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Despite their frugality, three Rams players made Pro Football Focus' top-20 free-agent signing list for 2025: receiver Davante Adams, defensive lineman Poona Ford and linebacker Nate Landman. All three have been starters and major contributors on both sides of the ball.
Going into Week 17, there is one clear advantage that the Rams have over the Falcons, and that is rest. The Rams, since they played on Thursday Night Football in Week 16, will have a few more days to rest up and put the perfect game plan in when they play the Falcons.
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2025 Rams fit the mold of the past 9 Super Bowl winners
The Los Angeles Rams are already one of the top favorites to win the Super Bowl this season. The team boasts one of the best records in the NFL at 11-4, an MVP-caliber quarterback in Matthew Stafford, multiple Pro Bowlers and a great defense.
Karty, a former 2024 sixth-round pick out of Stanford, was waived on November 28 after struggling with field goals and extra point attempts all season. The Rams re-signed him to the practice squad to keep him around, but the team never promoted him back to the active roster.
WOODLAND HILLS, Ca. During the 2025 NFL Draft, the Los Angeles Rams owned the 26th overall pick. The Atlanta Falcons, whom the Rams play next Monday, traded for
Edge rushers Jared Verse and Byron Young were also voted in for the event, which is conducted over several days and culminates with a flag football game on Feb. 3 in San Francisco.
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Rams' 5 biggest Pro Bowl snubs: Who deserved to make it?
The Rams had four players selected to the 2026 Pro Bowl Games, but several others made a strong case to be chosen.
Karty, who started the season on the Rams' active roster as their starting kicker, lost his job to Harrison Mevis, was waived and then signed to the practice squad. On Tuesday, the Arizona Cardinals claimed Karty, signing him to their active roster.
Matthew Stafford feels NFL officials should have used "common sense" to invalidate the Seattle Seahawks' game-tying two-point completion late in last Thursday's overtime win over the Los Angeles Rams.
After losing 38-37 to the Seahawks on Thursday, the Rams fired special-teams coordinator Chase Blackburn and replaced him with former Falcons special-teams coordinator Ben Kotwica. The Rams allowed a 58-yard punt return for a touchdown and special-teams miscues were factors in two other losses.
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Rams go CB, WR in new 2026 NFL mock draft
Pro Football Focus' Gordon McGuinness made his picks for the first round with less than six months to go before the 2026 draft and gave the Rams a cornerback and receiver: LSU cornerback Mansoor Delane at No. 11 and Texas A&M receiver KC Concepcion.