This is one of those weeks where perspective can be invaluable, and there are few rookies with more of it than Los Angeles Rams linebacker Shaun Dolac.

As his team digests a nauseating home loss to the rival San Francisco 49ers, they begin their preparations for another dangerous but decimated opponent in Baltimore.

Closer to home, with starting linebacker Omar Speights rehabilitating a high ankle sprain, his status for Week 6 is doubtful, according to head coach Sean McVay. That could mean the first defensive opportunity for Dolac – the undrafted, record-setting, tackling machine from Buffalo – who has been a special teams standout through the season's first month.

Perhaps you saw our feature on the 24-year-old a couple weeks ago, as part of the NFL's Crucial Catch initiative. If not, it's essential viewing.

The surprise of the Rams offseason program didn't have any scholarship offers out of high school, or prep school.

He wasn't invited to a college all-star game or the NFL Combine, despite being Buffalo's first consensus All-American. And as we know, he didn't hear his name called on draft weekend.

None of that hindered Dolac on his path to Los Angeles, however, in part because none of it registered as true adversity or heartbreak relative to what he's weathered in his personal life.

Cancer claimed his father in 2016. Then more recently, one of his best friends took his own life. Dolac spoke with eloquence on both those tragedies on a new Rams Revealed, sharing a message of hope for those wrangling with cancer or mental health challenges, and reflected on how his losses impact the football player and teammate he's become.

Full episodes of Rams Revealed are available on YouTube or in audio format wherever you get your podcasts.