WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – As soon as Davis Allen turned around after catching a touchdown pass in the right corner of the end zone, he was immediately greeted by fellow tight ends Tyler Higbee and Colby Parkinson.

Higbee saluted him – holding Allen accountable to his required celebration that's an ode to his "The General" nickname – and then all three of them starting doing the same crab hands dance, the celebration of choice that had been finalized just moments before kickoff last Sunday against the 49ers.

When Parkinson scored on a 16-yard, no-look touchdown pass from quarterback Matthew Stafford – Parkinson's first touchdown catch of the season – Higbee and Allen were there to return the favor. And three weeks earlier, when tight end Terrance Ferguson recorded his first touchdown of the season in the team's Week 7 game against the Jaguars in London, Allen and Higbee – who were the other two tight ends on the field for that formation – were right there with Ferguson to celebrate.

"We freaking love when another guy has success," Allen told theRams.com this week. "I think there's a genuine respect with each other, and so when we see that, that's almost as good as you having success yourself."

For a Los Angeles team that has enjoyed coming to work together and displayed a true selflessness this season, perhaps no group epitomizes that – and has enabled the versatile offensive identity to come to life more – than its tight end room.

"They're all a little bit different," Stafford said. "They all bring their own edge to the game. They're really a conscientious group. They want to get it right every single time and that's awesome for our team. They're athletic and fun guys to be around. All of them bring great energy to the huddle and to the field. Their play style is relentless. I think of so many plays in games where guys are fighting that extra inch and those guys epitomize that, so we're lucky to have them."

Through the first nine games of the season, the Rams' tight ends have combined for 50 receptions (on 70 targets) for 518 yards and seven touchdowns, with Higbee, Parkinson, Allen and Ferguson all having over 100 receiving yards and at least one touchdown. By comparison, for the entire 2024 regular season, they had a combined 51 receptions (on 83 targets) for 459 yards and three touchdowns. Parkinson was the only member of the group to exceed 100 receiving yards on the year, and Higbee was responsible for two of those touchdowns.

Any of them are capable of making a play for the Rams offense, and when one of them does, the rest are just as excited as if they had caught the touchdown themselves.

For the rookie Ferguson, the unselfish attitude is an easy one for the group to embrace because of the example set by Higbee's leadership, as well as Parkinson's.

"Higs especially, he's been that for however many years he's played," Ferguson said. "He goes out there and blocks his ass off, and there's a bunch of other stuff that he does that is so selfless. He's super happy for everyone's success. You go watch Higs, he's celebrating with the best of them, especially other people. I think all of us thrive off of Higbee and what we've learned from him, at least in some sort of capacity. So I think when you got the right guys, it's just kind of a non-negotiable to be able to be selfless."

"I'm just being myself, man," Higbee said. "It's a game that we're getting paid to play that we grew up loving, you know what I mean? So I enjoy coming to work. I enjoy it. Makes it easier when you do have a good group of guys that you're coming to work with every day. We spend more time with each other than we do with our families sometimes during a season. So, yeah, I'm just out there having fun, being myself, and then if that helps lead by example, that's awesome. And I care for those guys. They are my family, you know? So I want the best for them. There's no ill will towards anybody. You just want to see people have success that put the work in."

There's a relatability and connection amongst the group even though they vary in age and NFL experience. They enjoy each other's company whether it's on the practice field or in the meeting rooms.

Every time they see Higbee in the tight end room, they joke with Higbee by calling him "sensei" and bow to him, since he's the oldest and has been on the team the longest, according to Allen.

"I think we got a lot of good people (in the room)," Ferguson said. "One like, off the field, they're good dads, good sons, and great people to learn from just off the field especially. But it's different personalities. Higs is a little more, got the swag to his dances, a little more energetic and some of the stuff, he's been around, he has that charisma, and everyone has their own little way of doing it. But at the end of the day, like we're all very compatible, get along well off the field, and I think makes it easy when you got a room like that, where you got guys you can learn from on football, off the field, with how they carry themselves. For me, it's just been such a blessing to see those guys and learn from them. But everybody gets along. We all joke around. We spent a good (amount of) time together. Even with our coach, he gets us going, too."

"I feel like tight ends kind of have a reputation (of) being the easygoing guys, and that's definitely the case here," Parkinson said. "None of us are stressed about getting the ball or whatever the case is. We just want to help the team out. And off the field we're close as well. So that helps, and that shows up when we play, too."

Ferguson bringing up Huff isn't surprising, as head coach Sean McVay said earlier this week that Huff's personality is part of what brings out the best in each of the tight ends, striking the right balance between having fun and knowing when it's time to work. And he's the position group's biggest fan.

Huff is authentically himself every day, comes to work happy every day and loves his job.

"He comes out and keeps stuff light-hearted, but also has great coaching points and really cares about his guys," Ferguson said. "Like he'll ride for the tight ends no matter what. He's trying to get us as many pass opportunities as possible, but he's coaching us at the highest clip. He's in there, whether it's a walkthrough (or normal practice) getting details right, and he does that, but he also has the love for the guys and can sit there and joke with us, and is a great personality to be around. He makes everybody around him in a better mood. You can't have bad day with Coach Huff or the room that we have. And it makes coming to work so enjoyable. And that's him and his personality, he just lights up the room."

"He allows everybody to not overthink things," Higbee said. "He does a good job of coaching and giving us the right information that we need to know, not necessarily overloading with things that we don't. And then always keeps it hot and fresh in there, and brings the energy."

Here's one example: During a recent jog-through install period where Stafford was practicing play action boot passes to the tight ends, Huff cheered every time one of the players from his position group caught the ball. Each one caught their pass in succession.

Don't tell me you wouldn't crack a smile as you finished through the catch.

"There's no bigger fan of the tight ends than coach Huff," Ferguson said. "So having that guy in your corner that you can ride with like that, it's special."

Huff is the perfect coach for the group, in that he shares in the same selflessness.

Ask him to describe his personality, he talks about "keeping the main thing the main thing" but "still trying to make sure that it's enjoyable." Ask him anything about his coaching style, and he repeatedly says it's an easy group to work with because of how selfless they are.

"It's just a really unselfish group," Huff said. "It's honestly pretty easy to coach them."

When it's time to work, it's time to work, and Huff's coaching points and background as an offensive line coach have been a tremendous benefit.

"He's been a great help for us this season," Parkinson said. "Comes from an o-line background, so there's a ton of techniques, stuff that he's teaching us that's been great, but he also keeps it fun, keeps it loose, and allows us to go out there and play."

That crab hands celebration – which was also brought out for Parkinson's touchdown – also further reinforces the selfless attitude amongst the group.

Allen said the tight ends were talking last week about how, with 13 personnel, there's good chance statistically of one of them scoring a touchdown. They were trying to think of a touchdown celebration they could do together, but never came up with anything during the week.

"And then on the field in San Fran, we're like, 'Okay, we're out of time. Like, are we doing anything or no?" Allen said with a laugh. "And Higs was like, 'Let's just do the crab!' And everyone was like, 'That's kind of stupid, but crab it is!' And so we did it. We've gotten a lot of crap here in the meetings. I don't know if something new will pop up. But that's also like, even to have the opportunity to be able to talk about those things and the possibilities of like, 'Hey, there might be a chance that we score here,' that's cool, and we're just trying to enjoy it."

"Yeah, the crab hands one, I don't know where we came up with that one. I think that was Higs," Parkinson said with a laugh. "We were messing around before the game, like, 'What should we do if someone scores?', and Higs just threw that out there and then we just went with it, man. So we'll see what we come up with this week. Might do the same thing."

Just because the trend of 13 personnel has usage has gone on for the last four games does not guarantee it will continue for a fifth. But if you ask any of the Rams' tight ends, they'd be just as happy to block for the run or in pass protection as they would be to catch passes – no matter which of them, or how many, are on the field.

Still, they want to keep it going.

Parkinson said the Rams' tight ends goal in training camp was to get 12 and 13 personnel opportunities into the game plan. Eventually, it debuted in a small package before its prevalence began to increase.

Now, their goal is to keep it in the game plan and "keep helping the team the best we can."

"So it's definitely exciting, but it's not something that we're gonna just be content with," Parkinson said. "We got to go out there and earn it every single week to keep it in the game plan."

"It's like anything, right, where if whatever your role is, if you do it well, your role continues to grow," Huff said. "I think that's probably been the thing there is that, OK, Sean gave them an opportunity, and they've been doing well. And so as they do well, he's not just doing that just to do it. He's doing it because he feels like it gives us an advantage. They've done well in their role, and so their role continues to grow."

So too, will the chances for more crab hands celebrations. Or whatever they come up with next to celebrate whoever finds the end zone next.

"It's great," Higbee said. "I mean, as a tight end room, we want to have that energy, that juice, to help the team any way we can, whatever our role is. And as you see it more, we have success with it, we do our jobs and do it right, and execute properly, then that'll add more to the plate. And if it's helping us win games, we'll keep doing it."