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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heyjoe4" data-source="post: 1092707" data-attributes="member: 13032">The sum of the parts thing worked out well for the Rams.  They were oh so close this year and last year in returning to the SB.  McVay gets the most out of his guys.  Shanahan also did an admirable job managing through a lot of injuries as well in SF.  The NFC West was just loaded with talent this year, well, Arizona notwithstanding.......Your exampe of a team playing together - the Rams - is a good one.  Winning games isn't about individual performance but collective performance.  Sounds so obvious, I hate to say it.  But I can't name a single player on the Hags other than Darnold and Walker III, and they don't play defense, yet the defense was spectacular.  Oh and they won the SB, easily.It speaks to the importance of good coaching.  And it concerns me that MLF has made so few changes, so far, to his offensive coaching staff.  Stevanich stands out to me.  IMO he'd be better leading the OL rather than as MLF's shadow as OC.  MLF is the OC.This is probably worthy of its own thread - assessing the coaching staff for the offense starting with MLF.  It seems like the same cast is being run back.  Maybe that's a good thing.  I think the offense needs some new ideas, and MLF needs some in-game help with play calling and clock management.  Love is not nearly as good as Rodgers was at changing plays at the LOS.</blockquote>

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