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The LA Rams may not have been in the market for another safety. But sometimes, the way an NFL Draft shakes out, some gold nuggets fall to the Rams organization. And such is the case in the 2021 NFL Draft, where the sheer depth volume of potential NFL-quality players practically guaranteed the Rams would have some solid options at the draft’s conclusion.
Still, how did Pittsburg Panthers’ safety Paris Ford manage to go undrafted? How do 32 teams take a pass on drafting a player that looks every bit the part (and plays every bit the part) of the prototypical NFL safety – good size, excellent ball tracking ability, good range, good hands, and hits hard.