2022 Los Angeles Rams season
The 2022 season will be the Los Angeles Rams' 85th in the National Football League (NFL), their 86th overall, their 56th in the Greater Los Angeles Area, the third playing their home games at SoFi Stadium, their sixth under head coach Sean McVay, and eleventh under general manager Les Snead. They will attempt to improve upon their 12–5 record from last season, as well as become the first team to repeat as Super Bowl champions since the New England Patriots in 2004. The Rams will come into the 2022 season as the defending Super Bowl champions for the first time since 2000 when the club was based in St. Louis.
| 2022 Los Angeles Rams season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Stan Kroenke |
| Head coach | Sean McVay |
| General manager | Les Snead |
| Home field | SoFi Stadium |
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Offseason
Coaching changes
- The Minnesota Vikings hired Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O'Connell as their new head coach February 16, 2022.[1] The following day, Chris O'Hara, an offensive assistant with the Rams in 2021, was hired to join O'Connell's staff as quarterbacks coach.[2] On February 21, 2022, Wes Phillips was hired as offensive coordinator. Phillips had served as McVay's tight ends coach for five seasons, and in 2021 had added the title of pass game coordinator.[3]
- The Denver Broncos named Rams secondary coach/passing game coordinator Ejiro Evero as defensive coordinator for new head coach Nathaniel Hackett's staff. Also hired from the Rams were assistant special teams coach Dwayne Stukes as special teams coordinator and assistant defensive line coach Marcus Dixon as defensive line coach on February 17, 2022.[4]
- Liam Coen was hired as offensive coordinator, succeeding Kevin O'Connell. Coen had served as an assistant wide receivers and quarterbacks coach with the Rams from 2018 to 2020 before leaving to serve as offensive coordinator at the University of Kentucky.[5]
- Thomas Brown, the Rams' running backs coach for the previous two seasons, was reassigned to take over for Phillips as tight ends coach, while retaining his position as assistant head coach.[6]
- Fourth-year staffer Zac Robinson was given the dual titles of pass game coordinator/quarterbacks coach after spending last season as assistant quarterbacks coach.[7]
- Lance Schulters, a former safety who played 10 years in the NFL primarily with the San Francisco 49ers and Tennessee Titans, was promoted to defensive assistant after spending 2021 on the Rams staff as a coaching fellow.[7]
- Having coached linebackers over the previous five seasons with the Rams, Chris Shula was named pass game coordinator/defensive backs coach.[7]
- Other internal promotions included Thad Bogardus being elevated to outside linebackers coach after spending 2021 as assistant linebackers coach, while Jonathan Cooley became defensive backs coach after spending last season as assistant secondary coach.[7]
- Ra'Shaad Samples was hired to succeed Thomas Brown as Rams running backs coach after having held the same position at SMU.[8]
- Greg Olson, who had served as quarterbacks coach with the Rams during Sean McVay's first season in 2017, returned to the club as a senior offensive assistant after spending the four previous seasons as offensive coordinator with the Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders. Olson had also been Rams offensive coordinator in 2006 and 2007.[7]
Draft
| Round | Selection | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 104 | Logan Bruss | OG | Wisconsin |
| 4 | 142 | Decobie Durant | CB | South Carolina State |
| 5 | 164 | Kyren Williams | RB | Notre Dame |
| 6 | 211 | Quentin Lake | S | UCLA |
| 212 | Derion Kendrick | CB | Georgia | |
| 7 | 235 | Daniel Hardy | LB | Montana State |
| 253 | Russ Yeast | S | Kansas State | |
| 261 | A. J. Arcuri | OT | Michigan State |
Pre-draft trades
- The Rams traded their first-round selection as well as 2021 third-round selection and a 2023 first-round selection and quarterback Jared Goff to Detroit in exchange for quarterback Matthew Stafford.[9]
- The Rams traded veteran wide receiver Robert Woods to the Tennessee Titans in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the 2023 NFL Draft.[10]
- The Rams acquired a seventh-round selection (238th overall) from the Miami Dolphins in a 2019 trade for cornerback Aqib Talib.[11]
Draft Day trades
- The Rams traded their fifth round (175th overall) and seventh round (238th overall, previously acquired in the 2019 Aqib Talib trade) selections to Las Vegas in exchange for the Raiders' fifth round pick (164th overall), which was used to draft Notre Dame running back Kyren Williams.
- The Rams re-acquired cornerback Troy Hill from the Cleveland Browns in trade for a fifth round pick in 2023 NFL Draft.
- Los Angeles exchanged a sixth round compensatory selection (218th overall) to Tampa Bay and in return received two seventh round selections (235th, 261st) from the Buccaneers. The Rams used the picks to draft Kansas State safety Russ Yeast and Michigan State tackle A. J. Arcuri.
Staff
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Current roster
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Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Preseason
The Rams' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.
Regular season
2022 opponents
Listed below are the Rams' opponents for 2022. Exact dates and times will be announced on May 12.[12]
As defending Super Bowl champions, the Rams earned the right to host the NFL Kickoff Game at SoFi Stadium.[13]
| Category | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Division opponents (NFC West) | Arizona Cardinals San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks | |
| Conference opponents (NFC South) | Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers | New Orleans Saints Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Conference opponents (based on 2021 division placement) | Dallas Cowboys | Green Bay Packers |
| Interconference opponents (AFC West) | Denver Broncos Las Vegas Raiders | Kansas City Chiefs Los Angeles Chargers |
| Interconference opponent (based on 2021 division placement) | Buffalo Bills | N/A |
References
- "Minnesota Vikings officially hire 'innovative' Kevin O'Connell as new head coach". ESPN.com. February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- Goessling, Ben (February 17, 2022). "Vikings announce nine assistant coaches for Kevin O'Connell's staff". startribune.com. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- "Minnesota Vikings hiring Los Angeles Rams' Wes Phillips as offensive coordinator, source says". ESPN.com. February 21, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- "Denver Broncos hire Los Angeles Rams' Ejiro Evero as new defensive coordinator". ESPN.com. January 17, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- "Rams expected to hire Liam Coen as offensive coordinator". NFL.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- "Coach Thomas Brown changing position assignment, will oversee TE's". turfshowtimes.com. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- "Rams finalize 2022 coaching staff". therams.com. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
- "TCU football assistant heads to L.A. Rams as Frogs look within for his replacement". star-telegram.com. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- Scott, Jelanl (January 30, 2021). "Lions to trade Matthew Stafford to Rams in blockbuster deal involving Jared Goff, picks". NFL.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-31. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- Maya, Adam (March 23, 2022). "Titans acquiring Rams WR Robert Woods for 2023 sixth-rounder". NFL.com. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
- Patra, Kevin (October 29, 2019). "Rams ship CB Aqib Talib, fifth-rounder to Dolphins". NFL.com. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
- "2022 NFL Schedule powered by AWS to be released on Thursday, May 12". NFL. April 21, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- "Who could Super Bowl champion Rams face to kick off 2022 season?". NFL.com. February 14, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
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