For the 2026 NFL season, it doesn’t seem to be the Seattle Seahawks, but rather the team they beat in the NFC Championship Game to reach the Super Bowl: the Los Angeles Rams.Super teams are hard to come by when 53 men are stacked onto a roster, but the Rams have come pretty close entering the new campaign, with the reigning MVP Matthew Stafford leading the way on a high-powered offense, while LA revamped its defense with a pair of Defensive Players of the Year on the defense live.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEAaron Donald and Myles Garrett teaming up has many believing the Los Angeles Rams will be a force to be reckoned with during the 2026 NFL season.(GETTY IMAGES)And one of them came out of retirement just to take another crack at winning another Super Bowl ring.Aaron Donald, the 10-time Pro Bowl and eight-time First team All-Pro defensive tackle, officially ended his days outside football by rejoining the team he helped to win a Super Bowl in 2021.
He joins Myles Garrett, the reigning Defensive Player of the Year and new single-season sack record holder, whom the Rams acquired in a blockbuster trade with the Cleveland Browns this offseason.If the Rams weren’t scary enough when Stafford & Co.have the ball in their hands, this combo strikes fear into the eyes of their opponents just by being on the schedule each week.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.
DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!The expectations and potential of what this combo could do to offenses in 2026 has got football players, coaches and fans in a collective whirlwind.And one former NFL star linebacker thinks the hype couldn’t be more real."Just insane.
I mean, it’s insane because every week will be a pick-your-poison situation," Shawne Merriman, All-Pro linebacker for the San Diego Chargers and Buffalo Bills, told OutKick in a recent interview."Who do you want to focus on? Because the other one is going to make plays.""Me being in my situation whe...