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8 Rams whose performances have earned extensions for the 2025 NFL season

Let's regroup in 2025, okay?

By Bret Stuter

Jul 29, 2024; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay, general manager Les Snead, and chief of staff Carter Crutchfield talk on the field during training camp at Loyola Marymount University. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
Jul 29, 2024; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay, general manager Les Snead, and chief of staff Carter Crutchfield talk on the field during training camp at Loyola Marymount University. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images / Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
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(6) - ILB Christian Rozeboom

I am surprised by this as well. But after the injury to starting ILB Troy Reeder, his teammate Christian Rozeboom has played like a man-possessed. With three games to go, Rozeboom has already nearly doubled his career-best in tackles of 70 set in 2023. This year, Rozeboom has 120 tackles, 1.0 quarterback sacks, one interception, five tackles for a loss, and has broken up four passes.

Unfortunately, the team seldom invests in a second contract for an inside linebacker. Hopefully, the team sees value in extending Rozeboom.

Unlike the 2024 offseason that had the team welcoming back multiple veterans with playing experience, including former ILB Ernest Jones, 2025 projects to have holes at the inside linebacker position. While undrafted rookie Omar Speights is starting and playing well, the team loses both Troy Reeder and Christian Rozeboom to expiring contracts. Rozeboom pairs well with Speights, and the two could solidify this defense for years to come.

(5) - DT Bobby Brown III

With the LA Rams facing very competent rushing offenses, I'm not so sure that the team has an alternative to run-stuffer blocker-gobbler Bobby Brown III. While he is not terrorizing opposing quarterbacks, he does not how to stuff the run. Brown is a rotational player, starting 13 of 14 games this season, but playing just 45 percent of the defensive snaps.

Still, he has 39 tackles, three tackles for a loss, one quarterback hit, and he even has gotten one paw up to deflect a pass. Best of all, in a season with so many missed tackles, Brown leads by example and has just one missed tackle this season (for just 2.5 percent).

Evan as we find ourselves perusing the 2025 NFL Draft for rookie prospects, keep in mind that the Rams do not have a Round 2 pick, and have plenty of roster needs to address. So why allow Brown to walk away and sign a below market value contract when he has carved out a niche role in this defense? I not only like what Brown delivers, but his presence on the roster allows Coach Shula to mix and match a wide range and number of defenders on the line of scrimmage.

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