2026 Los Angeles Rams season

Coaching changes

• Ray "Bubba" Ventrone, who had previously served as special teams coordinator for the Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts, was hired to serve in the same capacity for the Rams on January 29, 2026.^[1]
• Mike LaFleur, the Rams' offensive coordinator for the previous three seasons, was hired as the new head coach of the Arizona Cardinals on February 1, 2026.^[2]
• Kyle Hoke, who was Ventrone's assistant with Cleveland in 2025, also came over to the Rams as assistant special teams coach, it was announced on February 2, 2026.^[3]
• Kliff Kingsbury, the former Arizona Cardinals head coach who had most recently served as offensive coordinator for the Washington Commanders, was hired by the Rams to join the coaching staff on February 6, 2026.^[4] Unspecified at the time of his hire, Kingsbury was later announced as assistant head coach, replacing Aubrey Pleasant, who was not retained.^[5]
• Nathan Scheelhaase, who had served as the Rams' pass game coordinator for two seasons, was elevated to offensive coordinator, succeeding the departed Mike LaFleur, on February 20, 2026.^[6]

On February 23, 2026, the Rams announced their coaching staff for the 2026 season, with the following changes and additions:^[7]

• Brian Allen, who played six seasons for Los Angeles and had spent the previous season with the Rams as a consultant, was added to the full-time coaching staff as an assistant offensive line coach.
• After two seasons as an offensive assistant, Rob Calabrese was elevated to wide receivers coach, succeeding Eric Yarber, who was promoted to senior offensive assistant/wide receivers.
• Senior defensive assistant Jimmy Lake added the title and responsibility of pass game coordinator, inheriting the position previously held by Aubrey Pleasant.
• Michael Hunter, a former cornerback for the New York Giants, was hired as an assistant defensive backs coach after holding similar positions in college, most recently at Ohio State.
• Brian Johnson who had served as the assistant head coach/pass game coordinator for the Washington Commanders the previous two seasons, was hired as senior offensive assistant. In that position, he succeeds Alex Van Pelt, who departed the Rams to become quarterbacks coach for the Atlanta Falcons.^[8]
• Quarterbacks coach Dave Ragone was retained and added the title of associate coordinator.
• Former wide receiver Robert Woods, who played five seasons with the Rams from 2017 to 2021, was added as an assistant wide receivers coach shortly after retiring as a player.
• Robert Wright, who had spent more than 10 years as an assistant coach on the college level (most recently as Syracuse's co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach), was hired by the Rams as a defensive assistant.

Trades

Trades below are only for trades that included a player. Draft pick-only trades will go in the draft section.

Draft

Schedule

On February 5, the NFL announced that the Rams will host the San Francisco 49ers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, as part of the NFL International Series.^[12] One day before the NFL schedule release, it was announced that the Rams will host the Green Bay Packers at SoFi Stadium in the inaugural Thanksgiving Eve game.^[13] Both games are exclusive to KCBS-TV in the Los Angeles market.

More information Week, Date ...

Week	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Network	Recap
1	September 10[a]	5:35 p.m.[a]	San Francisco 49ers			Melbourne Cricket Ground (Melbourne)	Netflix
2	September 21	5:15 p.m.	New York Giants			SoFi Stadium	ESPN/ABC
3	September 27	5:20 p.m.	at Denver Broncos			Empower Field at Mile High	NBC
4	October 4	10:00 a.m.	at Philadelphia Eagles			Lincoln Financial Field	Fox
5	October 12	5:15 p.m.	Buffalo Bills			SoFi Stadium	ESPN/ABC
6	October 18	1:05 p.m.	Arizona Cardinals			SoFi Stadium	Fox
7	October 25	1:25 p.m.	at Las Vegas Raiders			Allegiant Stadium	Fox
8	November 1	1:05 p.m.	Los Angeles Chargers			SoFi Stadium	Fox
9	November 8	10:00 a.m.	at Washington Commanders			Northwest Stadium	Fox
10	November 15	1:05 p.m.	at Arizona Cardinals			State Farm Stadium	CBS
11	Bye
12	November 25	5:00 p.m.	Green Bay Packers			SoFi Stadium	Netflix
13	December 3	5:15 p.m.	Kansas City Chiefs			SoFi Stadium	Prime Video
14	December 13	1:25 p.m.	at San Francisco 49ers			Levi's Stadium	Fox
15	December 20	1:25 p.m.	Dallas Cowboys			SoFi Stadium	CBS
16	December 25	5:15 p.m.	at Seattle Seahawks			Lumen Field	Fox
17	January 3	TBD	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers			Raymond James Stadium	TBD
18	January 9/10	TBD	Seattle Seahawks			SoFi Stadium	TBD

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Notes

• Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
• Networks and times from Weeks 5–17 and dates from Weeks 13–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling; games in Weeks 6 and 16 are exempt.^[14]
• The date, time and network for Week 17 will be finalized by no later than the end of Week 15.^[15]
• The date, time and network for Week 18 will be finalized at the end of Week 17.^[14]

Game summaries

Standings