Let's dive deep into the LA Rams draft needs for this offseason, and why

The LA Rams front office is already quite active in creating priorities at positions that this team must consider addressing in the offseason. The Rams finished the season with a record of 10-7, were 1-1 in the 2025 NFL Playoffs, but were anything but a consistent team. Of course, injuries and youth can explain much of the inconsistent performance. But the team had many cracks that even HC Sean McVay and an accomplished coaching staff could not overcome.

The thing is, even with this Rams roster advancing to the Divisional Round of the 2025 NFL Playoffs, this was not a perfect team. The defense needed time to gel under new defensive coordinator Chris Shula. Special teams was inconsistent, as changing rules and young players forced ST Coordinator Chase Blackburn to place his focus on many fronts.

But the biggest surprise was the inability of the Rams offense to piggy-back on 2023's success to springboard into 2024 with much better productivity. If the defense did not get its act together when it did to finish out the season, the Rams may not had the opportunity to compete in postseason. But as 31 of 32 teams must eventually do, the front office must dissect and examine each player, position, and positional group of the team to investigate and strategize how to improve for 2025.

Offseason strategy is a difficult task to master. One move impacts options with all other moves. What do I mean? Committing salary cap dollars to one player eliminates spending that money elsewhere for another player at another position. And we continue to be reminded by the results of investing in extensions, free agents, and rookies that the team is not always successful. For every successful extension like IOL Kevin Dotson, there is a miss like the failure to connect with ILB Ernest Jones.

You can apply the same hit or miss opportunity to any player or position, and turn the dial to past, present, or future. The risks and rewards remain the same. No matter which option the team chooses, they will bring a level of uncertainty that is unavoidable. The best way to negate that uncertainty is to embrace it, and use a duplicitous pattern of addressing positions on the team to ensure the likelihood of getting it right.

Rams GM Les Snead is a master craftsman who does not get nearly enough respect and applause for the job that he continues to do for this team. Assembling an NFL Championship team is not just paying top dollar for top-tier talent. There is a matter of choreographing contracts to ensure that the team is not decimated by expiring contracts all at once.

There is a need to blend veteran experience to remain consistent, with the youthful passion and energy of young players who still exhibit their love for the game in each play. There is a symphony at stake each season, as the front office must blend the skillsets of players and hope for the spontaneous combustion of chemistry, communication, and best of all, friendship.

The LA Rams have been incredibly adept at finding the right players who are the right fit for this team in NFL drafts recently. Can the team leverage that success to be equally effective in the 2025 NFL Draft? Let's start by examining which positions might be the greatest need for the team next season.