Derek Carr is open to returning to the NFL for the right situation, and if his dream is to win a Super Bowl and get his game straight by finally playing with a great team, then the Los Angeles Rams could be the “special” opportunity that the veteran quarterback says he needs right now.
Appearing on Good Morning Football on Friday, Carr said that teams have reached out to him to gauge his interest in playing in 2026, and the quarterback said, “I’ll never say never, but it would take a special situation,” noting that a few teams contact him....
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With NFL summer time lull winding down, the Los Angeles Rams 2026 Training Camp is primed to begin. There’s less than three weeks remaining until the July 25 reporting date for both veterans and rookies. For the third consecutive year, L.A. will be guests at Loyola-Marymount University and under a newly expanded deal, the Rams are inked to remain there through 2031.
With a number of high-profile additions, the Rams now have one of the strongest rosters in the NFL and expectations are high. Yet, there may be a lot of work to be done in this year’s camp. When...
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During football season, it’s usually not too hard to find Andrew Whitworth. After all, the big man plays a big role on the desk crew for Thursday Night Football.
This week, however, the Super Bowl LVI champion has been making the media rounds while also playing a few rounds of golf at the American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe, and he’s shared his thoughts on a couple of the biggest Rams headlines from this summer.
That starts with Myles Garrett, the reigning defensive player of the year and the biggest name moved this offseason. Whitworth joined Good Morning Football this...
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Michael Irvin (Dallas Cowboys legend) was recently on a podcast with former NFL players Jarvis Landry and Leonard Fournette (I think they have both retired?) when Irvin was asked about Puka Nacua. Irvin seemed to be rooting for Nacua to succeed despite any setbacks he’s had the last year. You can check out the quote(s) below. Irvin basically says that Nacua has the ability to either make good choices, or not with regards to how he handles stardom.
Of course, good choices, bad choices, what’s private anymore and what’s not? That can be debated whether we like it or not....
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Every NFL fan loves a good roster-building exercise, but this one comes with a twist. Imagine you’re tasked with constructing the ultimate Los Angeles Rams offense using only $15. Sounds easy until you realize that some of the greatest players in franchise history come with premium price tags.
The rules are simple. You must build a complete offensive skill group consisting of:
The challenge? You only have $15 to spend.
The difficult decisions begin almost immediately. Do you...
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“13” means there is 1 running back and 3 tight ends on the field for a particular play. This generally forces the defense to match up with base personnel of 3 linebackers and 4 defensive backs because the bigger offensive bodies would have an easy time bull dozing smaller DBs on any run play. The problems begin for the defense when all of these big guys can also catch when called upon.
With the quality in the Rams’ TE...
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The 2026 offseason has been an extremely busy year for the Los Angeles Rams, but perhaps an even more taxing time for their fans. Between Matthew Stafford’s retirement plans, drafting Ty Simpson because of Stafford’s uncertain future, trading for Myles Garrett and Trent McDuffie, and wondering if Aaron Donald is going to come out of retirement, 2026 has been anything but boring for Rams fans.
However, has it been “too much” at times?
Here’s what I’m going to do to find out:
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In a survey of NFL execs, scouts, and coaches by ESPN, L.A. Rams’ defensive tackle wasn’t ranked in the top-10 at his position. Or even as an honorable mention.
Turner only qualified as “got votes”.
Also receiving votes: Cameron Heyward, Kobie Turner, Osa Odighizuwa, Kenny Clark, David Onyemata, Ed Oliver
It’s not the treatment usually given to defensive tackles with 24 sacks over their first three career seasons. Turner even added a critical red zone interception against the Seahawks in November.
The top defensive tackle on the list is Seattle’s Leonard Williams. Jeffery Simmons, Jalen Carter, Chris Jones, and...
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I can’t say whether Ty Simpson has had a great start to his career with the Los Angeles Rams, but if you check out Simpson’s quotes (you can see some below), he seems to be trying his best. On some level, that is all that can be asked. Try your best.
Now, depending where you look, what you search on the internet, Simpson has struggled to pass Stetson Bennett. Is that true? It’s on the internet, so it must be true. Even if Simpson is moving along slower than Bennett at this point, how bad is that? If the internet...
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Change is certain for the 2026 Los Angeles Rams.
New faces—Trent McDuffie, Jaylen Watson, Myles Garrett, Kliff Kingsbury, and others—bring different skillsets to the table. That ushers in schematic change in order to best deploy their abilities and maximize the potential of offseason acquisitions.
This is a comprehensive (hopefully exhaustive) list of all potential scheme changes coming to the Rams in 2026. We can use this as a guide and check in as we collect more information during training camp and at the start of the regular season.
First, some homework in case you haven’t been following along.
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Aaron Donald’s potential unretirement seems to be at a fever-pitch, but Donald joining the Los Angeles Rams does not guarantee a Super Bowl victory. The Rams have had Donald on their roster before, and L.A. lost plenty of games. That’s not a knock on Donald, but it is indicative of football being a team sport over an individual one.
Last year, the Rams had the best quarterback in the NFL (the best player at the most important position), and the Rams fell short. Is Matthew Stafford going to repeat his MVP season? Are the Rams going to improve upon last...
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When the Cleveland Browns drafted Myles Garrett with the first overall pick in 2017, analysts were calling him a generational pass rusher, the type who only comes around every 20 years. This type of praise can often be a player’s omen, a sign of disappointing results like Jadeveon Clowney. But in this case, they were right.
Garrett, now a member of the Los Angeles Rams, was voted by execs, coaches, and NFL scouts as the best edge rusher in the league today … unanimously.
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler did the write-up on Garrett, sharing quotes about his versatility of moves and...
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