Top-heavy or not, this Los Angeles Rams team has a strong roster. They have quality starters all over the field. At least, that is the epectation. This team may make mistakes, they will make mistakes, but they shouldn’t have any consistent holes. That’s the plan. That is the hope.
The roster is strong in this one.
It is now July. The football season is approaching and we’ll find out if this roster is good on paper or on the field. We’ll find out how good this team is. It seems like it’s Super Bowl or bust and that’s a lot...
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Two of the Los Angeles Rams’ 2o25 draft picks standout in a negative light in comparison to their rookie peers from a year ago. Konata Mumpfield and Ty Hamilton ranked among the worst at the receiver and defensive tackle positions, respectively, in their first seasons.
This is particularly problematic because the Rams did not make an investment at receiver this offseason. Depending on whether LA continues its embrace of heavier personnel utilization, Mumpfield could be one of the options to emerge as the team’s third receiver. He’ll battle with Jordan Whittington and 2026 rookie CJ Daniels for playing time.
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The Los Angeles Rams have several important games on the 2026 schedule, several of them involving NFC West foes. Fans know that matchups against the Seahawks and 49ers will be a blast, but there are plenty of exciting games outside of the division as well.
Here is a full ranking of the Rams’ non-divisional games on the upcoming schedule from #11-1:
Last season, the Rams crushed the short-handed Buccaneers 34-7 on Sunday Night Football. Tampa Bay is nothing more than a mediocre NFC squad that won’t have the luxury of playing in the league’s...
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The Rams will meet their arch-rivals from the NFC West, the San Francisco 49ers, about 10 weeks from now. Looking at the changes that the 49ers have made in the offseason, including the addition of Mike Evans and the return of Nick Bosa from a torn ACL, it’s not clear to me if San Francisco has improved as much as the media seems to think they have.
Did San Francisco’s changes actually improve their team?
Or will the 49ers simply look a little different but have the same outcome as every other season, over-achieving but falling short?
What has changed?...
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Yesterday, I wrote about how the Rams DO value first round picks. They have acquired 24 former first round players in the 15 years with Les Snead constructing the team as the general manager. So with the Rams having a history of being considered aggressive buyers and or willing to make blockbuster deals, it’s fair to start assuming it will happen again soon.
So with the 2026 first round now in the books and fans already dreaming about future roster construction, which newly drafted players feel like the most natural future Rams someday?
If...
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While the drama swirling around Los Angeles Rams starting left tackle Alaric Jackson and whether, or not, he’ll face NFL disciplinary actions is disconcerting, the situation is not untenable. In just the past three years, L.A. has faced the problems of having one or more offensive line starters missing a number of times. It won’t be a new occurrence.
Last week, I wrote a piece on the depth of the L.A. offensive line, stating in the conclusion that I thought the Rams and Sean McVay could “easily fill in and scheme around” a short term absence by Jackson. A forum...
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Rashid Shaheed ended up being a miraculous acquisition for the Seattle Seahawks last year as they went on their Super Bowl run. Shaheed made some massive plays against the Los Angeles Rams specifically, and going into his first full season with Seattle he could do it again.
Despite the Rams having an improved defense, Shaheed may be the fastest player on the field. If he can pair that speed with any type of improvement as a pass catcher and or route runner, then look out.
Don’t sleep on Seattle having one of the best pass-catching units in the league this...
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Training camp for the Los Angeles Rams gets underway in roughly a month. It’s a good time to check in on last year’s draft class as they head into their sophomore seasons.
Is the arrow pointed up or down for each?
The trade with Atlanta fetched an additional first-round pick for LA in 2026 and ultimately turned into quarterback Ty Simpson. The Rams found themselves with an earlier draft pick than they are usually accustomed to, and they used it as an opportunity to secure their future and prepare for life after Matthew...
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As a former fifth-round pick, just making three NFL Top-100 lists in his career is already a huge accomplishment for Rams running back Kyren Williams, and a clear indication of his value to Sean McVay. However, for the second year in a row, Williams is lower on the list than he was the previous season.
They don’t come more consistent than Williams. Across his three seasons as the Rams’ lead ball-carrier, he’s never finished outside 1,100-1,300...
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The Los Angeles Rams have 86 players on the roster as of today. Can you name all of them? You will be able to after you read this.
Although ranking players is rather impossible, abstract, and unnecessary, the reason I did it for the current Rams roster is not about assigning values or playing favorites. It’s so that every Rams fans who finds this article will have a better idea of what names to watch in training camp, decide for themselves who they want to root for to make the 53-man roster and practice squad, and come up with their...
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The Rams have never been afraid to think several moves ahead. Sometimes that means drafting and developing. Sometimes that means identifying a former first-round talent before the rest of the league catches up. Other times, it means acquiring established players who fit a very specific vision.
The Rams have been notorious for landing former first round picks with Les Snead as the general manager. The list includes: ***Jake Long (2008, 1st overall), Kenny Britt (2009, 30th overall), Nick Fairley (2011, 13th overall), Mark Barron (2012, 7th overall), Dominique Easley (2014, 29th overall), Sammy Watkins (2014, 4th overall), Blake Bortles (2014,...
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Many fans of the Los Angeles Rams loved Jared Verse, AND they are excited to see what Myles Garrett can do now that Verse has been traded to the Cleveland Browns as Garrett lands in L.A. Are Browns fans as excited about the move as Rams fans? Going into this year not likely as one team has a difficult, but clear path to the Super Bowl, while the other looks to be rebuilding and or retooling after a head coaching change.
Either way, Verse is an exciting player, as exciting as Garrett? He might just be that in time. We’ll...
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