Main article: 2017 NFL Draft 2017 Los Angeles Rams draft Additionally, the Rams wore navy pants with a single white stripe for some away games. The Rams allowed their fans to decide on which pants stripes and facemask color they wanted the team to use via polls on their social media pages, with a single navy striped pants and white facemask winning. The Rams underwent a moderate uniform change, removing New Century gold from their helmets and pants while leaving their jerseys unchanged. On January 22: The Rams hired Matt LaFleur as the new offensive coordinator. On January 21: The Rams hired Wade Phillips as the team's new defensive coordinator. Interim head coach John Fassel, who had replaced Jeff Fisher following Fisher's firing in Week 12 of 2016 and also interviewed for the head coach position, was retained as special teams coordinator along with running backs coach Skip Peete and assistant offensive line coach Andy Dickerson. On January 20: The Rams hired Sean McVay as the team's new head coach. In the offseason, the Rams introduced a new logo, with the horns and the outline of the ram changing to white. Coincidentally in the Rams' last playoff game in 2005, they were also beaten by the Falcons, which was the first time since 2003 that the Rams went one-and-done and their first Wild Card playoff loss since 2000. 6 seed and defending NFC Champions, the Atlanta Falcons, 13–26 in the Wild Card Round. Their promising season came to an end as they were defeated by the No. This was also their first playoff appearance as the Los Angeles Rams since the 1989 season and their first division title as the Los Angeles Rams since the 1985 season. On Christmas Eve, the Rams defeated the Tennessee Titans 27–23 in a Super Bowl XXXIV rematch to clinch the NFC West for the first time since 2003 and their first playoff berth since 2004. Furthermore, the team went from being dead last in total offense the previous season with an NFL-low 224 points to becoming the highest scoring team in the league in 2017 with an average of 29.9 points per game and 478 total points scored - tops in both categories. The Los Angeles Rams also scored 107 points in the first three games of the season, the second highest in franchise history and a league leader. The team played a game in London, England at Twickenham Stadium against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 7 as one of the NFL London Games.įor the second consecutive year, the Rams started out in first place in the NFC West with a 3–1 record. With a win over the Arizona Cardinals, the Rams ended a decade-long drought and clinched their first winning season since 2003 and first playoff appearance since 2004, when the club was based in St. The Rams improved on their 4–12 record from the previous season. The 2017 season was the Los Angeles Rams' 80th in the National Football League (NFL), their 81st overall, their 51st in the Greater Los Angeles Area and their first under head coach Sean McVay.
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