Three Ways Kliff Kingsbury Can Influence Rams Offense

With this addition, more experience is added to the offensive staff as they look to challenge themselves to better what 2025 provided. Kingsbury will certainly have influence, which means we must look at the three ways he could do so this season.

Changing the offensive approach with balance

One of the aspects that the Rams struggled with last season was finding a balance between their run game and passing game. No, not a 50-50 split between run and pass, but finding consistency in week-to-week gameplans and approaches. Kingsbury, the man behind the early success of Jayden Daniels, said it best last summer when discussing what balance meant to him.

"I don't think you can go and say, ‘Hey, we're going to run it 25 times and throw it 25 times," Kingsbury said. "It’s about putting your guys in the best position to succeed, and sometimes that means doing something way more than the other. It’s the balance to be the best offense you can be versus that defense, that scheme, that personnel group that day is what it is to me."

More yards-after-catch opportunties

One thing to appreciate about Kingsbury's offenses is that he will put his players, specifically the pass-catchers, in position to make plays after the catch. A quick game will be valuable as Matthew Stafford gets older, but with the addition of Kingsbury in terms of influence, unique play designs could bring some big opportunities for Puka Nacua in space or open the door for an early-round draft pick of a player who can generate big plays with speed and quickness in the open field.

Ideas for the future, featuring a mobile quarterback

It's unclear just how much influence Kingsbury has, but there is a reason why Daniels was such a threat on the ground. Kingsbury's approach allowed Daniels to utilize his legs on design quarterbacks runs that could make defenses play true 11-on-11.

Could this open the door for the Rams to finally add the mobile quarterback McVay has wanted? Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson is on the trade block, and securing the future at the position through Richardson could be influenced by Kingsbury's approach and potential in Los Angeles, possibly as offensive coordinator in 2027.