Going into free agency, the Los Angeles Rams are sitting pretty with a nest egg of $27.4 million in cap space and plenty of maneuverability to increase that total. With that cap space, they have the aggressiveness to build out what could be their strongest roster in years, depending on how they attack several positions.

What will the Rams do? They are usually impossible to predict, but one thing remains true: It’s bound to be exciting.

Rams free agency predictions

The Rams invest in special teams

For the Rams, special teams has more or less been a slapstick approach of UDFAs or late round picks that the Rams throw at the problem, without much consideration beyond that. After a 2025 season where you could point to a special teams gaff costing them the game in every single loss (and another Super Bowl run), I have to imagine the Rams are keen to avoid that same embarrassing mistake this go around.

Whether it’s a kicker, an ace, or a new returner, I suspect the Rams will be looking to invest at their most underperforming unit for the first time in years.

Rams pursue multiple cornerbacks

The Rams just announced a massive extension for cornerback Trent McDuffie, but Emmanuel Forbes is the only other outside cornerback on the roster. He, alongside, Josh Wallace, are the only two cornerbacks from the Rams’ roster this season who are still under contract. There’s plenty of snaps available to completely overhaul this group, and the Rams have the cap space to do so.

I have a feeling if the Rams wanted to bring back Cobie Durant or any of the other cornerbacks from this season, they would have already done so, thus prompting me to believe they have their eyes set on outside names to fill out the room for next season. Given how the last couple of years have gone, I can’t say I fault their logic there.

Les Snead makes another splash move

General manager Snead surprised many last season with a more proactive approach in free agency, adding Davante Adams and Poona Ford early on to shore up two key weaknesses. Those two moves were pivotal in helping push the Rams into an NFC Championship run. To the Rams’ credit, they are usually effective at self-scouting and identifying problems to address, helping them land on players like Adams, Ford, Colby Parkinson, and Nate Landman in recent years.

Those two huge moves came a bit out of left field, but the splash play has always been Snead’s fastball. What will Snead pull out of a hat this year that will surprise? A key offensive playmaker? An unexpected front-seven defender? Everything is on the table when it comes to the Rams.

Rams reverse direction at unexpected position

For awhile, I have been fairly skeptical of the Rams doing anything at linebacker this offseason. It’s been a position they have traditionally ignored for over a decade now, and it’s not a trend that has shown any signs of breaking…at least, until now.

The Rams never paid safeties…until they paid two just in the last few months. They never extended linebackers…except for Nate Landman. They lived in 11-personnel..until they broke out a fully-fleshed out heavy-personnel attack that took the league by storm this year. The point being: this past year has been a lot of firsts for the Rams as an organization. Maybe they do another one.

Whether it’s Nakobe Dean, Alex Anzalone, Devin Lloyd, or Devin Bush, I think the Rams are going to make at least one major move to upgrade at linebacker and finally plug their last remaining weakness defensively.

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