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USA Today
09-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
One Rams squad named among 25 greatest teams since 2000
The Los Angeles Rams have enjoyed an up-and-down 21st century over the past 25 years. They opened the millennium with a Super Bowl appearance but didn't return until 2018 and didn't win until 2021. Along the way, the team endured playoff droughts and disappointing seasons before Sean McVay turned the franchise into a perennial contender. And yet, one Rams team made Yahoo Sports' Quarter Century Team. NFL writer Frank Schwab went through the 25 best teams of the past 25 years and ranked the 2021 Rams squad No. 15 on the list. This is the team that entered the playoffs with the No. 1 seed at 14-2 but was shockingly upset in the Super Bowl by Tom Brady the year he took over the Drew Bledsoe. The 2001 Rams were an offensive machine that had a top-10 defense and lost three games all season by a combined 13 points. Unfortunately for their legacy, one of those losses was an upset to the Patriots in the Super Bowl. Still, an offense that had four Hall of Famers (it'll be five if Torry Holt gets in) still gets remembered fondly, as it should. This was the last true season of "The Greatest Show on Turf," which led the NFL in scoring from 1999 to 2001. Quarterback Kurt Warner led won MVP that season when he led the NFL with a 68.7% completion rate, 4,830 passing yards and 36 passing touchdowns. Running back Marshall Faulk rushed for 1,382 yards and 12 touchdowns, while catching 83 receptions for 765 yards and nine touchdowns for an NFL-best 21 scores. Receivers Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce finished with 1,363 and 1,106, respectively, for 13 combined touchdowns. No other Rams teams made the list, which couldn't come as a surprise considering the only one ones to make the Super Bowl were the 2018 team that got crushed by the Patriots and the 2021 team that won but didn't have the best statistical season. The hope for McVay, though, is that he and general manager Les Snead and build an even better franchise in the second half of the century.
CBS News
06-02-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Rams announced as one of two teams to play in NFL's first ever regular season game in Australia
The Los Angeles Rams will be one of the first two teams to play a National Football League regular season game in Australia next season. According to a statement released by the league on Wednesday, the Rams will be the home team for the game scheduled during the 2025 season. They'll host an unannounced team at the Melbourne's iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground. "Expanding to Melbourne, Australia, a beautiful city with a rich sports history, underlines our ambitions to become a global sport and accelerate international growth," said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in a statement. "Together with the Victorian State Government, Visit Victoria and the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and with the Los Angeles Rams in 2026, we look forward to making history in what is an important market for the NFL and a significant next step in expanding our international footprint." It's just one game in what the NFL called a multiyear commitment to playing in Australia in an effort to grow the game, similar to the London Games and the upcoming Berlin Game and Madrid Game coming in 2025. Since the league began their international marketing program in 2022, the Rams and Philadelphia Eagles have held marketing rights to Australia. They've made a number of moves since then to try and grow their brand including a Rams Australia Instagram, a Super Bowl LVI Trophy Tour through Sydney and Melbourne and visits from Ram legends like Torry Holt and Tod Gurley. "Today is an exciting day for Rams fans across the world, especially in Australia, where our players and organization have received an enthusiastic reception over the past few years when we have been in market," said Rams owner Stan Kroenke. "This is the next important step for both the Rams and the broader Kroenke Sports & Entertainment family to continue to expand our reach globally, and we are thrilled to work with Commissioner Goodell and the league office to make history and bring the first NFL regular season game to Australia."
