Rams Newcomer Triggered Superteam Narrative – Will They Deliver?
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0 Share Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Los Angeles Rams don’t have any excuses to come up short in their pursuit of Super Bowl LXI.
LA ranked top five in total yards per game (1st; 394.6), passing yards per game (1st; 268.1), and turnover differential (5th; +11) in 2025, and they’re going to be even better in 2026…
Matthew Stafford, the league’s reigning MVP, will be throwing to Davante Adams and Puka Nacua, and handing the ball off to Kyren Williams. Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson will bring four Super Bowl rings to a secondary that already includes one of the league’s best safety duos in Kamren Curl and Kamren Kinchens. Nate Landman, Braden Fiske, and Byron Young return to a front-seven that lost Jared Verse but added Myles Garrett.
It’s about as close as you can get to a modern-day superteam, but for the unit to live up to expectations they’ll need to get exactly what they’re asking for out of the new guy:
Height: 6' 4" Weight: 272lbs Age: 30 Contract: 5yr, $208.2M 2025: 17 G, 23.0 SK, 33.0 TFL, 60 TKL, 39 QBH
Garrett’s career has been defined by underachieving.
The Cleveland Browns consistently failed to put worthy teams around their two-time Defensive Player of the Year, which is why they ultimately needed to trade him away to get younger at the position (Verse) and save some money ($155M). It’s not his fault that the rest of his team has typically sucked, but that isn’t exactly an excuse anymore…
Garrett is now in a position to succeed, which means the narratives will change depending on team results and not individual results.
If he sets the sack record but his new club regresses, is he just a numbers merchant? If he can’t match previous marks but they do reach the ultimate goal, is he worth all that money? If he continues to produce at an incredibly high level and helps put them over the top, what does that mean for his legacy?
It’s an impossible position to be in, but one that will define both the player and team’s seasons.
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