Even before the Los Angeles Rams made the NFL offseason’s biggest move, they were the betting Super Bowl favorites. Now that they have acquired the reigning Defensive Player of the Year (Myles Garrett) to pair with the reigning Most Valuable Player (Matthew Stafford), expectations are clear.

It’s championship or bust for the Rams, especially with the added incentive of Super Bowl LXI being held at SoFi Stadium.

No excuses short of a catastrophic injury will be acceptable. That means all the pressure will fall on Sean McVay to deliver another Super Bowl title. The Rams (12-5) were close to winning it all last year. Their regular-season losses were by a combined 14 points, including some in the flukiest possible ways.

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— Eagle Times (@_EagleTimes) September 21, 2025

The Rams fell to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship, 31-27. But now, with the additions of Garrett and cornerbacks Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson, along with the Seahawks’ notable offseason departures of Super Bowl MVP tailback Kenneth Walker III and offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, the Rams are the clear-cut favorite.

On paper, the Rams don’t appear to have a glaring weakness. If you want to quibble, you could point out a lack of depth at wide receiver. Puka Nacua is unstoppable, but Davante Adams will turn 34 on Christmas Eve. While he caught 14 touchdowns last season, Los Angeles could use a younger upgrade at that position.

We’re also assuming the special-teams errors that plagued this franchise in 2025 won’t repeat. They were so bad and so memorable that McVay fired his special-teams coordinator in December. If that unit had been merely average, the Rams probably would have had home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. 

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— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) June 7, 2026

McVay (92-57) is obviously a terrific coach. He’s been to a pair of Super Bowls, winning one. He’s also the second-highest-paid coach in the league. But he’s never faced expectations like this. While the Rams look like a super team, they also compete in what should be the NFL’s toughest division. The defending champion Seahawks were 14-3, and the Rams and the San Francisco 49ers both went 12-5. You would think they could all win 12 or more games this season. However, according to NFL analyst Warren Sharp, the Rams have the fifth-hardest schedule in 2026.

Part of being a great coach is delivering when everyone expects you to win. It’s not always easy. Teams can implode under pressure. Coaches can run out of answers quickly, no matter how smart they are. Players can point fingers. Weird, unpredictable things happen all the time in the NFL.

No one saw the Seahawks winning the Super Bowl with Sam Darnold. No one saw the Kansas City Chiefs missing the playoffs.

Virtually everyone can see the Rams hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy. It’s McVay’s job to make it happen.

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