Feb. 24, 2026, 6:26 a.m. PT

The Los Angeles Rams head into the 2026 offseason as one of the best teams in the league already. They returned every major player from their great 2025 season, including quarterback Matthew Stafford, and retained the majority of their top assistants and coordinators.

However, the biggest need is at cornerback. The Rams have several players set to hit free agency in March and already had one of the weaker units in the league a year ago (the secondary ranked 19th in points and yards allowed in 2025). Many pundits predict the Rams will either draft 2026 prospects, sign free agents or trade for veterans, and general manager Les Snead has already gone on record saying cornerback will be a position the team targets this offseason.

With free agency quickly approaching, The Ringer’s Diante Lee wrote that he “wouldn’t be surprised” if the Rams tried to “poach” cornerbacks set to hit the open market from one particular team: the defending Super Bowl champion and NFC West champion Seattle Seahawks.

The top two names who could be available, then, are Riq Woolen and Josh Jobe. Woolen infamously committed a taunting penalty in the NFC championship game against the Rams, only for receiver Puka Nacua to score a touchdown against him on the following play.

Apart from his penalty gaffe, Woolen, who will be 27 in May, has been a prolific but inconsistent cornerback for the Seahawks since being taken in the fifth round of the 2022 draft. He had just one interception in 2025, but has 12 for his career with 53 total defended passes and 203 combined tackles. Per Spotrac, Woolen’s market value is around $8.2 million a year.

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Jobe, who will be 28 in April, went undrafted in 2022 but became a full-time starter for Seattle in 2025 after starting just nine games in the previous two seasons and none as a rookie. He had one interception this past season with 12 defended passes and 40 solo tackles. His market value, per Spotrac, is around $9.7 million on an estimated three-year, $29.2 million deal.

The Rams will have some big decisions on their hands this offseason with the cornerback room. Cobie Durant, Akhello Witherspoon and Roger McCreary are all impending free agents, and Darious Williams is a potential cap casualty with none of his $8.66 million cap hit guaranteed for 2026.

Would Woolen or Jobe be better than bringing back any of those players? Or should the Rams go for bigger swings in free agency or via a trade? We’ll find out soon enough.