The Los Angeles Rams are Super Bowl champions and with that usually comes a great deal of roster turnover. Aside from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from a year ago, no one ever brings back all of their starters. For the Rams, that mantra is going to hold true as the team will see 12 players hit unrestricted free agency this March, and six of them were starters in Super Bowl LVI. First, the team will likely need to decide on bringing back Odell Beckham Jr or Von Miller. LA is likely only going to be able to afford to keep one of them around, and once they make that decision, it will make the others fall into place a bit easier. What exactly are those other problems that the Rams have, though? Well first, they have the issue of whether or not Sean McVay and/or Aaron Donald are serious on their recent retirement talk, and second, they must address Matthew Stafford's contract to help him in the long run and help the Rams in the short term by lowering his 2022 cap number. After that, they can get to the biggest issue of the 2022 NFL offseason, which is…

Biggest need for Rams 2022 NFL offseason

Offensive Line

Out of the five starters on Los Angeles' offensive line in Super Bowl 56, only one, left guard David Edwards, is guaranteed to be back with the team in 2022. Left tackle Andrew Whitworth is likely to retire, center Brian Allen and right guard Austin Corbett are unrestricted free agents, and right tackle Rob Havenstein is a potential trade piece because he is one of only a few players that could save the team money if they are off the team. Also, Whitworth's steady and reliable backup, Joe Noteboom, is an unrestricted free agent himself. That is a lot to sort through if you are Rams general manager Les Snead, but lucky for him, we broke down what to do for the Rams in one single paragraph…

To start, the team needs to forget about the idea of trading Havenstein. That would cause too much turnover on the offensive line if the team isn't able to retain Corbett and/or Allen. Second, you decide which of the Corbett/Allen duo you want to keep and sign him as well. Corbett will command more on the open market but Allen plays a less premium position. After the team has one of them locked down they can move on to retaining Noteboom so that way this offensive line can keep some sort of continuity. Pro Football Focus (PFF) predicts that Noteboom ($5 million per year) and Allen ($6 million per year) will combine on the open market for less than the $16 million that Whitworth played for in 2021, so the money is there for the Rams to go and use. Shoot, they might even be able to squeeze in all three of them if they can get Corbett to accept a deal slightly lower than he is expected to receive on the open market ($7 million). Obviously, that would be the goal, to bring back five guys that all started in 2021, even if Noteboom's time was for less than a month. It would give the Rams the best chance at keeping Matthew Stafford on his feet and also go a long way towards helping LA defend their Super Bowl crown.