Los Angeles Rams · Franchise era 6 of 7
The long rebuild and return home: the Los Angeles Rams story
The story in one sentence
Jackson carried years of losing, Donald arrived as a foundational defender and the franchise returned to Los Angeles in 2016.
St. Louis struggles before Los Angeles gets the Rams back
Steven Jackson, Chris Long and Aaron Donald gave the era its recognizable core.
Its ending created the conditions for the mcvay era.
Timeline
How it unfolded
Before 2005
What came before
Warner's emergence, Faulk's versatility and a deep receiving corps produced two Super Bowls and the championship after the 1999 season.
- 06TradeMarch 13, 2012
March 13, 2012
The RGIII draft trade and its eight-player tree
Washington wanted to end a decades-long quarterback search. The Rams chose volume, then repeatedly traded the incoming selections to spread the return across three drafts.
To WAS20121STround asset
To LAR20121STround asset20122NDround asset+2 assetsWashington's RGIII trade-upWAS receives 2012 first · No. 2LAR receives 2012 first · No. 6, 2012 second · No. 39, 2013 first · No. 22 + 1 more5 original assets · 3 outcomes tracedOpen trade → After 2016
What came next
McVay changed the offense immediately, reached two Super Bowls and won the second after the Rams traded aggressively for Stafford and veteran stars.
The core