Rams' biggest question mark shows they're banking on Les Snead once more in 2025

The thing about the NFL calendar right now is that there's both 1.) nothing to talk about and 2.) all the time in the world to talk about it. As teams get through the last of their offseason workouts over the next month or so, there's going to be plenty of time to nitpick and over-analyze everything that's gone on since the season ended in early February. Otherwise we'd just have to talk about baseball.

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For the Rams, that means panicking about the defense. The overall picture wasn't great last season, and even though there were plenty of signs that the unit, as a whole, finished the year on the rise, that hasn't stopped our friends over at Pro Football Focus from identifying that side of the ball as the Rams' one major weakness heading into the 2025 season. If only there was a very good cornerback on the trade market who would seemingly love to return to the Rams.

Are the Rams' defensive concerns (especially in the secondary) actually warranted?

"The Rams’ offseason has been fun, from retaining Matthew Stafford and Alaric Jackson to signing Davante Adams and Poona Ford. Then again, general manager Les Snead has barely touched a secondary that placed 19th in PFF coverage grade a season ago. For now, Los Angeles appears content to trot out both Ahkello Witherspoon (62.6 PFF coverage grade) and Darious Williams (59.8 PFF coverage grade) as its starting perimeter cornerbacks, not signing or drafting one altogether. Safety may have a slightly better outlook if Kamren Kinchens (73.7 PFF coverage grade) receives more playing time, but Quentin Lake and Kamren Curl each finished below a 62.5 PFF coverage grade. The Rams' burgeoning defensive line should be strong, but their secondary remains a problem — barring a reunion with Jalen Ramsey or another signing."

It's not that they're wrong – those stats are, technically, correct – but the problem here is that they don't tell the entire story. There's no denying the Rams' defense struggled at times, but they excelled in the playoffs and finished the season looking like a unit that had finally figured something out – you don't luck into 16 sacks in two playoff games. It'd make sense that Snead finally saw what he was looking for all year and decided that, just maybe, securing a franchise quarterback was a more pressing concern than overreacting to a young defense's learning curve.

But also, you know, Jalen Ramsey certainly couldn't hurt.