The Los Angeles Rams enter the offseason with a clear need to patch key gaps on a roster still chasing its former Super Bowl standard. While last season offered glimpses of promise, inconsistency exposed areas that demand immediate attention.
Now, with 2026 free agency approaching, a new prediction suggests the team could target a two-time Super Bowl champion whose championship experience may help solve one of Los Angeles’ most pressing roster concerns.
Championship Pedigree Could Be the Missing Piece in Rams’ Offseason Roster Rebuild
The Los Angeles Rams’ 2025 season felt like a team stuck between progress and unfinished business. There were stretches where Sean McVay’s offense looked sharp and capable of hanging with anyone in the NFC, but those moments were often followed by games where execution simply wasn’t there when it mattered most.
Matthew Stafford kept the offense moving with help from Puka Nacua, yet the team struggled to find week-to-week consistency. On the other side of the ball, defensive lapses in crucial situations made it harder to close out close games. It eventually put the Rams in a position where their postseason hopes depended as much on fixing roster depth as on improving performance.
That’s exactly why the Rams should target two-time Super Bowl–winning cornerback Jaylen Watson. CBS Sports’ latest report on NFL free agency reports the same. Watson signed a 4-year, $3.74 million contract with the Chiefs that included an $85,372 signing bonus, which is also the only fully guaranteed portion of the deal.
His contract carries an average annual value of roughly $936,000. In 2025, Watson played on the final year of that rookie agreement, earning a base salary of $3.406 million with a cap hit of approximately $3.42 million for the season.
If the Los Angeles team is looking purely at production, 27-year-old Watson has quietly developed into a reliable rotational starter in Kansas City’s secondary rather than a headline-grabbing shutdown corner.
Watson recorded 42 solo tackles, 2 interceptions, and 6 passes defended during the 2025 regular season, demonstrating his steady involvement in coverage and run support throughout the year.
His impact becomes clearer when you zoom out. Before his 2025 campaign, Watson had already appeared in 38 games with 14 starts since being drafted in 2022, compiling 114 total tackles, 2 sacks, and 18 pass breakups across his early NFL seasons.
That’s not elite CB1 output by any stretch, but for a former seventh-round pick, he’s not someone who shadows WR1s every week. But he’s shown he can hold his own in man coverage and contribute in zone-heavy looks, which is exactly why teams view him as a valuable depth piece with starting upside heading into free agency.
