The Los Angeles Rams have a lot of potential Pro Bowlers heading into the 2025 season.
Jared Verse, the only Rams player to make the Pro Bowl in 2024, is the most likely one to earn another nod. Matthew Stafford, Puka Nacua, Davante Adams and Kyren Williams are all good enough to make the team, too.
But NFL.com’s Kevin Patra believes one other Rams player has the chance to make his first Pro Bowl: Defensive end Braden Fiske.
Seemingly every report out of Rams camp this summer has touched on Fiske standing out in a crowded defensive front. The focus most of the offseason had rightly been on Jared Verse, a Defensive Player of the Year candidate, but Fiske deserves some love. Last season, Fiske generated 44 pressures and 8.5 sacks — not too shabby for a rookie DT. His 10.9% QB pressure rate ranked ninth among all defensive tackles last season. While big men rarely walk from college to the Pro Bowl, we do generally see sizeable leaps from the truly elite after a full offseason in the NFL. Fiske boasts the power, interior quickness, strength and hands to be a menace alongside Verse, Byron Young, Kobie Turner, Poona Ford and the rest of the Rams’ fearsome front.
Fiske had the accolades to make it as a rookie, but defensive end is harder with bigger names like Nick Bosa or Micah Parsons on the board. He’ll need to have another insane season to make the Pro Bowl, but he’s proven to have the ability to garner almost double-digit sacks on his own.
If Fiske can make the Year 2 leap, there’s no reason why he can’t also earn a Pro Bowl nod in 2025.
This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: NFL analyst says this Rams defender could be a first-time Pro Bowler in 2025
Reporting by Tyler Greenawalt, Rams Wire / Rams Wire
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