Rams Super Bowl champ excited for team's future despite disappointing season

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The NFL trade deadline has come and gone, and after several rumors of trading away key pieces, the Los Angeles Rams decided to stay put.

They had gotten off to a bad start with the injuries to Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua, and when they returned, the on-field product obviously improved.

However, their loss to the Miami Dolphins on Monday night was a tough punch in the gut.

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Andrew Whitworth looks on from the sideline during an NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on Sept. 19, 2024 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

The Rams failed to score a touchdown in their 23-15 loss to the Dolphins in front of their home crowd, and simply put, the team looks far away from the glory days of their Super Bowl nearly three years ago.

However, one member of that Super Bowl champion team says the future is bright in Southern California.

"If you look at it, that was game one for that group," Andrew Whitworth told Fox News Digital in a recent interview, citing the team's injuries early on and finally being healthy for the first time this past Monday. "It's interesting, it really shows you how much being cohesive and being together matters… I look at this young defense and think they're growing and getting better. Since the bye, they've turned things around. There's still offseason holes where they have to get better, but to see the steps this group has taken up front, you have to feel really good about what the future of this could be."

Whitworth was tailgating with fans ahead of the game as part of his new partnership with