Is the window closing on the Rams?

The Los Angeles Rams won a Super Bowl in part by disregarding draft picks and making big risks with cap investments. 

However, the piper may come calling for the Rams as the team's 2022 hangover season continues to wither away. 

The Rams are 3-7 and continue to look like one of the NFL's most surprising disappointments this season. Quarterback Matthew Stafford hasn't ignited his 2021 fire on offense, and the team's offensive line looks listless. 

The Rams are stuck with Stafford. He is virtually unmovable, with $75 million in dead cap assigned to his contract next seasons. The next couple of years don't get any easier. 

LA's skill positions aren't producing at a high level, either. There isn't much of a running game, and the team hasn't gotten star production out of 2022 free agent receiver Allen Robinson (339 yards, three touchdowns so far). 

Wideout Cooper Kupp, 2021's Offensive Player of the Year, may miss the rest of the year with a high ankle sprain. 

On defense, the top-heavy unit is struggling to slow down division rivals like Arizona and San Francisco. Having stars like defensive Aaron Donald, Jalen Ramsey and Bobby Wagner only helps if the overall unit plays cohesively. 

The Rams will play the offensively intimidating Seattle Seahawks twice before the year is over, as well as the formidable Kansas City Chiefs and dangerous Los Angeles Chargers. 

With so many resources tied up into its marquee players, the team only has six draft picks and $6 million in cap space for 2023 at present. Four of those 2023 draft picks come after the fifth round. The team has no first-round pick next year. 

The team has no easy salary moves to make next year, either. They'd have to trade away assets to potentially clear any space, but the potential dead cap hits would make that hard to stomach. 

Head coach Sean McVay has been linked to rumors of early retirement, and a potential rebuilding process might speed that up.

Without many resources for the future, the Rams might be stuck in the past without many answers.