The Rams may be the youngest team in the NFL, but . . . .

https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2023/8/10/23810728/rams-roster-average-age-youngest-nfl

Another stat that shows that the Rams have the youngest roster in the NFL

The Rams have the most players in the NFL who are under 25, how will that impact roster decisions?
By Daniel Stone Aug 10, 2023, 9:01am CDT

A lot of reporters on the Rams’ beat talk about how young the team is. I haven’t found one that provided a useful caveat — at least to my peculiar way of seeing things.

;>)

I’d bet the Rams draft the oldest rookies in the league, on average, and I think they do this on a consistent basis. This past draft, for instance, they picked (or signed) a coupla guys who turn 26 this season, and several age-25 rookies. The most common age appears to be 24. Looks like just three or four at age 22, and just one at age 21. I’m including the UDFA guys in this mix, of course, and if they make it into the playoffs, that changes a coupla ages too.

This seems to be their philosophy. They prefer older rookies. One can argue that this is a good thing, a bad thing, or be entirely indifferent to it all — with the latter, I suspect, the majority take. But the upshot, to me at least, is if the Rams are indeed the youngest team this year, it’s not because they necessarily want to be. It’s because they basically just went all in on rookies replacing vets, and they could be a lot younger.

Anyway . . . as mentioned before, I like the idea of drafting/signing a ton of rookies, doing this for a coupla years and resetting. But if some fans are worried that these rookies are just kids, and assume “maturity” issues will be rampant . . . most of them are the equivalent of 3rd or 4th year vets, age-wise.