"A ninth road game in addition to the risk of the age of their offensive weapons, introduces a level of risk that other teams don’t have," Soppe wrote, "but there is a path to a ceiling that is very obtainable that our numbers clearly have more faith in than I do!

L.A. retained Matthew Stafford, added Davante Adams and drafted a bevy of players who can contribute across the roster. They also came away with an extra 2026 first-round pick they could save for next year or use to acquire another veteran before the season starts.

Since the team purged many highly compensated veterans after the 2022 NFL season, that has been an even more exaggerated process. The Rams seem to be popular in terms of seeding other NFL teams' rosters.