Maurice Jones-Drew flashes his Rams Super Bowl ring after predicting 15-2 record
Maurice Jones-Drew flashes his Rams Super Bowl ring after predicting 15-2 record
Former NFL running back Maurice Jones-Drew is a big believer in the Los Angeles Rams in 2025.
The ex-Jaguars and Raiders player and current NFL Network analyst predicted the Rams would go 15-2 this season after the team's 2025 schedule was released. He did so with Matthew Stafford on the broadcast and while flashing his Rams' Super Bowl ring.
Yes, you read that right: Jones-Drew has a Super Bowl ring despite retiring from the NFL in 2014 and never playing a snap for the Rams in 2021. That's because he was given a ring for being on the team's broadcast booth during the 2021 season.
Fellow analyst Rich Eisen made sure to check Jones-Drew's use of the ring as soon as he flashed it.
"Isn't that funny, Matthew? You come on this show — you're not wearing your Super Bowl ring," Eisen said. "He wears it like he won it. And you're the one no-look side-arming to Cooper Kupp to win the darn thing."
"But I was there, Rich," Jones-Drew said. "I was there when they were practicing the no-look in OTAs."
This isn't the first time Jones-Drew's flashed the ring, either.
He's done so at least one other time on NFL Network.
While some might think it's a little absurd for a former player to show off a piece of Super Bowl jewelry despite not playing, coaching or being a part of the team's front office, the team gave him one — so who are we to judge what he does with it?
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