The NFL free agency period is upon us, and the action officially started on Wednesday, March 11. Now, NFL analysts and experts are grading the moves that teams are making in free agency, and they’re loving what they’re seeing from the Los Angeles Rams.
The Rams, of course, got so close to the Super Bowl during the 2025-26 season, only to fall to the eventual winners, the Seattle Seahawks, in the NFC championship game. The team’s MVP-winning franchise quarterback Matthew Stafford is returning for the 2026-27 season, and the team is surrounding him with a careful mix of talent.
In a Wednesday feature for Yahoo Sports, Frank Schwab grades the moves each team made in free agency, and he gives major props to the Rams.
For Los Angeles, he gives them an overall A and calls them “the Super Bowl favorite.”
“The Rams know what they’re doing,” he notes in the piece. “There was a severe need at cornerback, so they added a couple of Chiefs. They traded for elite corner Trent McDuffie and then signed Jaylen Watson.”
He adds, “There were no other major additions, but the Rams didn’t need to make a ton of moves. Just the ones that addressed their biggest need. The Rams didn’t have any free agents that absolutely needed to be retained, so there won't be any significant losses.”
Finally, he gives the glowing statement that “the Rams were a Super Bowl contender coming into the offseason and probably leave it as the Super Bowl favorite.”
In a separate piece, Zachary Pereles of CBS Sports also gives the team an A.
“There was one glaring area of need for the Rams, who were one possession from going to the Super Bowl last year: cornerback,” he comments. “And for the first time in years, they addressed it. McDuffie plus Watson plus Quentin Lake is a very good trio.”
He adds, “Curl brings a steady, reliable presence at safety. The Rams’ cornerbacks upgrade is one of the biggest positional improvements I can remember for a team that was already a bonafide top-tier Super Bowl contender.”
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