Within the first nine picks, the three best receivers came off the board. From selections 19 to 29, the top three tight ends were gone, too. And by the end of Thursday's first round, eight defensive backs had been taken.
But Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead insists that the player he's targeted for the 37th overall pick, whomever that is, remains on the board.
"He's still there," Snead told reporters from the team facility on Thursday night. "That's part of trying to handicap who will be gone in the first. We weren't playing fantasy football and had a certain player up there that wasn't going to be there.