The 2026 season is the Los Angeles Rams' 89th in the National Football League (NFL), their 90th overall, 60th in the Greater Los Angeles Area, seventh playing their home games at SoFi Stadium and their 10th under head coach Sean McVay. The Rams will seek to improve upon their 12–5 record from the previous season, make the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year, and reclaim the NFC West title. This will be the first season since 2022 without Mike LaFleur as offensive coordinator, as he departed to become the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. While active in free agency, the Rams also made several high-profile trades to improve their defense, first acquiring All-Pro cornerback Trent McDuffie from the Kansas City Chiefs in March, then in June trading with the Cleveland Browns for edge rusher Myles Garrett, the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Later in August, former three-time Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald came out of retirement to join the team.
During the offseason, the Rams introduced a new primary logo and modified uniforms, removing the gradients, and eliminating the "bone" jersey and pants that had been introduced in 2020. In July, the team also unveiled new alternate uniforms, one of which replicated the uniforms won by L.A.'s 1951 NFL Championship team, while the other evoked the memory of the famed Fearsome Foursome defensive line of the late 1960s.
Offseason Coaching changes Ray "Bubba" Ventrone, who had previously served as special teams coordinator for the Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts, was hired to serve in the same capacity for the Rams on January 29, 2026. Mike LaFleur, the Rams' offensive coordinator for the previous three seasons, was hired as the new head coach of the Arizona Cardinals on February 1, 2026. Kyle Hoke, who was Ventrone's assistant with Cleveland in 2025, also came over to the Rams as assistant special teams coach, it was announced on February 2, 2026. Kliff Kingsbury, the former Arizona Cardinals head coach who had most recently served as offensive coordinator for the Washington Commanders, was hired by the Rams to join the coaching staff on February 6, 2026. Unspecified at the time of his hire, Kingsbury was later announced as assistant head coach, replacing Aubrey Pleasant, who was not retained. Nathan Scheelhaase, who had served as the Rams' pass game coordinator for two seasons, was elevated to offensive coordinator, succeeding the departed Mike LaFleur, on February 20, 2026. On February 23, 2026, the Rams announced their coaching staff for the 2026 season, with the following changes and additions: Brian Allen, who played six seasons for Los Angeles and had spent the previous season with the Rams as a consultant, was added to the full-time coaching staff as an assistant offensive line coach. After two seasons as an offensive assistant, Rob Calabrese was elevated to wide receivers coach, succeeding Eric Yarber, who was promoted to senior offensive assistant/wide receivers. Senior defensive assistant Jimmy Lake added the title and responsibility of pass game coordinator, inheriting the position previously held by Aubrey Pleasant. Michael Hunter, a former cornerback for the New York Giants, was hired as an assistant defensive backs coach after holding similar positions in college, most recently at Ohio State. Brian Johnson who had served as the assistant head coach/pass game coordinator for the Washington Commanders the previous two seasons, was hired as senior offensive assistant. In that position, he succeeds Alex Van Pelt, who departed the Rams to become quarterbacks coach for the Atlanta Falcons. Quarterbacks coach Dave Ragone was retained and added the title of associate coordinator. Former wide receiver Robert Woods, who played five seasons with the Rams from 2017 to 2021, was added as an assistant wide receivers coach shortly after retiring as a player. Robert Wright, who had spent more than 10 years as an assistant coach on the college level (most recently as Syracuse's co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach), was hired by the Rams as a defensive assistant.
Trades Trades below are only for trades that included a player. Draft pick-only trades will go in the draft section. Date Player(s)/Asset(s) received Team Player(s)/Asset(s) traded SourceMarch 11CB Trent McDuffieKansas City Chiefs2026 1st round selection (No. 29),2026 5th round selection (No. 169),2026 6th round selection (No. 210),2027 3rd round selection ()June 1DE Myles GarrettCleveland BrownsDE Jared Verse,2027 1st round selection (),2028 2nd round selection (),2029 3rd round selection () Draft
+ 2026 Los Angeles Rams draft selections Round Selection Player Position College Notes 1 13 Ty Simpson QB Alabama From Falcons 29 Traded to the Kansas City Chiefs 2 61 Max Klare TE Ohio State 3 93 Keagen Trost OT Missouri 4 129 Traded to the Chicago Bears 5 144 Traded to the Tennessee Titans From Titans 169 Traded to the Kansas City Chiefs 6 197 CJ Daniels WR Miami (FL) From Eagles 207 Traded to the Philadelphia Eagles From Texans via Rams and Titans 210 Traded to the Kansas City Chiefs 7 232 Tim Keenan III DT Alabama 245 Traded to the Houston Texans 251 Traded to the Philadelphia Eagles Compensatory selection 252 Traded to the Philadelphia Eagles Compensatory selection
+ 2026 Los Angeles Rams undrafted free agents Name Position College Ref. Nick Andersen S Wake Forest Wesley Bailey OLB Louisville Austin Blaske OL North Carolina Matthew Caldwell QB Texas Dean Connors RB Houston Nyzier Fourqurean CB Wisconsin Al'zillion Hamilton CB Fresno State Bryce Henderson OL Vanderbilt Nikhai Hill-Green ILB Alabama Rohan Jones TE Arkansas Chad Lindberg OL North Carolina Jalen Logan-Redding DL Minnesota Jaxson Moi DL Tennessee Drey Norwood CB Missouri Darryl Peterson III OLB Wisconsin Dan Villari TE Syracuse Eddie Walls III OLB Houston Peyton Zdroik DL Air Force
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Preseason The Rams' preseason opponents and schedule was announced on May 14—in conjunction with the release of the regular season schedule. Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 at Kansas City Chiefs W 20–12 1–0 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 2 New Orleans Saints W 34–0 2–0 SoFi Stadium Recap 3 at Los Angeles Chargers W 20–18 3–0 SoFi Stadium Recap
Regular season Schedule On February 5, the NFL announced that the Rams would host the San Francisco 49ers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, as part of the NFL International Series. One day before the NFL schedule release, it was announced that the Rams will host the Green Bay Packers at SoFi Stadium in the inaugural Thanksgiving Eve game. Both games are exclusive to KNBC-TV in the Los Angeles market.
Week Date Time () Opponent Result Record Venue Network Recap 1 September 10 5:35p.m. San Francisco 49ers L 7–27 0–1 Melbourne Cricket Ground Netflix Recap 2 5:15p.m. New York Giants W 28–6 1–1 SoFi Stadium ESPN/ABC Recap 3 September 27 5:20p.m. at Denver Broncos L 26–30 1–2 Empower Field at Mile High NBC Recap 4 October 4 10:00a.m. at Philadelphia Eagles W 24–20 2–2 Lincoln Financial Field Fox Recap 5 5:15p.m. Buffalo Bills SoFi Stadium ESPN/ABC 6 October 18 1:05p.m. Arizona Cardinals SoFi Stadium Fox 7 October 25 1:25p.m. at Las Vegas Raiders Allegiant Stadium Fox 8 November 1 1:05p.m. Los Angeles Chargers SoFi Stadium Fox 9 November 8 10:00a.m. at Washington Commanders Northwest Stadium Fox 10 November 15 1:05p.m. at Arizona Cardinals State Farm Stadium CBS 11 Bye 12 November 25 5:00 p.m. Green Bay Packers SoFi Stadium Netflix 13 5:15 p.m. Kansas City Chiefs SoFi Stadium Prime Video 14 December 13 1:25p.m. at San Francisco 49ers Levi's Stadium Fox 15 December 20 1:25p.m. Dallas Cowboys SoFi Stadium CBS 16 December 25 5:15p.m. at Seattle Seahawks Lumen Field Fox 17 January 3 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Raymond James Stadium 18 January 9/10 Seattle Seahawks SoFi Stadium Notes Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Networks and times from Weeks 5–17 and dates from Weeks 13–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling; games in Weeks 6 and 16 are exempt. The date, time and network for Week 17 will be finalized by no later than the end of Week 15. The date, time and network for Week 18 will be finalized at the end of Week 17.
Game summaries Week 1: vs. San Francisco 49ers NFL International Series
Emerging from the offseason as presumptive Super Bowl favorites, the Rams looked anything but that in a lackluster performance against the NFC West rival 49ers in the first NFL International Series game ever played in Australia. After punting on its first two drives, Los Angeles drove early in the second quarter to what would be its lone score of the day, a 1-yard touchdown run by running back Kyren Williams that was set up by a 41-yard reception by wide receiver Puka Nacua. With the Rams up 7–3, the teams traded interceptions before San Francisco took the lead for good 10–7 on Brock Purdy's 39-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver (and former Ram) DeMarcus Robinson with 4:35 remaining in the first half. After San Francisco increased its lead to 17–7 on its opening drive of the third period with Purdy tossing a 2-yard TD pass to new wide receiver Mike Evans, the Rams responded by driving 72 yards in 12 plays to the San Francisco 1. But on fourth-and-goal, quarterback Matthew Stafford was stopped short of the end zone and Los Angeles turned over the ball on downs. The 49ers then responded with a methodical 11-play drive that covered 99 yards and ended with Purdy's third touchdown of the day, a 15-yard strike to wide receiver Deebo Samuel. San Francisco kicker Eddie Pineiro added his second field goal of the game late in the fourth quarter to complete the scoring. For the Rams, Stafford completed 15 of 25 passes for 155 yards and an interception, while Nacua had five receptions for 74 yards. Running back Blake Corum had 54 yards on 10 carries to lead the Rams on the ground. Safety Quentin Lake had a team-high 10 tackles (seven unassisted) and an interception on defense. The day marked a disappointing debut for reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett, who started at outside linebacker and played in 40 of 65 possible defensive snaps but recorded no statistics during the game. With the upset loss, the Rams started their season 0–1. This game was also Rams rookie QB Stetson Bennett IV's first game in the NFL.
Week 2: vs. New York Giants