The Los Angeles Rams have gotten some impressive efforts from some of their best players this year, and linebackers Jared Verse and Byron Young are near the top of that list.

Through 15 games, the pair have combined for 121 tackles, 49 quarterback hits, 17.5 sacks, four forced fumbles, and one pass defensed. That was good enough for both to make the NFC roster for the 2026 Pro Bowl Games.

Speaking with the media this week, Verse explained just what it meant to him to make his second Pro Bowl, but he also shared what it meant for him to make it alongside Young.

“Personally, it’s an incredible honor. Being one of the top players in the league and to be able to be recognized for that, to be able to have the opportunity to go to the games and everything like that,” Verse said. “I don’t want to go. I’m not planning on going or anything like that, but to be recognized and everything like that, just to make my presence felt, the things I’m doing, my impact not being let up. It’s not being taken advantage of, but doing it with‘BY,’ it’s amazing. I wish y’all could have seen when we both found out. Sean [McVay] told both of us. He was on the opposite side. I was on the field, and he was in the weight room, and we found out, and he came running out. It was kind of weird the way we like hype up each other. It was a little weird.”

Why was it important for Verse to see Young’s reaction?

“The amount of work ‘BY’ puts in,” Verse said. “I know a lot of people only see the impact on the field and everything like that. People hype him up because of how many sacks he gets, the pressure and everything that he does, but to see the amount of work he puts in, to see it finally pay off, not just this year but even last year when I was an incoming rookie, to see it finally pay off. I saw a light in his eyes, how happy he was to share with his family. He immediately went outside, called his mom, called his family and everything like that. Nobody deserves it more than that.”

The two clearly have a special relationship. Verse shared a story about Young standing him up for dinner one night.

“‘BY’ is the worst person in the world because he’ll look you in your eyes. You’ll genuinely believe him,” Verse said with a smile. “He’ll be like, ‘I’m going to be there.’ I’m like, ‘You can just tell me no. I’m not going to take offense to it. You can just say no.’ He’s like, ‘Nah, bro. I’m going to be there.’

“One dinner, I texted him like, ‘Hey bro, we’re going to dinner.’ I’m leaving right now because I live farther than him. He’s like, ‘Alrightm bro. I’m on the way.’ I said, ‘Bro, are you actually?’ He was like, ‘I’m on the way.’ I passed his house, and he’s like, ‘I’m walking out the door now.’ I said, ‘Okay.’ I get there, he’s like, ‘Hey bro, I’m pulling up 20 minutes away.’ I said, ‘Okay, bet.’ I get inside, 20 minutes passed. I call him, and he doesn’t answer. He calls me back, lets it ring one time and hangs up, and I didn’t hear from the rest of the night, so I don’t trust ‘BY’ anymore.”

Those types of relationships where you can just say that kind of stuff, and know everything’s cool, that’s different.

“It’s good. ‘BY’ is somebody I consider a brother,” Verse said. “Take away football from my life and his life, I think he and I would be friends and interacting with each other. That’s someone I genuinely consider a brother.”

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