In November 2025, Los Angeles Rams edge-rusher Jared Verse made it known he felt the club didn’t have “any ceiling.”
While the Rams later took care of business during a pair of playoff contests, they ultimately suffered a 31-27 NFC Championship Game loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. During a recent chat with DJ Siddiqi of R.org Sports, Verse sent a new warning to the NFL regarding the 2026 season.
Only the 2026 Rams can stop the 2026 Rams?
“The only thing that can stop us is ourselves,” Verse said about the Rams. “After the season, I told everybody once we got back, I said, ‘We gotta stop beating ourselves.’ During the first week back, everyone’s always ready and everything like that. This is the second week back, and I wanted everyone to tackle today, and it was harder than I expected, the second week back, when we can really measure success and how hard you’re willing to go.”
The best news the Rams received this offseason involved starting quarterback and reigning Most Valuable Player Matthew Stafford confirming that he would return to play for at least one more season. Earlier this week, Ted Nguyen of The Athletic mentioned that he feels the Rams are among the teams that have had impressive offseasons after Los Angeles acquired cornerbacks Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson.
“They’re solid across the board, except at linebacker,” Nguyen wrote about the Rams.
Verse seemingly disagrees with Nguyen’s last point.
Will it be “easy” for Rams to win this coming season?
“When you stop beating yourself up,” Verse explained, “you win, it’s easy to win. We have all the pieces we need. We got great DB’s. We got great linebackers. Our defensive line is the best. We got amazing outside linebackers. If you ask me, we got the best outside linebackers. I’m a little cocky in that aspect, bro. We got amazing safeties. Quarterback is the reigning MVP. Amazing running back, o-line, wide receivers, kick returners, kickers, punters, snappers. I don’t care. We got the best of the best.”
As of Thursday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Rams as the overall betting favorites at +800 odds to win Super Bowl LXI in February 2027. Clearly, that outlet agrees with Verse’s assessment of the Rams’ roster this spring.