Do Rams see linebacker as a need in 2026 draft?

SEATTLE, WA - JANUARY 25: Omar Speights #48 of the Los Angeles Rams pursues a play on defense during the NFC Championship game against the Seattle Seahawks on January 25, 2026 at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It seems as if we are having the same conversations nearly every offseason when it comes to the Los Angeles Rams and the linebacker position. Every offseason, the fan base is desperate for an upgrade and then almost every offseason, the Rams do the bare minimum.

Since Sean McVay arrived in 2017, this is simply a team that hasn’t always placed value at linebacker, especially in the draft. They haven’t spent a single top-100 pick at linebacker and players such as Cory Littleton, Christian Rozeboom, and Troy Reeder were undrafted free agents. Kenny Young was a throw-in piece when the team traded away Marcus Peters.

Bobby Wagner was a special case in which the player wanted to come and play for his home city. The Rams initially signed Nate Landman on a one-year deal worth $1. 1 million.

They went away from the norm by signing him to an extension, but that was likely never in the plans. It was done more so to keep a defense together as the team neared its championship window. The offseason before that, they traded Ernest Jones and replaced him with an undrafted free agent in Omar Speights.