Lake having a slight favorite is kind of a surprise, even with the Rams losing to Seattle in the NFC title game. Lake, a 2022 sixth-round pick, was teammates with linebacker Ernest Jones for two seasons in Los Angeles in 2022 and 2023. The Rams safety also teammates with Cooper Kupp before the wideout signed with Seattle in March 2025.
In 2025, the Rams and the 49ers split their regular-season games with each team winning on the road in Week 5 and Week 10, respectively.
Despite the Rams falling short of lifting the Lombardi Trophy this season, Lake believes the returning cast of veterans like quarterback Matthew Stafford, wide receiver Davante Adams and others could win another Super Bowl.
“Finish what we couldn’t do this past year. That’s it,” Lake said about the team’s goal for next season. “I’ma start doing it for everybody else. Everybody in the building knew how close we were and we felt like it, you know, if there was a couple things that we did better, it would have been us in Super Bowl 60. So, I’m more so doing it really for Stafford, coach [Sean] McVay, for Davante and all these older guys.”
Before Lake’s and L.A.’s quest to Super Bowl LXI begins, the Rams will get a chance to face their least favorite NFC West opponent, the 49ers, in the NFL’s first-ever regular-season game in Australia.