NFL analyst explains why 2026 draft is 'crucial' for Rams
As the Super Bowl favorites, the Rams are facing an important draft this year.
The Los Angeles Rams aren’t under the same pressure that other rebuilding teams are this offseason. They’re the Super Bowl favorites and have arguably the best roster in the NFL heading into the NFL draft. Thanks to some savvy moves in free agency, the Rams have addressed some of their biggest needs, primarily at cornerback with the additions of Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson.
Their signings and trades have freed them up in the draft, allowing them to take the best player available. And even after making the NFC title game last season, the Rams are picking in the top 15 thanks to their draft-day trade with the Falcons last year. Given the pressure to win one more ring with an aging Matthew Stafford, and with the opportunity to draft a blue-chip talent at No.
13 overall, the Rams are facing a crucial draft, according to The Athletic’s Derrik Klassen. “They’re trying to win a Super Bowl this year. This is it,” he said.
“…Their other first-round pick is higher than they typically pick, at 13. They have a chance to get a serious playmaker at 13 in a way that they always don’t. And that, when you are trying to fight for a Super Bowl, to hold that crown, getting a guy at 13 who could be a true, true star for you, I really do think that’s the kind of thing that could kick them into overdrive and actually give them a shot again.