The Los Angeles Rams' offseason additions have made them appointment viewing, according to ESPN's Ben Solak. He ranked Los Angeles among the most watchable teams heading into the 2026 season, coming in at No. 2 behind only the Chicago Bears.
Solak graded teams on explosive-play ability, competitiveness, star power and overall quality of play, and the Rams check every box.
Everyone loves watching a "one last job" movie, and everyone will love watching the Rams in 2026. Every season could be the final one for 38-year-old quarterback Matthew Stafford. Given just how sensational the sunset of his career has been — an MVP trophy, the no-look throws, the never-say-die fourth-quarter comebacks — how could you possibly endure missing what might be one of his last 17
games?
And even if you could endure it ... Myles Garrett? On the Rams? Next to Aaron Donald?! No, Donald hasn't signed yet. And Garrett has now missed 12 training camp practices because of knee swelling. But this is not a ranking for cold water to be thrown on hype. The Rams in their final realized form — Stafford, Garrett, Donald, receivers Puka Nacua and Davante Adams, cornerback Trent McDuffie and coach Sean McVay — might be one of the most watchable teams in history. They fail to take the top spot only because Donald is not yet on the roster. We wait with bated breath.
The ranking tracks with a growing chorus of national praise for the Rams' roster construction. The Rams tied the NFL record for the most prime-time games in one season with seven in 2026. Sports Illustrated's Conor Orralso called Los Angeles one of the best "on-paper teams" he's ever seen, pointing to the additions of Garrett, Jaylen Watson and McDuffie as proof the front office identified its exact roster needs and attacked them. Orr went further, writing that the Rams are the clear front-runners among Super Bowl contenders and that "anyone who does not rank the Rams as one of the two or three top Super Bowl contenders is simply overthinking it."
Stafford's late-career renaissance remains the emotional core of the watchability case, especially as he potentially heads off into retirement if the Rams end the year with a Super Bowl trophy. But it's the roster around him, headlined by a pending Garrett-Donald pairing that hasn't even taken the field together yet, that has analysts treating the Rams as a team nobody wants to look away from.
This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: Rams named one of the NFL's most watchable teams for 2026
