2018 Los Angeles Rams season
Position Player Tag 2018 Team Date signed
CB Trumaine Johnson UFA New York Jets March 16 , 2018
WR Sammy Watkins UFA Kansas City Chiefs March 15 , 2018
RB Lance Dunbar UFA TBA
TE Derek Carrier UFA Oakland Raiders March 15 , 2018
CB Nickell Robey-Coleman UFA Los Angeles Rams March 13 , 2018
DE Dominique Easley UFA Los Angeles Rams March 19 , 2018
OLB Connor Barwin UFA New York Giants
NT Tyrunn Walker UFA New Orleans Saints
C John Sullivan UFA Los Angeles Rams March 16 , 2018
FS Lamarcus Joyner UFA Los Angeles Rams March 6 , 2018
FS Cody Davis UFA Jacksonville Jaguars March 15 , 2018
Roster changes -- Free agents
The 2018 Los Angeles Rams season was the franchise's 81st in the National Football League, their 82nd overall, their 52nd in the Greater Los Angeles Area and their second under head coach Sean McVay. The Rams finished 13-3, improving on their 11-5 record from the 2017 season. The team won its first eight games of the season (its best start since 1969) before losing to the Saints in Week 9. After defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 54-51 in Week 11, the third highest-scoring game in NFL history, and a 30-16 victory over the Detroit Lions in Week 13, the Rams clinched the NFC West for the second consecutive year, giving Los Angeles its first back-to-back division titles since 1978 and 1979 and consecutive playoff berths for the first time since the 2003 and 2004, when the franchise was based in St. Louis. The Rams ended the regular season tied with New Orleans for the NFL's best record at 13-3. The 13 regular season wins was tied for the second-most in franchise history (along with the 1999 season, only trailing the Rams' 14-win campaign in 2001) and is the most wins in a season for a Los Angeles-based professional football team (as the Rams played in St. Louis in 1999 and 2001). The Rams started their playoff run by defeating the Dallas Cowboys 30-22 in the Divisional Round to advance to the NFC Championship Game. This would be their first NFC Championship Game appearance since 2001 as the St. Louis Rams, and their first as the Los Angeles Rams since 1989. The Rams then defeated the number 1 seed New Orleans Saints in the NFC Championship Game 26-23 in overtime, a game which featured a controversial no-call on an apparent pass interference by Rams defensive back Nickell Robey-Coleman. By defeating the Saints, the Rams advanced to Super Bowl LIII, where they faced the New England Patriots. The two teams previously met in Super Bowl XXXVI, in which the Patriots defeated the then-St. Louis Rams 20-17. This is the Rams' first Super Bowl appearance since that game and first as the Los Angeles Rams since Super Bowl XIV in 1979.