{"id":443929,"date":"2026-08-26T10:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/443929\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T10:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:08:11","slug":"los-angeles-rams-2026-season-preview-guide-matthew-stafford-puka-nacua-lead-super-bowl-contenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/443929\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Rams 2026 season preview guide: Matthew Stafford, Puka Nacua lead Super Bowl contenders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"anchor-bd990d\" class=\"body-graf\">No one needs to remind the Rams that this season\u2019s Super Bowl will be played in their home stadium. Without a guarantee as to how long 37-year-old quarterback and reigning MVP Matthew Stafford can maintain his form, the Rams went all-in this offseason by trading for two top cornerbacks, then acquiring pass rusher Myles Garrett, last season\u2019s defensive player of the year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-4a39a5\" class=\"body-graf\">The season kicks off on Wednesday, September 9, with the New England Patriots facing the Seattle Seahawks in a Super Bowl LX rematch. Live coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/asset\/sports\/patriots-vs.-seahawks\/18c38bc3-c037-3324-a122-e2f8b9cf7bba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC and Peacock<\/a>. And visit<a href=\"http:\/\/nbcsports.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> NBC Sports<\/a> for full NFL coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No one needs to remind the Rams that this season\u2019s Super Bowl will be played in their home&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-443929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}