I was looking into this yesterday and I believe the Rams are on track to be the worst Super Bowl Champion the following year. It's between them, the 1981 Raiders, and the 2013 Ravens. The '81 Raiders were coming of the magical run of Jim Plunkett, resulting in the Raiders winning the SB as a wild card team for the first time in history. I don't remember a lot of people expecting that to happen, and so certainly the Raiders dismal '81 wasn't a surprise. The '13 Ravens, everyone knows what the deal was with Flacco. He had an unbelievable few games, the Ravens felt obligated to re-sign him, and he proceeded to suck. Many people (if not all) expected it. With the Rams, it seemed reasonable to expect they'd be good this year. I also read that the Rams have one of the easiest SOS for a returning SB champion too.