The best move of the Rams’ offseason is obvious because it was the greatest single transaction for any NFL team in 2021 other than the Jaguars drafting Trevor Lawrence as a reward for a) having the worst record last season and b) the Rams helping the Jets not have the worst record.
Aside from Lawrence potentially changing the culture and winning percentage of a hapless NFL franchise, Les Snead and Sean McVay sacrificing draft capital to save a great player from “Jaguars 1.0” to bring him to a team that already has the league’s Defensive Player of the Year and several special complementary pieces on either side of the ball around those cornerstones should be considered the strongest, the gutsiest, and the smartest move of 2021.