from Stu Jackson: https://www.therams.com/news/matthew-stafford-and-davante-adams-rapport-benefitting-from-training-camp-practices-this-year-that-they-didn-t-have-together-in-2025

Adams never got the chance to catch passes from Stafford during last year’s training camp because Stafford was sidelined with a back injury. There were flashes of that connection’s potential early in the regular season, but they were just that – fleeting – until Week 7 became the match hitting the strike pad and sparking, with Adams finishing as the NFL’s regular season leader in touchdowns with 14.

This year, Stafford has had a modified practice schedule with two days on and two days off in the Rams’ four-day practice blocks, but the difference in getting those reps prior to the start of the regular season has been noticeable.

“We’re getting a whole different start than what we did last year,” Adams said on Aug. 2. “I think we put together a pretty good product last season, but any time you can have these grinding days where you come out here, play ball and lock in on the details, that’ll help you be in a much better position when it’s time to really go.”

from PFF Interior Defender Rankings: The top 32 players ahead of the 2026 NFL season — https://www.pff.com/news/pff-interior-defender-rankings-the-top-32-players-ahead-of-the-2026-nfl-season?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhtwitter&utm_content=null

9. Kobie Turner, Los Angeles Rams

Turner has developed into a really strong pass-rusher from the defensive interior, and is still just 27 years old. He has totalled 50, 62 and 69 pressures in each of the past three seasons, respectively, and set a career-high with an 83.9 PFF pass-rush grade last year. He’s been solid against the run too, with a PFF run-defense grade above 66.0 in each of those three seasons.

16. Poona Ford, Los Angeles Rams

Ford has enjoyed a late career breakout and has impressed over the past two seasons, first with the Los Angeles Chargers and then the Los Angeles Rams. A strong run defender with PFF run-defense grades of 80.3 and 78.6 in each of the past two seasons, he is also a solid pass-rusher, accumulating 34 total pressures from 342 pass-rushing snaps last season.

from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/rams/2026/08/05/rams-matthew-stafford-wide-receiver-whittington-mumpfield/91182565007/?taid=6a737937423cf600011cfd5a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter

Whittington looks to be the favorite at WR3, though his skill set is more specialized than someone like Mumpfield. Whittington is a good blocker, a quality ball carrier and is tough as nails. Mumpfield, meanwhile, is a more traditional wide receiver who can sub in and play on the outside when Nacua or Adams comes off the field.

from https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/matthew-stafford-practice-is-as-high-quality-as-ive-been-around

Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson had highlight moments by breaking up passes from Matthew Stafford to wideouts Davante Adams and Puka Nacua. The offense rebounded with touchdown passes to both receivers before the defense came up with more strong plays on a back-and-forth day at Rams camp.

After it was over, Stafford said it was the best practice work he’s seen since entering the NFL in 2009.

“There was a a lot of high quality plays out there, plays that in the books will go down as good for the offense, and in the books it’ll go down as good for the defense,” Stafford said, via the team’s website. “Sometimes you just tip your cap. . . . as high quality of practice football as I’ve been around.”

In contract year, Byron Young is coming for it all: ‘I need to get to All-Pro’

Nate Atkins

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7490436/2026/08/04/byron-young-rams-dollar-general-nfl-dreams/?unlocked_article_code=1.21A.vXpE.G2NWofyDQsCS&source=emp_shared_article&smid=ta-ios-share

LOS ANGELES — Don’t look now, but Byron Young is allowing himself to dream again.

Just seven years ago, the Los Angeles Rams outside linebacker was behind a cash register at Dollar General. Now, he’s entering his fourth year in the NFL. Just three years ago, he heard team after team tell him he was too old as a rookie to be on their radar, and now he’s a Pro Bowler fresh off a 12-sack season.

Ask Young about where he is after 27.5 sacks in three seasons, and he describes his standing in basic terms: Reliable. Dependable.

But to really know Young, you have to ask where he’s going. That’s the Dollar General employee turned tryout football player turned military student turned statistical anomaly in him.

“I need to get to All-Pro,” Young said. “I need to be a guy where when it comes to that third down and long and we need to have it, I come through. I’ll force a bad play or force a bad decision. That’s what it is for me. I want to be that guy where they look to find, ‘OK, we need a stop. We’re behind. Or we need to seal the deal.’ I want to be one of those crunch-time situation guys.”

“Someone like Myles Garrett.”

Yes, he went there.

That’s how dreams work. They can sound crazy to the outside world, but what matters is if there’s a piece of them that makes sense to the heart.

And perhaps nobody has a better view of what this outrageously high bar looks like than Young.

The Rams’ offseason blockbuster trade to send Jared Verse to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a two-time Defensive Player of the Year and the NFL’s all-time single-season sack record holder did something to the vision sitting in Young as he enters a contract year.

He was so close with Verse, and the two built a terrific tandem, with Verse’s power collapsing the pocket to force a panicked quarterback into open grass so a speedy Young could chase him down. That duo landed two edge rushers in the Pro Bowl and had the Rams on the doorstep of the Super Bowl last season.

But like Young, Verse was a player ascending but not yet ascended. Garrett is a supercharged version, as he would be in upgrading just about any pass rusher. That’s what 125.5 sacks in nine seasons can do, and Young knows what that aura looks like after spending his rookie season on a line with Aaron Donald.

So, as Garrett begins to settle into a new home in Los Angeles, he has Young in his ear and in his shadow nearly everywhere in these various team settings.

“I just ask the questions,” Young said. “I ask for his thoughts on certain rushes and certain plays and why do you think like that?”

Garrett is an introspective character. He’ll allow his mind to zoom out a thousand feet from the spot where his 6-foot-4, 272-pound body with a chiseled six-pack is throwing a tackle onto his back and into a quarterback’s stomach. Garrett recently told Young that he has never once had a pass rush rep where he didn’t believe he could make the sack.

It sounds like simple confidence until you realize the barricade NFL teams place in front of one player to keep him from being the one to ruin their day.

“He gets chipped and he gets the slide. He gets triple-teamed and he still has the mindset of, ‘I’m going to beat that,’” Young said. “And he still beats that. He always has a plan.”

“… I’m not saying I don’t believe in every rush when I take it, but it’s understanding how powerful that is. The mind is a powerful thing. If you put a negative thought in there, you’re going to get negative results.”

And negative thoughts didn’t get Young to where he is today. They didn’t talk him down from going to that walk-on tryout practice at Georgia Military Academy between Dollar General shifts seven years ago. The devil didn’t dance on his shoulder as he stared out at hundreds of star high school players trying to crack the same handful of spots available, or when he made it there and was living in military barracks and attacking practices just in the hopes of landing a call with a cellphone that couldn’t ring because he didn’t have the money to pay the bill.

But Young’s path from then to now has been largely about making it, about proving he is somebody. Now, he’s trying to become a special somebody. Something more than reliable, worth more than a rookie contract, respected more than a Pro Bowler with a sack total. Because he knows the gaps in his game that fill the gulf between good and great.

They screamed at him in last season’s playoffs, when he banged his right knee up early on in the divisional round against the Chicago Bears, spent the night with an ice pack over it, missed a week of practice and tried to run through the fire to get his team to a Super Bowl but couldn’t. After a 12-sack breakout season, Young didn’t get to the quarterback in three playoff games. A 31-27 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship Game became the symbol for the distance between dependable and reliable and something to be remembered.

So, that’s what he’s chasing now.

It’s led to a different offseason routine than in the past. Whereas he used to channel his joy to be playing football for any team into hard offseason training, he’s learning what it takes to dial back and protect that knee so that it can survive a 20-game season. After all, he’s already in his athletic prime at 28, even though he’s just entering his fourth season. And part of playing catch-up was knowing how to work smarter rather than harder.

So he spent his offseason doing yoga and Pilates. He limited his football training to a mere walk-through variety of acting out hand placements. He owns 80 different compression sleeves to drape the right knee in, to pressurize and stabilize the knee, and he sleeps in them to make the adjustment feel like muscle memory. He sometimes wears a brace. And this season, he’ll practice on a designed maintenance schedule.

His work looks inherently different now than it did when he was just trying to stand out at a walk-on tryout or create practice film in spring football to get any major college to offer a scholarship. He isn’t looking for believers anymore. That’s what he found living in his corner by joining a team led by Sean McVay, a coach who called him twice at random this offseason just to check in on life.

“You want to talk about a guy that’s mentally and physically tough?” McVay said. “He looks like the statue of David out here, but he’s awesome. I love everything about him. … He can create on his own. I think he does a great job on some of the two- and three-man games where he’s a tight wrapper, looper. He’s got position flex where he can be an underneath zone defender, but we like him when he’s going forward a lot more often than not. He’s all about the right stuff.”

The Rams don’t have to worry about whether Young will commit to the grind. They see it all season long, like when he carries an iPad everywhere just to steal moments watching extra film where they exist, including over lunch in the team cafeteria. Those are the quiet moments where the dreams start to sound less crazy.

“The dude is just a worker,” defensive lineman Kobie Turner said. “You see it in the locker room, you see it just around the building, but you also see it on the tape.”

Young has among the best chances of any Rams player to cash in this season. He’ll be playing opposite the double-teams, chips, slide protections and game plans coming Garrett’s way. He’ll rush with two-time All-Pro Trent McDuffie as well as Jaylen Watson, Quentin Lake and Kam Curl, who all just signed the types of extensions he’s chasing now.

“I love this team,” Young said. “Whatever happens happens, but this is the team I want to be with. I want to be with the L.A. Rams.”

The Garrett and McDuffie acquisitions are going to make it challenging for the Rams to retain Young, especially considering that wide receiver Puka Nacua, Turner, guards Steve Avila and Kevin Dotson and right tackle Warren McClendon Jr. are all in contract years, too.

If Young can replicate last year’s 12 sacks, he will hit an edge rusher market where 18 different players are making at least $20 million per season.

His story has given him faith in how belief works. Now, it’s about figuring out how many more chapters his story has to write.

“Yeah, it’d be nice to get a contract right now, but at the same time, I can’t ask for nothing better than what I have right now,” Young said. “I’m playing with a team I love, with great coaches, I’m in the NFL and going into my fourth year. I used to work at Dollar General. Now we’re talking about a contract?

“I won. I won.”

Zooey wrote:

The Rams have cornered the corner market on Cams

Yes.

The Rams lead the league in Cams.

wv wrote:

Well if the question is can CJ become a no.3 ? Then I’m not skeptical. I think he can be a no.3. But the danger for the Rams is if Puka/Davante goes down, can anybody be a no.2 ?

That could be a concern if one of them goes out for any length of time. But then, who was the #2 in the super bowl when Beckham went out? And that was before they had both their current running game and a strong 13 personnel set to attack with. Arguably this defense is better than that one too.

I go along with the Simpson pick btw. Drafting Simpson allowed them to get Garrett, because with a qb already drafted they didn’t have to save 2027 picks for a future qb and could afford to trade for a defensive difference maker.

I see Simpson as a more expensive version of Purdy. Purdy by being Purdy made every future Purdy more expensive, so there was no way around using a high pick to get one for the Rams.

But we’ll see if time will tell.

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Elvis

A few observations:

Simpson got no snaps in 11 on 11. Going by today, Stetson is clearly #2. I thought he was pretty good though he had some rough plays as the day wore on.

They were going 1’s vs. 1’s and 2’s vs. 2’s. I think the 1st string offense generally got the best of it but defense did a lot of good stuff too. Watson with a couple breakups on deep throws to Puka and Davante.

Davante and Puka look great. Go ahead and put them in bubble wrap as far as i’m concerned. Davante and Stafford are really locked in, won’t be surprised if they have a much better connection this year. And they were already really good last year.

First 4 WRs appeared to be: Davante, Puka, Whittington, Mumpfield.

Backs remain: Kyren, Corum, Rivers. Doesn’t seem like Hunter is moving up the depth chart but i did see him with a couple nice runs. WR Tyler Scott was making plays with the 2’s. CJ looked fine but clearly running with the 2’s at this point.

Dave Ragone did some throwing in drills and dude has a nice arm…

wv wrote:

CJ is a 5th Round pick. And not particularly fast. So I’m quite skeptical about him.

He’s a 6th round pick. In fact they traded 3 picks to move up 10 spots to take him. (Traded 207, 251, and 252 to move up to 197).

His speed isn’t what interests people in him. It’s his combination of decent size, great football IQ, route running, great catch radius, and hands. He has hands like Nacua, by which I mean he has an incredible catch rate on contested catches. He was actually a top player in all of college football both at avoiding drops and at making contested catches (his last 3 years he had an elite contested catch rate of 75.8%).

Nacua wasn’t fast either. Nor was Kupp.

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from “Iron sharpens iron”: 5 Things We Learned from this weekend at Rams Training Camp

1st & Tuna
Aug 03, 2026

https://1standtuna.substack.com/p/iron-sharpens-iron-5-things-we-learned

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Let’s dive into some of the position group battles, and highlight some players fans have been eager to see progress from this camp:

Josaiah Stewart has looked impressive all camp

There was a series of plays during team period where I jotted notes about how dominant Josaiah was.

On one first down, he took on Terrance Ferguson’s block attempt behind the line of scrimmage. Stewart won the rep stalemating Ferguson and getting a real chance at a tackle for loss. The very next play, Stewart batted down a Stafford pass at the line of scrimmge. If this is meant to mimic Sunday action, that’s a quick 1-2 punch from the second-year linebacker forcing a potential third and long.

I’ve been quick to credit right tackle Warren McClendon for his consistency through camp thus far. Some of his toughest reps though, have come against Stewart.

On run plays away from Stewart, he isn’t settling for getting sealed off on his edge. At 6’1” 250lbs, he’s able to work low and power through with leverage to at least get involved in scrums to keep gains to a minimum.

Anytime I’ve watched Stewart get blocked by a tight end, often times I see him get either a quick win (I referenced that attempted wham block by Ferguson earlier), or work them back into the pocket to make it messy to attempt a throw from.

Stewart didn’t get a lot of media or fan attention last season, but his tape shows flashes of setting strong edges and having the physical tools to contribute a lot more this season. Add in the fact Byron Young is in a contract year and managing a pre-existing knee injury, it’s encouraging to know you have a guy like Stewart who may step in and dominate in his own regard.

CJ Daniels praise is deserving, who else from the WR room are we excited about?

When rookies have such a short offseason to prepare for their first NFL action, you have to look for certain intangibles to see if they can survive as a professional.

CJ Daniels has it.

The hands are very real. His size has created mismatches versus corners, and he looks natural finding open spaces to give his quarterback a throwing window. His touchdown from Ty Simpson during Saturday’s practice was as impressive as everyone has shown online. But he’s also shown good focus as he’s surehanded balls near the sideline despite a corner trying to work through his back.

He still has much work to do in his run-blocking consistency. Another thing I noted is similar to what I felt about Konata Mumpfield last season: His overall speed might be something that could limit his ability to contribute as much as fans think he will.

Speaking of Mumpfield, he looks different than last season. When speaking to him after practice, he credits his offseason training. “Just making sure I’m taking care of my body, getting stronger, getting faster. That’s definitely something I wanted to progress in.”

It’s noticed, Konata. He’s gotten in and out of cuts quicker through the first week of camp. You see a burst after the catch that wasn’t quite there yet before. With all the reps he’s gotten, he has a great understanding of “where he’s supposed to be at, and with what timing” in regards to Stafford’s progression on plays.

We’ll have a full column dedicated to just the receivers, but I’m impressed by what I’ve seen from the group collectively. Mumpfield, Jordan Whittington and Xavier Smith seem to have roles they’ll be asked to contribute with all year long in support of superstars Davante Adams and Puka Nacua.

The interior offensive line could end up best in show

I’m a believer in the thought of, if a lineman is doing good, you probably won’t see their name pop up in the papers. So let’s go against that today and give credit to the trio of Steve Avila, Coleman Shelton and Kevin Dotson.

There’s lots to love about the defensive line, don’t get it twisted. They have their plays of dominance as well. But when the Rams are working their run game between the tackles, I’m seeing a lot of Dotson celebrating as they stack bodies in the trenches.

Starting with Dotson, following a strong goal line rep that saw he and Shelton push bodies into the endzone, you could see big #69 shout to the sideline with a finger in the air in celebration. He and Shelton’s combo blocking has been fun to watch as well.

One rep that highlighted the duo came against nosetackle Poona Ford.

Dotson gave a strong arm to help while Shelton worked across Poona’s face. Shelton then was able to time his hand placement and stay lower than Poona, allowing him to drive the 314 lb. Ford. All the while Dotson is seamlessely working up to take the linebacker out of the play successfully.

Adding Avila to the conversation, the fun continues. On another rep I got to see Avila and Shelton combo Kobie Turner together. The duo got the best of Turner that play, not allowing him to twist or counter the double team, as they worked to wash him out into the edge defender.

Dotson himself has mentioned how much “that continuity of offensive line is probably the most important thing” helping them grow. They’ll be able to continue stacking with “higher level things” as they build that trust at camp.

Ferguson is a breakout candidate in fans’ eyes, is he meeting expectations so far?

Terrance has been high on a lot of people’s minds as a player who could take a big leap forward in his progression this season. I’ve seen some good things in camp, and also some growing pains during Saturday’s practice.

The good: He is such a problem for defenders to get a good matchup advantage against. There’s routes where he separates easily on in-breaking routes from quick corners like Emmauel Forbes. On another play I watched him get a step or two ahead of safeties down the field. When he gets a reception, he has that long stride and physical body to work through arm tackles and pick up extra yards.

He has definitely improved in his body positioning and hand placement in regards to blocking. But, I believe there’s still some work in progress in that category.

Areas still improving: His connection with Stafford will continue to hone-in through the journey towards week one. It bears reminder that Stafford missing camp last year is where all those near-misses possibly stems from. The same thing happened Saturday. Ferguson had a step on defenders down the field, and Stafford placed it just out of reach from the tight end.

On another short route, we get a drop from Ferguson. They happen. Better in practice than on Sundays is what we care about.

His blocking looks and feels better, but still not to the same impact you feel when watching Tyler Higbee.

There were two reps in particular where he had good battles with Josaiah Stewart (once in the run and pass), but ultimately it seemed ilke Stewart would strongarm his way towards the play. From just a week’s sample size, it does appear his hand placement is improved from last year. I’ve seen a strong initial engage from Ferguson on most of his reps.

Take my critique with a grain of salt. I could very well be critical on things that don’t matter ultimately in his development. He could very well be progressing right as the staff needs him to be. I can only give my observation, and hope it’s consistent with the body of work in progress for the young man.

10 Observations from Day 8 of 2026 Rams Training Camp: First-team offense and defense battle it out; Stetson Bennett IV takes all of second-team reps; second-team defense efficient in run stop

Stu Jackson & Zach Edwards

https://www.therams.com/news/10-observations-day-8-2026-rams-training-camp-first-team-battle-puka-nacua-trent-mcduffie-davante-adams-jaylen-watson

LOS ANGELES – The final day of the second four-day block of Rams Training Camp presented by CommunityAmerica Credit Union at LMU yet again featured high-flying plays between the first-team wide receivers and defensive backs. What head coach Sean McVay described as an “unscripted” practice featured Matthew Stafford leading the first-team offense with impressive completions to – and equally impressive catches from – wide receivers Puka Nacua and Davante Adams, while Stetson Bennett IV got all of the reps leading the second-team offense. The first-team defense came up with multiple highlight pass breakups and takeaways, and the second-team defense was efficient at run stop.

Senior staff writer Stu Jackson watched the offense Saturday afternoon, while staff writer Zach Edwards watched the defense. Here are 10 things that stood out:

Another scheduled off day for offensive lineman Alaric Jackson: Similar to the previous practice block, Monday was an off day for Jackson as part of the maintenance of medication for the blood clots he’s been dealing with since last year.

Stafford’s connection with Nacua and Adams on point: Two of Stafford’s best throws of the day were an over-the-shoulder touchdown pass to Adams in the face of a blitz – with Adams flashing late hands to secure the catch – and later a back-shoulder throw to Nacua for a touchdown. These were also emblematic of the back-and-forth battle between the wide receivers and cornerbacks: Stafford and Adams made that connection a few plays after cornerback Jaylen Watson broke up a potential touchdown pass between the two, while the connection with Nacua came after McDuffie had a perfectly-timed pass breakup as Nacua was bringing in a deep ball from Stafford over the middle.

“There was a a lot of high quality plays out there,” Stafford said. “Plays that in the books will go down as good for the offense, and in the books it’ll go down as good for the defense that sometimes you just tip your cap.”

Terrance Ferguson’s next-play mentality: The second-year tight end had a two-play sequence that stood out. On the first play, he dropped a pass he should’ve caught from Stafford, but Stafford went right back to him on the next play and he finished strong through the catch point on a slant.

Bennett looks comfortable leading second-team offense: Bennett got all of the reps in team drills leading the second-team offense on Monday, and continued to show command of the offense.

“We were kind of unscripted, and Matthew was out here, and so Stetson got the work that he’s earned,” McVay said.

McVay also said Bennett has “taken advantage of his reps” and praised Bennett’s overall command of the offense now being “significantly improved” compared to a year ago.

Bennett’s deep ball to wide receiver Tyler Scott an early highlight: Arguably Bennett’s best throw of the day came on a deep ball down the right sideline to Scott, who also deserves praise for the way he tracked the ball and brought it in.

Cornerback Trent McDuffie highlight pass break up: The first deep ball of the afternoon from Stafford had Nacua with a multiple-step advantage on the nearest defender. As Nacua hauled the ball in, McDuffie came in at the last moment to punch the ball out for his hands for the incompletion. “Shout out Puka, that boy is rolling, I’ll tell you that much, he went right past me, so I just had to put my head down,” McDuffie said recalling the play. “I mean, good ball, good catch, and I was just there, fortunate enough to knock it out.” One of McDuffie’s more underrated plays came on a blitz with the offensive inside the 5-yard line, as Stafford quickly got the ball out to Adams on a crossing route and McDuffie stopped him short of the goal line as the whistle blew the play dead.

Watson pass break up on another Stafford deep ball: This time, Stafford tossed up the ball along the right sideline to Adams. Watson, adjusting to the placement of the pass, stepped up and knocked down the pass to win that edition of the Watson-Adams battle.

Josaiah Stewart stepping up in Myles Garrett’s practice absence with forced fumble: With defensive end Myles Garrett not practicing Monday as head coach Sean McVay said yesterday would be the case, outside linebacker Josaiah Stewart saw more snaps and came up with one of the biggest defensive plays of the day. On a run up the middle, Stewart came in and knocked the ball out of Blake Corum’s grasp, which was then subsequently picked up by safety Quentin Lake for a scoop-and-score.

Safety Kam Curl picks off Stafford as pocket collapsed: As the pocket collapsed around Stafford, he picked out Adams on a comeback route in the middle of the field, but didn’t account for Curl reading the play and jumping in at the last moment to snag a interception that eventually led to the second defensive touchdown for the Rams. “I love Kam Curl,” McVay said. “Just his vibe, made a great play today. He’s doing a lot of amazing things, … re-signing Kam Curl was a huge deal for us as well.”

Second-team defense containing the run game: While many of the highlights on defense was awarded to the first team, time and time again, the second-team defense stepped up on rushing downs to stop the ball carrier in the backfield. Outside linebacker Keir Thomas II and cornerback Cam Lampkin both tripped up the runner in the backfield going right on two separate plays, and inside linebacker Grant Stuard came flying in on a run up the middle.

Rams Tapes@RamsTapes
Trent McDuffie on Adams: he’s the best route runner in the league, who has the best releases. ya he gone beat me a lot of time because I’m trying new things, the more we can just keep ping ponging back and forth and rising our standard, it’s gonna be a great year for both of us”

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
High-quality play all around on what was the most entertaining and competitive practice of training camp yet

Play that just shows how great the WR-CB battles in camp have been:

Matthew Stafford launches a pass deep downfield over the middle to Puka Nacua, but right after Nacua makes the catch, McDuffie is right there to knock the ball out to cause the incompletion.

Each part of that sequence ‘oohs’ from the crowd

Video of said playhttps://t.co/uukeulzLou

— Stu Jackson (@StuJRams) August 3, 2026

Another one just now:

A few plays earlier, great play by Jaylen Watson breaking up a Stafford deep ball for Davante Adams.

Just now: Stafford threads a deep TD pass in the face of a blitz to Adams with Watson in coverage. Late hands by Adams to make the grab at the last second. Nothing Watson could do. Just an incredible catch.

This is the TD pass from Matthew Stafford to Davante Adams I was referring to earlier. Hard for any CB/DB to beat that ball placement by Stafford and the late hands by Adamspic.twitter.com/FOyc3umDzz

— Stu Jackson (@StuJRams) August 3, 2026

One of the highlights by the defense today was a Kam Curl pick-six.

Sean McVay after practice on Curl:

“Obviously, a lot’s been made about some of the new acquisitions with Trent (McDuffie), with Jaylen (Watson) and with Myles (Garrett) on defense, but re-signing Kam Curl was a huge deal for us as well.”

…

Per Sean McVay, TE Davis Allen is dealing with a quad injury. Since it’s a soft tissue injury, McVay said they will give Allen “some time” before he returns to practice. McVay said they don’t want to rush Allen back.

“Davis is going to be a big part of what we do,” McVay said.

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Nate Atkins@NateAtkins_
A few Rams observations from today’s practice:

– Matthew Stafford and Stetson Bennett took every rep. Off day from team drills for Ty Simpson
– Some 🔥🔥🔥 battles between Puka & McDuffie and Adams & Jaylen Watson. Trading wins
– Kam Curl, Quentin Lake scored defensive TDs

1st & Tuna@1standtuna
I’ve been very impressed with special teams as a whole.

The sense of urgency feels so immediate. Timing on FG feels smooth and quick.

Shoutout to long snapper Joe Cardona. Will never understand how those guys can get the laces to the same spot over and over and over….

Cayden Kubler@CaydenKubler
Overall, the best day of practice for the Rams.

The defense started out absolutely lock down, then the offense turned it up in the second half and made their mark.

Feels like the Rams are pumped at the position they are in as a team right now.