Ben Arthur’s Wednesday, May 6, feature on Fox Sports ranked the Rams’ offense No. 1 among the NFL’s strongest units heading into the 2026-27 season. The case for Los Angeles was built on one simple fact: the NFL’s best offense in 2025 returns all 11 starters.
That kind of continuity is rare, and it is why the Rams were placed at the top of the list. Arthur noted that there is still a long way to go before real football returns, but said the draft is complete and most of the top free agents are already signed, so teams know what their cores will look like in 2026.
At the center of it all is Matthew Stafford, who won MVP last season even though the Rams did not reach the Super Bowl. The report said his arm still plays anywhere on the field, a reminder that Los Angeles is not leaning on reputation alone. Stafford and the Rams are entering the 2026 season with an offense described as loaded, and the talent around him only deepens that picture.
The Rams also have a future plan at quarterback. No. 13 overall pick Ty Simpson is viewed as the quarterback of the future, giving the team another layer to its long-term planning even as Stafford remains in place for now. The draft added more help, too, with tight end Max Klare selected in the second round and offensive tackle Keagen Trost taken in the third round.
That balance of present production and future insurance is what makes the Rams stand out in a league that rarely keeps an offense intact this long. They are not being projected as dangerous because of one star, but because the core has held together and the roster keeps adding pieces instead of losing them. For a team that already led the league in offense last season, the burden now shifts from proving it once to showing it can do it again.
