Recently, the Los Angeles Rams announced their coaching staff for the 2026 season and how Sean McVay aims to navigate the franchise to Super Bowl LXI. Sometimes, a coaching hire is just a schematic fit. But it also affords the opportunity to sign or acquire players based on player-coach connections around the league. Here is a comprehensive look at whether the Los Angeles Rams could realistically attract 2026 NFL free agents based on their recent coaching hires \u2014 specifically the addition of Kliff Kingsbury (Washington Commanders) as Assistant Head Coach and Bubba Ventrone (Indianapolis Colts and Cleveland Browns) as Special Teams Coach \u2014 and which free agents from the Washington Commanders, Indianapolis Colts, and Cleveland Browns might draw interest.<\/p>\n
Based on the 2026 free agent lists from Spotrac and offseason projections:<\/p>\n
The Colts\u2019 pending free agents may not be headline stars, but there are value pieces:<\/p>\n
Given the Rams\u2019 existing core offensive line, adding a player like Smith could solidify a unit destined to protect Stafford and open lanes in the run game.<\/p>\n
Cleveland is experiencing a substantial roster turnover, with multiple veterans hitting free agency:<\/p>\n
Which of these free agents would you consider signing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recently, the Los Angeles Rams announced their coaching staff for the 2026 season and how Sean McVay aims…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,86358,4800,5089,3378,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-775013","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-los-angeles","10":"tag-los-angeles-rams","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams-coaching-staff","12":"tag-los-angeles-rams-free-agency","13":"tag-los-angeles-rams-roster","14":"tag-los-angeles-rams-rumors","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangelesrams","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116130381292762933","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}