Mandatory Credit: Draft 13
As the LA Rams watched from the sidelines, 32 new NFL rookies heard their names called out in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft. Of course, it was all expected, all part of the Rams annual strategy. It’s an annual pilgrimage, the NFL’s worst teams from the previous year select a rookie, a player who has yet to take a single snap in the NFL, and suddenly the discussion pivots from just how poorly the team played a year ago to how much more improved that team suddenly has become.