Myles Garrett perfectly embodies Rams’ return to proven Super Bowl formula

The Los Angeles Rams shook up the NFL world on Monday by trading for Myles Garrett, and they are already being penciled into the Super Bowl. Prior to the trade, the Rams were already widely considered the most talented team in the league heading into the 2026 season, and now they have added arguably the most impactful non-quarterback in the league.

That means the roster boasts both the reigning MVP and Defensive Player of the Year, alongside many other stars like cornerback Trent McDuffie and receivers Puka Nacua and Davante Adams. With rumblings of a possible Aaron Donald return, Los Angeles could be putting a real superteam on the field in 2026.

Teams stacking up star players has become somewhat commonplace in pro sports, especially in the NBA. However, a lot of those teams end up being big disappointments that did not measure up to the hype. That isn’t the case in the NFL, though - at least not recently.

It’s hard to build a superteam in football, but on the rare, recent occasions when it has happened, those teams won it all. The Rams would know because they were the last team to do it. They have now turned to the same formula that helped them win Super Bowl LVI.

Rams taking same steps that helped them win their last Super Bowl

The Horns traded for Matthew Stafford ahead of the 2021 season. They were already a good team, led by Aaron Donald, but management felt that Stafford was the quarterback who would help them bring home a Lombardi trophy. And he did.

The moves didn’t stop with Stafford, though. L.A. traded for Jalen Ramsey and Von Miller, signed Odell Beckham Jr., and added Eric Weddle for the postseason run. Once the roster was complete, it was clear that anything less than a Super Bowl parade would qualify as a disappointing season. That group did not disappoint.

That was a year after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the Super Bowl with a superteam of their own, led by Tom Brady and several other elite veterans. That two-year span showed that truly going all-in, loading up on players already at the top of their game, is a proven recipe for a championship.

Most teams aren’t in position to actually make that kind of push, or they just aren’t willing to take the risk and pay up. The Rams did it once before and it worked out, and now they’re doing it again.

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