{"id":656541,"date":"2026-05-21T14:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/656541\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:09:09","slug":"nfl-2026-offseason-power-rankings-the-rams-jump-the-seahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/656541\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL 2026 Offseason Power Rankings: The Rams Jump the Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"ui-object-cover\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-position:50% 50%;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779372549_173_image.jpeg\"\/>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p data-sentry-element=\"Text\" data-sentry-component=\"Component\" data-sentry-source-file=\"paragraph.tsx\" class=\"motion-safe:ui-transition-colors ui-text-black motion-safe:transition-colors\">Los Angeles\u2019s biggest offseason addition is someone who won\u2019t make a single block, tackle, catch, or kick in 2026. It\u2019s new offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel, whose job is to breathe life into the Chargers offense, which hasn\u2019t been able to run the ball, find explosive plays in the passing game, or protect quarterback Justin Herbert for the past two seasons. McDaniel won\u2019t have the embarrassment of riches at receiver he did when he was head coach in Miami, but Herbert is the most talented quarterback he\u2019s ever worked with. My most optimistic read of Los Angeles\u2019s offense is that McDaniel will get the run game to above average and set up enough easy passes through the play-action game to help the young and unproven receiving corps find easy opportunities.<\/p>\n<p data-sentry-element=\"Text\" data-sentry-component=\"Component\" data-sentry-source-file=\"paragraph.tsx\" class=\"motion-safe:ui-transition-colors ui-text-black motion-safe:transition-colors\">Of course, there are still concerns about the interior of the Chargers offensive line. Guards Cole Strange and Trevor Penning are effectively replacement-level players, and rookies Jake Slaughter and Logan Taylor might not be ready to step in and contribute right away. McDaniel is an excellent play caller and is capable of turning this ship around. But it seems like the Chargers will need something nearly miraculous to turn this roster into a true contender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images Los Angeles\u2019s biggest offseason addition is someone who won\u2019t make a single block, tackle, catch, or&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-656541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}