richardson,  Chris Williams,  Shelley Smith,  Chris Watkins,  Steven Jackson,  Daryl Richardson,  Isaiah Pead,  Zac Stacy,  Chris Long,  William Hayes,  Eugene Sims,  Jermelle Cudjo,  James Laurinaitis,  Rocky McIntosh,  Jeff Fisher,  Janoris Jenkins,  Trumaine Johnson,  Craig Dahl,  Darian Stewart,  T.J. McDonald,  Jo-Lonn Dunbar
TEAMS: St. Louis Rams,  Detroit Lions,  Tennessee Titans,  Houston Texans,  Chicago Bears,  Atlanta Falcons,  San Francisco 49ers,  Baylor Bears,  Wake Forest Demon Deacons,  Appalachian State Mountaineers
Introduction Football is a game of parity. A team sees an average change of 3 wins per season in either direction and teams that have big improvements on average regress about half of that the following season and vice versa. The Rams have been doing quite a bit of bouncing around in the past few years, going from 1 win to 7 wins to 2 wins to 7 wins and a tie. Unfortunately, they haven’t been able to bounce into the playoffs at any point and if history is any indication, they are due to bounce back down, at least a little bit. There were a couple unsustainable things that led to the Rams’ win improvement last season. They were 6th in the league in adjusted games lost, meaning they had significantly fewer injuries than the league average. This was a season after they ranked dead last in that category in 2011. They also exceeded their Pythagorean Expectations by a whole win (assuming a half win for the tie) as they were outscored by 49 points on the season and had a Pythagorean Expect...
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