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NFC West 2026 Season Preview

Seattle's Edge, Barely

The Seahawks sit as the favorite at No. 1 in the league, but the Rams are breathing on their neck at No. 2 with the same 11-6 projection. That gap is a coin flip, not a hierarchy, and it should decide the division on the final weekend rather than settle early. San Francisco lurks a tier back at No. 5 with a 9-8 projection, good enough to matter but not close enough to crash the top two. Arizona is the outlier here, projected 7-10 at No. 25, and this race is really a two-team fight with a pretender in third and a non-factor in fourth.

Rams Own the Roster

Nine selections for the Rams is not a close call. Stafford anchors the offense, Kyren Williams gets a backfield nod, and Myles Garrett headlines a defensive front that also includes Kobie Turner, Byron Young and Nate Landman. The other three clubs still supply real stars: Christian McCaffrey carries San Francisco, Trey McBride, Josh Sweat and Budda Baker carry Arizona, and Leonard Williams, Byron Murphy II, Drake Thomas and Nick Emmanwori keep Seattle's defense in the conversation. The spread makes clear this division's power sits with the Rams roster, with everyone else contributing pieces rather than a full unit.

Rams Own the Room

The Rams sit atop four of seven position rooms, and the spread tells the real story. Matthew Stafford and Kyren Williams anchor the offensive skeleton, while Kam Curl fronts a defensive back room that also ranks best in the division. That is not a fluke distribution across a roster. The Seahawks counter with real juice at the perimeter, where Jaxon Smith-Njigba's receiver room and Drake Thomas's linebacker corps top their groups, and the Cardinals lean on Trey McBride's tight end room as their singular claim to a division-best unit.

2 more sections in the full NFC West 2026 Season Preview preview — the verdict, every position group, the roster churn and the projected finish.

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