Los Angeles Rams are finally waking up at critical position and setting stage to give the fans what they have been asking for
The Rams have had an active offseason scouting linebackers ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft.
The Los Angeles Rams are a tricky team to cover in the offseason, particularly when it comes to the NFL Draft. They are very inactive and keep things very, very under wraps internally to keep as much as they can from leaking out of the building.
However, enough has come out, including a recent scoop, that signals to me that the Rams are finally looking to address their weakest position ahead of a must-win Super Bowl season.
The Rams finally seem to be interested in a linebacker. Yes, really.
Rams finally solving biggest problem on the roster?
Per a source, the Rams met with Pitt LB Kyle Louis extensively at Pitt’s Pro Day. While the details of this meeting are obviously unknown, it was a “pretty long” meeting between Louis and the Rams’ personnel on hand. On top of this, a report circulated that the Rams met with Cincinnati linebacker Jake Golday.
Keep in mind that the Rams don’t really do Top 30 visits. They don’t send top executives or high-ranking coaches (including Snead and McVay) to private workouts, either. Instead, Snead usually sends a few scouts to spend a day with prospects the Rams want more information on at either their college or their high school. They very rarely meet with prospects at the NFL Scouting Combine as well.
However, Missouri linebacker Josiah Trotter stated that he had met with the Rams at the Combine, it piqued my interest. Outside of gathering results for their grading system or a quick informal meeting, the Rams typically avoid it. While this isn’t a guarantee of their interest in any one specific player, all of these together point in one specific direction: the Rams are doing their due diligence on draftable linebackers, especially on Day 2 of the draft.
This is a huge, huge step for the team. They have typically ignored linebacker, eschewing the position often to address needs elsewhere, and the results they’ve gotten at linebacker speak for themselves. If they do spend a Day 2 pick at linebacker, it will be just the third time under Snead that the Rams have drafted a linebacker before the fourth round (Alec Ogletree, Ernest Jones) and just the ninth linebacker they have drafted since Snead took control before the 2012 NFL Draft.
With most of their holes addressed, linebacker is their biggest weakness left. Adding a long-term solution there would be a huge win for the Rams and serves as a testimony of their evolving process to stay at the top of the league.