Is the heavy usage of 11 personnel over?
For the last three years, the Rams have leaned heavily on 11 personnel – which features three wide receivers, one running back and one tight end on the field together. With Cooper Kupp, Robert Woods and Brandin Cooks, it’s easy to see why the Rams would use that grouping so often.
But now the Rams have more options than they had before thanks to their recent additions in the draft. They have three capable running backs in Akers, Henderson and Brown, three pass-catching tight ends with Tyler Higbee, Gerald Everett and Brycen Hopkins, and four talented receivers with Josh Reynolds and Van Jefferson behind the starters.
It likely means McVay will expand the playbook to feature more personnel groupings, such as plays with four wide receivers or three tight ends. McVay almost never uses two-back sets, either, but that could change in 2020 with Akers and Henderson on the field together.
Les Snead hinted at more personnel groupings being a part of the plan, pointing toward Hopkins and Jefferson as reasons why.
“Like I’ve always said, what we’ve been doing in ’17 and ’18, Sean loves personnel packages, so multiple tight ends and wide receivers, so adding Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Jefferson today is good,” Snead said.
Expect the offense to expand next season with this infusion of young talent.