C.J. Anderson had a tough road to make the NFL.  Undrafted out of California, the Denver Broncos signed the Running Back, but he tore his MCL in training camp.  He rehabbed that injury and managed to play in five Games that year, and was involved in Denver’s Super Bowl loss to Seattle.

Anderson moved up the depth chart in 2014 and was a Pro Bowl with 1,173 Yards From Scrimmage.  He had another excellent year in 2015, which was punctuated with a Super Bowl 50 win, where Anderson had 100 All-Purpose Yards. Injuries bothered him in 2016, but he had his first and only 1,000-yard year (1,007) in 2017, his last in Denver.

After signing with the Carolina Panthers, he plummeted down the roster and was released to be signed by Oakland, who also let him go shortly after.  He finished the year with the Los Angeles Rams, and after two games in 2019 with Detroit, he retired with 4,397 Yards From Scrimmage and 27 Touchdowns.

A Second Team All-Sun Belt Selection from Troy at Safety, Brynden Trawick played Safety at college but was a backup in that capacity in the NFL.  Trawick found a role on Special Teams where he was a Pro Bowler in 2017 as a Tennessee Titan.  He also played for Baltimore and Oakland over a seven-season career.

A Sixth Round Pick from Howard in 2006, Bethea helped Indianapolis win the Super Bowl as a rookie as a starter. Staying with the Colts for eight seasons, Bethea went to two Pro Bowls in Indianapolis (2007 & 2009) and had five seasons where he cracked at least 100 Combined Tackles.

Bethea went on to play for the San Francisco 49ers for three seasons, going to his third Pro Bowl in 2014. He would complete his career with two seasons in Arizona and a final one as a member of the New York Jets.

Bethea accumulated 25 Interceptions, 9.5 Sacks, and 1,333 Combined Tackles.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021 revision of our top 50 Los Angeles Rams of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NFL. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

This our first revision in two years, and there is only one change, but it has direct impact in our top five.

1. Merlin Olsen

2. Aaron Donald

3. Deacon Jones

4. Jack Youngblood

5. Orlando Pace

You can find the entire list here.

Donald moved up from #23 to #2, and is the reigning and three-time Defensive Player of the Year.  It would not surprise us if he becomes the greatest Ram of all-time.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.