| 2022 Los Angeles Rams season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Stan Kroenke |
| General manager | Les Snead |
| Head coach | Sean McVay |
| Home field | SoFi Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 5–12 |
| Division place | 3rd NFC West |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
| Pro Bowlers | DT Aaron Donald CB Jalen Ramsey (alternate) |
| AP All-Pros | LB Bobby Wagner (2nd team) |
| Uniform | |
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The 2022 season was the Los Angeles Rams' 85th in the National Football League (NFL), their 86th overall, their 56th in the Greater Los Angeles Area, the third playing their home games at SoFi Stadium, their sixth under head coach Sean McVay, and eleventh under general manager Les Snead.
The Rams came into the 2022 season as the defending Super Bowl champions for the first time since 2000, when the club was based in St. Louis. They attempted to become the first team to repeat as Super Bowl champions since the 2004 New England Patriots and the first NFC team to repeat since Rival 1993 Dallas Cowboys. However, after a 2–1 start, the Rams struggled mightily as the team regressed rapidly.
The Rams failed to match their 12–5 record from the previous season after a Week 10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. After their Week 13 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, the Rams secured their first losing season since 2016 (and thus their first losing season in the Sean McVay era). Following their Week 15 loss to the Green Bay Packers, they were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 2019. A Week 17 loss to the crosstown Los Angeles Chargers marked the Rams 11th loss, eclipsing the 1999 Denver Broncos for most losses by a defending Super Bowl champion. Following an overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks in their final game of the season, they failed to match the .333 winning percentage the 3–6 San Francisco 49ers recorded in the strike-shortened 1982 season. The Rams' .294 percentage is the worst-ever record by any defending NFL or AFL champion.[1] They were the first defending Super Bowl champion to finish with a losing record since the 2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the first defending Super Bowl champion to miss the playoffs since the 2016 Denver Broncos. To add to all those struggles, the Rams went 1–7 on the road for the first time since 2011, when the team was still based in St. Louis.
The Rams had dealt with notable key injuries to most of their starters including quarterback Matthew Stafford and All-Pros Cooper Kupp and Aaron Donald, all of whom had played prominent roles in the team's Super Bowl run of the previous season. The Rams finished the season with the third most players on injured reserve behind the Tennessee Titans and Denver Broncos. Through each of their first eleven games of the season alone, the Rams have started 11 different offensive line combinations.[2] No team since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger has accomplished this feat.
- ^ Rams set NFL record for most losses by defending Super Bowl champion, RamsWire, January 1, 2023
- ^ "Rams Become First NFL Team With 11 Different Offensive Line Combos Through First 11 Games". Rams News Wire. December 1, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2023.