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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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(2) - WR Tutu Atwell

The Rams selected swift wide receiver Tutu Atwell in Round 2 of the 2021 NFL Draft. But to be fair, I don't think that the front office did him any favors by adding him to the Rams roster. Atwell has never had a heavy workload in the Rams offense. In fact, the most targets in any season was 2023, when he was thrown to 67 times, and caught 39 of those passes for 483 yards and three touchdowns.

Atwell has already caught 36 of 52 passes this season for 513 yards. Imagine how many yards he would have if he was targeted as often as Cooper Kupp, who has 94 targets so far this season if only 10 games.

The thing is, Atwell is always a threat to stretch the football field, a capability that vanishes without him. It's that threat of a deep pass and his blinding speed that forces defenses to alter coverages, and oftentimes creating opportunities to run the ball. Atwell has proven to be worthy of competing for the Rams, despite his light workload. Hopefully, the team extends him. I fear the offense will suffer if he does not return in 2025.

(1) - OT Alaric Jackson

I don't think it's going too far out on a limb to say that without a competent left tackle, the LA Rams are bound to struggle. At the same time, I don't think it's too far-fetched to point to how quickly LT Alaric Jackson and LG Steve Avila rekindled the same chemistry that they forged in 2023 after Avila returned to his left guard role following healing up from injuries.

Much like an NFL secondary, the effectiveness of the group is not simply the aggregate talents of players who make up that group, but the chemistry that they share while competing together.

Alaric Jackson is a road grader, a tough-nosed physical left tackle who simply does not get the credit that he is due. As such, he often plays under the radar to many fans.

We lobbied for the Rams to extend LT Alaric Jackson before, and likely will do so again. Jackson is a no-nonsense guy who just gets better and better.

As always, thanks for reading.

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