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Eric Williams
NFC West Writer
Will Rams GM Les Snead and head coach Sean McVay stick and pick?
For the first time since 2016, the Rams can select a player in the first round. However, the team’s draft history suggests that Snead and McVay could move around the draft board, rather than staying at No. 19 overall.
Usually, NFL decision-makers have 16 to 18 players with first-round draft grades, so at No. 19, L.A. might not view any available players as worth the pick. Perhaps that leads to the Rams trading up to select a blue-chip player who helps them improve on last season’s surprising 10-7 record and playoff berth.
Or the Rams look to move down and add to the 11 draft picks they currently have.
Without a first-round pick in previous drafts, Snead said the Rams would still evaluate the top 32 players so they could anticipate who might be available early in the second round. Now, they’ll actually get to use that detailed evaluation process on Day 1 of the draft.
“The fun part is we’re not just trying to get to player at No. 33,” Snead said. “We actually could take one at No. 19. In the past, we haven’t been able to say that.”
Let’s take a look at the players the Rams could target in this seven-round mock draft:
Round 1, Pick 19: Quinyon Mitchell, CB, Toledo
The Rams signed two veteran corners in free agency in Darious Williams and Tre’Davious White, but they appear to be stopgaps until younger, more talented players are added to that position group. Williams was in Los Angeles previously before leaving in free agency to the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2022. White is returning from surgery to repair a torn Achilles. Both are 29 years old.
And yes, pass rush is an obvious need for the Rams after they lost one of the best defensive tackles to ever play the game in Aaron Donald, who retired after a decade of dominance. But like the Seattle Seahawks got with cornerback Devon Witherspoon last year, the Rams also need a…
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Publish date : 2024-04-08 23:26:16
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