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Rams to hire Tennessee defensive backs coach

The Los Angeles Rams are adding to their coaching staff this offseason. According to Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports, the Rams are set to hire Tennessee defensive backs coach Michael Hunter to the same role. That role was previously held by Aubrey Pleasant who was moved to passing game coordinator last offseason Pleasant has interviewed […]

Who will be the NFC’s surprise team in 2026?

The Los Angeles Rams missed their best chance at a second Super Bowl under Sean McVay thanks to an expected run from the Seattle Seahawks. Who will be the next surprise NFC playoff team in 2026? According to FanDuel Sportsbook, the Seahawks have +750 odds to repeat next year, followed by the Rams at +800. […]

Greatest Show on Turf stays on top

The Los Angeles Rams were the closest team to beating both of the last two Super Bowl winners in the playoffs, but fell shy of the Super Bowl in 2024 and 2025. The Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks have now won the last two Super Bowls after their closest competition to winning was clearly the […]

Is Matthew Stafford best Rams QB ever and top-10 all-time?

With an MVP season in 2025, Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford had a legacy-defining year. He’s no longer just the quarterback that caught lightning in a bottle in 2021, captaining the ship of a Super Bowl-ready team to their ceiling. An MVP season puts Stafford in an elite category of quarterbacks who have won […]

Jason McCourty says Cooper Kupp ‘absolutely’ a Hall of Famer

Jason McCourty was recently asked by Kay Adams if Cooper Kupp was a Hall of Fame caliber wide receiver and McCourty asserted without hesitation “absolutely”. Said McCourty, “Triple Crown, Super Bowl MVP, two-time Super Bowl Champ…like…absolutely…when you talk about him in Canton, absolutely he’s earned that with his performances in the big moments obviously in […]

How much will Rams regret 2025?

As the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks played in Super Bowl 60, I found myself watching my TV with a very similar thought that I had last year. When the Philadelphia Eagles were beating the Kansas City Chiefs last year, I thought about how it could have been the Los Angeles Rams. As the […]

Rams need defensive overhaul to get back to Super Bowl

Compared to their 2021 season, you would think that the 2025 Los Angeles Rams were shoo-ins to win the Super Bowl because they scored more points, allowed fewer points, and probably had even higher regarded assistant coaches than their championship team four years ago. But the Rams lost to a Seahawks team that had a […]

Should the Rams make a Netflix documentary?

Sports documentaries are becoming the latest thing. America’s Team (Dallas Cowboys), Elway, Enigma (Aaron Rodgers), and Raise the Flags (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) are just the latest examples of fan getting an inside look at the development and inner dwellings of an NFL franchise and its players. This leads me to wonder when the Los Angeles […]

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Which NFC West GM had a better re-build: Les Snead or John Schneider?

Over the past five years, there may not be two general managers who have navigated their roster situations better than two in the NFC West. Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead shifted from an all-in approach to needing young, inexpensive talent and kept the team competitive. John Schneider of the Seattle Seahawks controversially moved […]

L.A. Rams News: That team wasn’t ready

The Seattle Seahawks just won the Super Bowl, and they knocked the Los Angeles Rams out of the playoffs during their run, and if you hear Jared Verse talk about the loss, he seems to say that the Rams weren’t ready for Darnold’s best self. L.A.’s defense seemed to think they would get after Seattle, […]

The Seahawks probably aren’t going anywhere

The Seattle Seahawks risked it all this past offseason. Just a couple years after trading former franchise quarterback Russell Wilson, Seattle also sent Geno Smith to the Las Vegas Raiders. They traded star receiver DK Metcalf to the Pittsburgh Steelers and then signed quarterback Sam Darnold in free agency. These moves were questioned by many […]

L.A. Rams News: Puka Nacua is rooting for Cooper Kupp

If you can’t win something yourself, then sometimes the next best thing is seeing someone you love do it instead, and since Puka Nacua cannot win the Super Bowl this year (maybe next year?), he is putting all his eggs in Cooper Kupp’s basket. It was during a recent interview with Kay Adams where Nacua […]

Fastest players at the East-West Shrine Bowl

With the 2026 all-star showcase games finished, all those notes and scribbled thoughts can be penciled in to update draft boards. As always, there were a number of surprise risers and fallers and just as many subjective opinions on who they were. One data point that is less subjective is speed and in this day […]

Don’t be surprised if Tutu Atwell is better for another team

One of the most disappointing outcomes of the 2025 season for the Los Angeles Rams was Tutu Atwell’s disappearing act. Atwell signed a one-year, $10M deal last offseason to return to LA after the expiration of his rookie contract. The receiver finished with six catches for 192 yards and a touchdown. The Rams effectively paid […]

Are Seahawks the Rams’ new archnemesis?

Up until the last two seasons, the San Francisco 49ers had tormented the Los Angeles Rams. The tides have seemingly shifted in the NFC West, so are the Seattle Seahawks the Rams’ new archnemesis? Los Angeles played Seattle three times during the 2025 campaign and lost both games in the Emerald City by a combined […]

How Kliff Kingsbury hire could foreshadow Rams’ offseason plan

Sean McVay turned heads with his hire of soon-to-be offensive assistant Kliff Kingsbury on Friday. The Los Angeles Rams plan to turn a former division rival into a key coach. I can’t help but wonder whether this move foreshadows the offseason plan for the Rams. Kingsbury has a wealth of positive experience developing young quarterbacks. […]

Stafford’s MVP is cemented in history, but it almost wasn’t

Matthew Stafford’s MVP season is now cemented in history. The Los Angeles Rams quarterback somehow put together his most impressive season yet in year 17 and took home the hardware. The margin of Stafford’s victory over New England Patriots QB Drake Maye is worth discussing, but in time it is effectively meaningless. We won’t remember […]

With Matthew Stafford set to return, Rams must take all-in approach

Following the conclusion of the 2025 season, there were questions about the future of quarterback Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams. If Stafford wanted to return, there was no doubt that the Rams would have him back. Following an MVP-caliber season and at 37 years of age, it wouldn’t have been shocking to see […]

Rams hire former rival to coaching staff

The Los Angeles Rams are hiring former Arizona Cardinals head coach and Washington Commanders offensive coordinator, Kliff Kingsbury to their coaching staff. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Kingsbury is set to join Sean Mcvay’s coaching staff. Schefter doesn’t specify whether or not this is for the team’s open offensive coordinator position. Kingsbury will bring some […]

Matthew Stafford is real winner of Rams-Lions trade

Throughout NFL history, there have been great players who haven’t been able to reach their full potential on bad teams. While Calvin Johnson ended up as a Hall of Fame wide receiver, he didn’t have the team or individual success that he might have on another team. Running back Steven Jackson is one that Los […]

L.A. Rams News: They’ll play SF in AU and not Philly

Blaine already reported that the Los Angeles Rams will play the San Francisco 49ers in Australia for the 2026 season, and I wanted to own that I shared last year that L.A. would be taking on the Philadelphia Eagles in 2026 in another continent. I should’ve put “reportedly” in the headline because it was reportedly […]

Stafford confirms he’s returning in MVP speech

Matthew Stafford won the NFL’s 2025 MVP award on Thursday night and during his speech confirmed that he will be returning to play in 2026. After some mystery surrounding his intention to play an 18th season, perhaps allowing Stafford to make the announcement for this very moment, the Rams quarterback told his daughters on stage […]