On the verge of a new season, the Los Angeles Rams are poised to chase a championship in the present, but equally set up for long-term success in the future.

This has been described as the best roster they've assembled since returning to Los Angeles in 2016 – high praise for a franchise that's won four division titles, two NFC Championships, and a Super Bowl in those nine years.

Suddenly, they've got all the pieces in a restocked roster and a full complement of picks in 2026 (including the Atlanta Falcons first rounder), not to mention an abundance of cap space.

Time to merge that future into the present.

Calloused for Greatness

In the spring, it felt like the goal this season should be to compete for the one-seed, about the only thing Sean McVay’s Rams have yet to accomplish in h

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