Let’s get one thing straight: The Los Angeles Rams were not good last season. At 4-12, they were one of the worst teams in the league, struggling to provide their new city with any excitement on the field.

That being said, they were solid defensively and held their own against the pass. Los Angeles ranked 10th in passing yards allowed despite allowing a completion rate of 64.9 percent. They’re bound to improve this season after bringing back Trumaine Johnson and signing Kayvon Webster in free agency. The addition of Wade Phillips, one of the best defensive coordinators in football, is also sure to help.

The secondary has already flashed its potential, playing an aggressive style of defense – one that even led to a few fights on Wednesday night. Their play has earned them a nickname from the coaching staff: “the bus drivers.”

“We are the bus drivers,” cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman said, according to Rich Hammond of the OC Register. “That’s what Coach AP (secondary coach Aubrey Pleasant) and Coach Sean McVay preach. They tell us to be the bus drivers, to go out there every day and set the tempo, and that’s why we were so close today.”

Robey-Coleman came to Johnson’s defense after Trumaine got into it with Dontrelle Inman, shoving the Chargers receiver to the ground. It’s that sort of grit and support from their teammates that has made this unit a close-knit group with the potential to be great.