Les Snead has done everything in his power to get the Los Angeles Rams back on the doorstep of the Super Bowl. However, is he under pressure to make a blockbuster move this offseason to get the Rams over the hump?<\/p>\n
In the last three offseasons, Snead has stockpiled the roster with an influx of young talent, which has contributed to the team\u2019s three straight playoff bids since the disaster that was 2022. During that span, L.A. managed to improve the roster because Snead was not recklessly handing out draft picks like Halloween candy.<\/p>\n
\u201cF them picks\u201d used to be his mentality, yet now he has gotten a bit too timid when it comes to making a significant move.<\/p>\n
Snead\u2019s mentality had to shift to offset the lack of draft capital in the early rounds. Even then, he\u2019s been too quiet in the offseason and at the trade deadline for my taste. Since he acquired Matthew Stafford, Von Miller and Odell Beckham Jr. to spearhead a Super Bowl-winning campaign, here\u2019s the major work Snead\u2019s done each offseason\/trade deadline the past four seasons:<\/p>\n
Most of the sizable moves made were depth pieces. Wagner and Robinson were big names signed at the time, but were gone within a year, as Snead looked to offload big contracts from the roster. Adams was the other big-name acquisition Snead made, yet he was signed on the backend of his All-Pro-level prime. Although he led the NFL in touchdown receptions this season, which is nothing to sneeze at.<\/p>\n
If Snead made any trades in that span, it was to move players like Van Jefferson, Jalen Ramsey, Allen Robinson and Ben Skowronek. In fact, the Rams GM has been remarkably silent at the trade deadline, aside from last year\u2019s addition of McCreary.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been an odd time in Hollywood since winning the big game due to the shift in mentality for Snead and the front office. Of course, the lack of activity there hasn\u2019t been a problem given how well he\u2019s hit in later rounds of the draft.<\/p>\n
The Rams were so close to the Super Bowl this season, and will be one of the heavy favorites in 2026 thanks to a championship-caliber roster constructed by Snead. To return there, Snead might be under pressure to make a significant move to help lift the team and propel Los Angeles to its chance at a third Lombardi Trophy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Les Snead has done everything in his power to get the Los Angeles Rams back on the doorstep…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,4200,4800,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-778307","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-news","12":"tag-los-angeles-rams-free-agency","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangelesrams","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116138819189095659","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778307","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=778307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}