This Is The Worst Day Of My Life” Rams DC Chris Shula Announce His Departure After Accusing HC Sean McVay Of….
The Los Angeles Rams have hired a new defensive coordinator, long-time Rams positions coach Chris Shula. However, he is the first Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator to play opposing offenses without All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald at the line of scrimmage. Talk about taking a step back before he even gets to call his first defensive strategy.
But isn’t it the Rams’ way after all? When the team acquired ST Coordinator Chase Blackburn, it cleansed the slate of special team veterans, giving Blackburn the freedom to design the special teams units in his own image and to his specifications. However, without returning veterans and only one rookie prospect having his name called out in the 2023 NFL Draft, the outcome
The Los Angeles Rams have hired a new defensive coordinator, Chris Shula, a long-time Rams positions coach. However, he is the first LA Rams defensive coordinator to face opposing attacks without All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald at the line of scrimmage. Talk about taking a step backwards before he even calls his first defensive plan.
But isn’t that how the Rams roll? When the team acquired ST Coordinator Chase Blackburn, the organization cleared the slate of special team veterans, giving Blackburn the freedom to design special teams units in his own image, according to his requirements. However, without returning veterans and only one rookie prospect hearing his name called out in the 2023 NFL Draft, the result
But the defense will take it’s own journey in 2024. While the Rams have enjoyed a wide range of defensive coordinators under HC Sean McVay: Venerable DC Wade Phillips, innovative DC Brandon Staley, and personable DC Raheem Morris, the team is taking a new approach by turning to new DC Chris Shula. After all, Shula is a positional coach who has risen through the ranks of the Rams coaching staff. He has the genetics of elite NFL coaching as the grandson to the late great NFL coach Don Shula. But perhaps best of all, he brings a new and unifying perspective to this defense at a time when a new chapter is being written:
In 2024, however, the defense will strike out on its own. While the Rams have had a number of defensive coordinators under head coach Sean McVay, including venerable DC Wade Phillips, innovative DC Brandon Staley, and dynamic DC Raheem Morris, the organization is taking a different approach by appointing a new DC. Christopher Shula. After all, Shula is a positional coach who has climbed through the Rams’ coaching levels. As the grandson of legendary NFL coach Don Shula, he inherited tremendous NFL coaching genes. But, perhaps most crucially, he provides a new and unifying perspective to this defense just as a new chapter is being written:
This is hardly the juggernaut defense that supporters have grown to expect in the past. And that is what new DC Chris Shula faces, or may be counting on.