Who will be the Rams' MVP this season?
The Los Angeles Rams are a team thats built to win a Super Bowl right now. Long term, they may not be in the best shape cap-wise, but when it comes to this season, theyre as talented as any team on paper. Thats partly because they have three cornerstone players who could all finish the year as the teams MVP. Matthew Stafford is an obvious choice to be considered the Rams most valuable player come January and could contend for league MVP, but Aaron Donald and Jalen Ramsey are right there with him when it comes to value. Heck, you could probably even throw Cooper Kupp, Robert Woods, Cam Akers and Andrew Whitworth into the mix, too. According to Dan Hanzus of NFL.com, its Donald, not the veteran quarterback Stafford. Donald is one of the greatest players in NFL history and putting anyone else as the top MVP candidate for the Rams is utter hogwash. The 30-year-old interior lineman was once again a terror for opposing offensive lines, racking up a league-high 98 pressures while grading out as the NFLs No. 1 interior defender against the run, according to PFF. This is every-year production for Donald, who has enjoyed a sustained peak that will one day put him in Canton. Im on board the hype train rolling for Matthew Stafford and Sean McVay, but Donald is the heart and soul of Rams football and will continue to be so in 2021. Without Donald, the Rams wouldnt have had the No. 1 defense in the NFL last season. The same can be said about Ramsey. But while most people expect L.A.s defense to remain one of the top units in football again this year, its the offense that must improve. Its expected to with Stafford under center and Sean McVay calling the plays. If Stafford has a season with something like 4,500 yards and 35 touchdowns, hell be viewed as the teams MVP. But if he puts up just average numbers and Donald dominates once again the way he has for seven seasons, he should claim the honor as the Rams most valuable player.