Super Bowl Price: Marcus Spears 'Loved' Rams All-In Approach
Just two years removed from hoisting the Lombardi Trophy as Super Bowl champions, the Los Angeles Rams find themselves facing a potential rebuild after going 5-12 in 2022.
Gone are guys like Leonard Floyd and Jalen Ramsey, with Floyd being released and Ramsey traded to the Miami Dolphins, as well as David Edwards, Taylor Rapp and others who left in free agency.
Now, though, the question has become whether or not going "all-in" for a Super Bowl win was worth it for the potentially shaky future the Rams appear to be heading towards.
For Marcus Spears, that answer is simple.
"You pay the price, and the price is a Super Bowl," Spears said on NFL Live. "I played for nine years, I wish I had one. I wish a team would have sold out for me to get one. I wouldn't mind them sucking right now."
"I played for the Cowboys, we ain't won a Super Bowl in 100 years. I would take one, just one. The Rams were able to get to the mountaintop."
While going 5-12 just one season later was not how the Rams envisioned their title defense, Spears emphasized that it doesn't take away from their accomplishment.
"I love what the Rams did," Spears said. "They have to go through some pains before they get back on their feet, but I'll take a Super Bowl for that."
Some may disagree with what Spears is saying in favor of building a perennial contender, but former Super Bowl winner Ryan Clark was adamant in defending Spears' take.
"There's a lot of teams that we see rebuild, and a lot of teams that have had to rebuild that don't have championships," Clark said. "You ask the Los Angeles Rams 'Do you care that you're rebuilding?'"
"Absolutely not, because you have a Super Bowl ring. It is so difficult to even get to a Super Bowl, let alone win one. I love what the Rams did and I believe more teams need to do it - you just need to cash in when you take that shot."
Going from a Super Bowl win to 5-12 and a potential rebuild is a tough pill to swallow in the short-term, but one the Rams would likely do again in a heartbeat - after all, that banner will hang forever.
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